Re: [ozmidwifery] POST NATAL HELP

[Alesa Koziol]

Hi Jan This contact assists women with special needs within their home (although this is not an overnight service): International National Services Melbourne, the contact there is Louise Dunham 1300 854 634. This service is funded through one of the government bodies (cant remember which one) and criteria seems to be: women  with exceptional circumstances. Maybe your client will fall into this category, it is worth a try. Special thanks to Pinky for this resource:-) Cheers Alesa Alesa Koziol Midwifery Clinical Educator Melbourne ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 8:53 AM Subject: [ozmidwifery] POST NATAL HELP Dear Listers   I have a client single mum 1st babe looking for helpwith every thing after babe .any contacts She is birthing in a private hospital in May and lives in Port Melbourne in Victoria jan This is what she wrote   "My mom told me that after she gave birth, she had somebody who stayed with her and helped with the baby and the house work and all that.  She called this person a nurse maid.  I thought that perhaps this would be a doula.  But, I've looked on the internet for information on doulas and they seem to be birth partners".However I have you as my birth attendant. '    Who is it who can stay with me and give me after birth support when I get home?  Where do I look for this information?    Because the biggest thing I seem to  be combatting is the isolation, I think this is important to get handled.  I spoke to my ob/gyn and she doesn't know much about doulas.  Can you tell me how to go about arranging this after birth support.