Read Denise Tiran's Article Smell's good! Aromatherapy in midwifery in The Practicing Midwife November 2011. Find out more
Summary. This article explores the contemporary enthusiasm among midwives for using aromatherapy and massage in their care of women during pregnancy.
Basic training in aromatherapy for use in maternity services is quickly and easily given. This can range from a day course in giving a hand and foot massage with appropriate diluted essential oils to consultancy for incorporating aromatherapy procedures into NHS Trust protocols for the first time.
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Denise Tiran MSc RM RGN ADM PGCEA
Denise Tiran, MSc RM RGN ADM PGCEA, a midwife, university lecturer, complementary practitioner and renowned author, is an acknowledged international expert in maternity complementary medicine, and Director of Expectancy Ltd – the Expectant Parents’ Complementary Therapies Consultancy. Previously, as a Principal Lecturer at the University of Greenwich, London, Denise developed one of the UK’s first practice-based degree programmes on complementary medicine, and she continues teaching and research there as an Honorary Lecturer.
Her current research activities include an exploration of complementary therapies for sickness in pregnancy and a study investigating the potential of reflexology to predict stages of the menstrual cycle. In her clinical practice Denise combines several complementary therapies with normal maternity care, specialising in treating women with gestational sickness. Her unique complementary therapies antenatal clinic at a southeast London maternity unit (1994-2004) was “Highly Commended” in the 2001 Prince of Wales’ Awards for Healthcare in London and gained an international reputation as an example of complementary medicine integrated within conventional maternity care.
Denise has written several professional textbooks and numerous journal papers, including Clinical Aromatherapy in Pregnancy and Childbirth; Clinical Reflexology: a Guide for Health Professionals; Complementary Therapies in Pregnancy and Childbirth; and Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy: an Integrated Approach to Care, as well as a book for expectant mothers.
She has edited the last two editions of the famous Bailliere’s Midwives’ Dictionary, and contributed chapters in several seminal midwifery, gynaecology and obstetric textbooks. Denise is a member of the Editorial Committee of the Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice journal, an advisor to Pregnancy and Birth magazine, has previously written a health column in the Daily Express and has featured on several TV and radio programmes. She is a frequent conference speaker, has assisted in the implementation of complementary medicine in obstetrics and gynaecology in Hong Kong, and regularly teaches midwives, obstetricians and therapists in Japan.
Denise is founder and Chair of the Complementary Maternity Forum, midwifery representative for the Prince of Wales’ Foundation for Integrated Health (FIH) and regularly advises the Royal Colleges of Midwives and of Nursing on complementary medicine. She has advised the Local Supervising Authority officers in England on the development of supervisory guidelines for midwives, was a member of a joint RCN / FIH working party on midwifery and nursing Fitness to Practise in complementary therapies and has been invited to advise the Aromatherapy Consortium on practice guidelines for aromatherapists treating pregnant women.
