Publications
Research publications
Feeley, C., Downe, S., Thomson, G. (2021) ‘Stories of distress versus fulfilment’: A narrative inquiry of midwives’ experiences supporting alternative birth choices in the UK National Health Service. Women and Birth. Early View. Link
Thomson, G., Feeley, C. (2021) Exploring interventions designed to improve the psychosocial needs of parents whose infants have been admitted onto a neonatal unit: A scoping review. Advances in Neonatal Care. Early View. Link
Feeley, C., Crossland, N., Betran, A., Weeks, A., Downe, S., Kingdon, C. (2021) Competence and confidence in undertaking assisted vaginal delivery (AVD): a mixed methods systematic review of practitioners views and experiences. Reproductive Health.18(92)Link
Feeley, C., Cooper, M., Burns, E. (2021) A systematic meta-thematic synthesis to examine the views and experiences of women following water immersion during labour and waterbirth. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Early view. Link
Feeley, C., Thomson, G., Downe, S. (2020) Understanding how NHS midwives facilitate women’s alternative birthing choices: Findings from a feminist pragmatist study. PLOS ONE 15(11): e0242508. Link
Thomson, G., Feeley, C., Hall Moran, V., Downe, S., Oladapo, O.T (2019) Women's experiences of pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain relief methods for labour and childbirth: A qualitative systematic review. BMC Reproductive Health, 16:71. Link
Feeley, C (2019) Freebirthing: A case for using interpretative phenomenology in midwifery research for knowledge generation, dissemination and impact. Journal of Research in Nursing, 24(1-2), 9-19. Link
Feeley, C., Thomson, G., Downe S (2019). Caring for women making unconventional birth choices: A meta-synthesis exploring the views, attitudes, and experiences of midwives. Midwifery, 72, 50-59. Link
Feeley, C., & Thomson, G. (2016). Tensions and conflicts in 'choice'. women's experiences of freebirthing in the UK. Midwifery, 41, 16-21. Link
Book chapters
Feeley, C. & Thomson, G. (2020) Understanding women’s motivations and experiences of freebirthing in the UK in Birthing outside the System: The Canary in the Coalmine. Eds. Dahlen, H., Schmied., V., Kamur, B. Taylor & Francis: Sydney. Link to chapter. Buy the book.
Thomson, G. & Feeley C (2019) The ‘trusting communion’ of a positive birth: An existential perspective in Squaring the Circle: Researching Normal Birth in a Technological World. Eds. Downe., S & Byrom, S. Pinter and Martin: London. Link to chapter. Buy the book.
Professional publications
Feeley, C. (2022) The ASSET model: What midwives need to support alternative physiological births (outwith guidelines). The Practising Midwife. 25(2):26-30. Link
Feeley, C & Burns, E. (2021) Optimising Physiology: Labouring in Water and Waterbirth. The Practising Midwife. 24(5) 18-24. Link
Feeley, C (2019) Practising outside the box whilst within the system. The Practising Midwife. 22(7) 22-26. Link.
Feeley, C (2019) The medicalisation of women’s bodies. The Practising Midwife. 22(5), 9-13. Link.
Feeley, C. (2017) Exploring basic legal and ethical concepts in maternity care. The Practising Midwife. 11(10), 8-11. Link.
Feeley, C. (2017) Guideline-centred care or woman-centred care? The Practising Midwife, 20(7): 8-11. Link.
Feeley, C. (2017) No means no! Let’s talk about consent. The Practicing Midwife, 20 (4), 25-27. Link.
Feeley, C., and Drew, L. (2017) Overcoming fear of facilitating water birth: student and mentor perspective. The Practising Midwife. (20) 5, 1-4. Link.
Feeley, C., and Thomson, G., (2016) Going it alone. RCM Magazine, September 2016. Link.