��<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Mary: What an inspiration, it would be wonderful to collect profiles of you truly wonderful women who have paved the way in community midwifery. Did you ever work in the labour ward or birth suite of any hospital (after your mid training) and if so how long? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>marilyn</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=midwife1@iinet.net.au href="mailto:midwife1@iinet.net.au">Mary Murphy</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au href="mailto:ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au">ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 15, 2003 3:57 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ozmidwifery] place of birth and outcome[long]</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Sonya wrote:<FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;" Problem is need experience!&nbsp; Can't get it if you don' t work in it".&nbsp; </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Sonya, the way that most of us midwives in the community got started was to "apprentice " ourselves with a practicing midwife and do the hard yards.&nbsp; There was no pay whilst we were in "training" and many had families like myself.&nbsp; I had 5 children(and a&nbsp;supportive husband) &nbsp;and lived in a rural community where we travelled up to 150kms to births and of course A/N &amp; P/N visits.&nbsp; We did not have insurance, provided all our own equipment and disposables and worked in a VERY hostile environment.&nbsp; We were insulted and barred from attending some labour wards etc.&nbsp; O.K.&nbsp; I am not saying how wonderful we were (although on reflection, we were!) I am just pointing out that where there is a will there is a way.&nbsp; Cheers, MM</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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