Re: [ozmidwifery] Independant Practice

[Aviva Sheb'a]

Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Independant Practice

When I lived in Holland, health funds only paid for home births unless there was a medical reason a woman HAD to go to hospital. Everyone gave birth at home except in extreme circumstances. No, this was not nineteenth century, it was the 1980s. I don't know how it is there now.   GGGRRRR! aviva (...In the meantime the uninsured IPMs continue to contract privately with women to provide homebirth services. ...The NSW IPMs are also working closely with the Maternity Coalition to put pressure on our State Government to include funded homebirths as a legitimate choice for pregnant women.)