Hello Rose, The film "In Union" from
Vicki Chan or Nic Edmonstone. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0402140769 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0412020836 Enjoy, Liz Mc ----- Original Message ----- From: "roseandpeter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 10:24 AM Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Love of midwifery > Could someone tell me how I could get a copy of Nic & Vicki's video? It > sounds too good to miss out on! > Rose > > -----Original Message----- > From: elizabeth mcalpine [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 28 October 2002 21:22 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Love of midwifery > > Love of midwiferyI understand completely. I came home crying tonight > because some film festival organizer wouldn't come to see Nic & Vicki's > video about humanized birth, which should be diseminated around Australia. > (working on that!) And work....?? Working on that. > > Yep. Beating one's head against a brick wall is tough. > But when the going gets tough.....the tough get going. > > Keep your spirits up. Humanized birth is a human right!!! > Liz Mc > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Smith, Anne > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 8:34 PM > Subject: [ozmidwifery] Love of midwifery > > > Dear list, > > I am a midwife who is very passionate and very for woman centred care. I > love being a midwife and can not imagine not being a midwife, but l have > become so dissolusioned with the system that it is breaking my heart. I > have been a midwife for 5 years and feel that the system (especially where > l work in a large country city) which is medical based has not changed. It > has actually become worse. Despite being a strong advocate for evidence > based practice and presenting this evidence to doctors and management, l > have been walked all over, some midwives have been yelled at, 'put in their > places' by RESIDENTS and we have basically have our hands tied. The amount > of autonomy we have is decreasing, which makes me feel sometimes that all > the hospital wants are obstetric nurses. They do not want midwives because > they cause too much trouble. Who cares about the women? Management want > to make the doctors happy and stuff the midwives. > > One example, i am really against the use of CTG's in normal pregnancy and > labour. Because of one bad outcome, management wants to introduce > admission CTGs for all women who present in labour. I produced for them so > much evidence based material which actually states that this is not a good > idea, but they introduced it anyway. I dont know why l try because nothing > worse. I dont know what to do and all my collegues feel like this as well. > We need different models of care, we need to take over the care of women > in normal pregnancy and birth. I fully endorse NMAP but will it have an > effect in my workplace. Will it really change the obnoxious doctors we > work with and management who only care about beds and money? Midwives have > tried to get a midwives clinic in this town for 11 years, but has been > blocked by the doctors (one in particular). We have no free antenatal care > except for one midwife who works with aboriginal women (who we also refer > white women to). If women only knew what was going on and they care they > get from their doctors is less than substandard. > > I hate feeling like this. Women are being ripped off, assulted, and > their rights violated, and there is only so much l can do. I do the best l > can for these women but l feel that it is no where near enough. It makes me > feel like l have a hollow pit in my stomach thinking of coming to work. > But l love midwifery, and l know that what ever happens, l need to go > on... > > sorry, but l really needed to get this off my chest. > > MIdwife trying to make a difference > > Fiona Dunmore > > > > NOTICE: CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION > This e-mail message and any accompanying files may contain > information that is confidential and subject to privilege. If you > are not the intended recipient, and have received the e-mail > in error, you are notified that any use, dissemination, > distribution, forwarding, printing or copying of the message > and any attached files is strictly prohibited. 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