Hi all,
I agree with what you say Mary but I was astonished to see this message here
at all. It is part of one I sent a couple of weeks ago. I have not re-sent
it and when I checked the message source it had an amail address which is
not mine: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am not a member of the democrats, nationals or anyother party.
Below is pasted the return path; I can only assume this is from some virus;
either that or someone (who would want to?) is corrupting messages and
addresses from this list. Dunno why anyone would. Better be extra vigilant
with the virus-checker- have just checked this computer and it's ok.
Monica
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Subject: [ozmidwifery] Intervention
Monica wrote:
> the women I work with have such a different focus from what is often
> described here- they want intervention, they want it now!! Our very
> competitive VBAC rate and lscs rate (for a tertiary referral hospital) are
> in defiance of our women's wishes."
Hi Monica, that is the disadvantage of having an Australia wide medical
model instead of a midwifery model. Women are full of fear when they think
about labour and birth. The medical model only reinforces that fear and
the impersonal nature of our larger ante-natal clinics increases their sense
of alienation. Tthe midwifery model gives a woman a sense of empowerment
and while she may in the end need/want medical intervention, her sense of
self has been strengthened and she makes an informed decision rather than
one based on "just in case". Everyone throws up their hands and says "but
that wouldn't work in our hospital". It can, but no one is willing to put
themselve out there and do it.. neither hospital administrations or health
depts or obstet/midwifery depts. the landscape would look so much different
and the outcomes would improve immensely. Cheers, MM
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