Meet the editor

Prof. Dr. Amita Ray MBBS, MS, has worked as a clinician and medical teacher in various medical colleges all over India for the past thirty years. She has a master's degree in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She held a fellowship in Urogynecology and Gynae-Oncology at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, and a fellowship in High-Risk Pregnancy Management at the Royal Oman Hospital, Sultan Quaboos University, Oman. She is pas-

sionate about her work among underprivileged women with pregnancy complications in tribal and rural areas. Dr. Ray is equally passionate about medical education. She completed a master's in Health Professionals Education and is a teaching faculty at a medical college. She has guided several post-graduate dissertations and introduced several innovative projects in health education, which have improved medical teacher efficiency in resource-constrained settings as a part of her Foundation for Advancement of Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) Fellowship. She has several publications in reputed national and international journals including British, American, and South Asian journals of obstetrics and gynecology. She has authored and co-authored several book chapters in obstetrics and gynecology textbooks used as a part of undergraduate and postgraduate education in India. She is passionate about evidence-based medicine and is an active member of different Cochrane Groups. She has authored and co-authored Cochrane Reviews for the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group, Cochrane Cystic Fibrosis Group, and Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group. Dr. Ray is currently a professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IQ City Medical College, Durgapur, West Bengal, India. She is also the vice-principal and medical superintendent of the same institution.

Contents

**Section 1**

*by Amita Ray*

Vaginal Delivery *by Kizito Omona*

Preterm Labour

*and Abdurahman Alatawi*

*by Jasneet Kaur and Suresh Ray*

*and Codrina Ancuta*

Normal Puerperium

*by Erhuvwukorotu S. Kollie*

Postnatal Period by Ground Level Workers

Predicting Complications in Lupus Pregnancy

**Section 2**

**Preface XI**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Midwives in the Labor Room **7**

**Chapter 2 9**

**Chapter 3 23**

**Chapter 4 35**

**Chapter 5 51**

**Chapter 6 73**

**Chapter 7 89**

Introductory Chapter: Empowering Midwives and Obstetric Nurses

*by Maged Shendy, Hend Hendawy, Amr Salem, Ibrahim Alatwi* 

Identification and Management of High Risk Complications during

Challenges in the Delivery Room: Integrated Analysis of Biomarkers

*by Eugen Ancuta, Dragos Valentin Crauciuc, Emil Anton, Carmen Anton, Eduard Crauciuc, Dumitru Sofroni, Larisa Sofroni, Claudia Mihailov* 

*by Subrat Panda, Ananya Das, Arindam Mallik and Surajit Ray Baruah*

Principles of Midwifery Care during Virulent Outbreaks
