That’s partly because, as the authors of the study note, previous studies have shown varying results. My interest, if I’m honest, is more in what the physiological rhythm of labour is.
So I was really interested to come across a newly published study which looked at whether and how neuraxial analgesia has an effect on the circadian rhythm of labour. Just as everyone else is getting up and starting their day, I am (other work and babies permitting) heading back to the comfort of my own bed, having left a new family tucked up in theirs. Often, the baby will be born in the wee hours, enabling me to make that most delightful journey home.
(I had one mentor, when I was a student midwife, who always did her hair beautifully before she went to bed, for this very reason. I couldn’t count the times that my pager or phone has woken me just half an hour after I laid my head on a pillow. They will often wait until everyone has gone to bed, and then decide to properly make their move. What time are babies most likely to be born?Īs a home birth midwife, I’m well aware that a good many babies like to be born in the deep of the night.
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