Re: [ozmidwifery] Any ideas for research and mosiac?

[Lois Wattis]

Hi Jo!  (HUG!!)  Great to hear from you. Idea's for a Masters.. hmmm - how about something about vitamin K administration (especially intramuscular injection at birth), and it's (suspected) link to increased rates of jaundice in newborns.   Do babies given oral vit K have less incidence of jaundice requiring phototherapy?  Do babies who are not given vitamin K at all have the same or less incidence of jaundice?  It seems to me a high number of babies born in hospitals seem to develop jaundice which requires phototherapy.  Could the common denominator be the IM Vit. K?? causing increased viscosity of the circulating blood, so therefore increased deposition / slower elimination of unconjugated bilirubin?  I wonder?.....   Idea's for a mosaic?  What about something similarly constructed to the CMP logo - a picture of a woman and baby in the centre, with the houses and linked figures holding hands around the edge?  You've got me thinking about art work now!  Take care my friend, love Lois           ----- Original Message ----- From: Mrs Joanne M Fisher To: Ozmidwifery Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 9:50 AM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Any ideas for research and mosiac? Dear List,   I've just returned to Brisbane and have re-joined the list again after spending time in Perth doing some observations for my studies with the fabulous midwives of the CMP - (Hi all you lovely ladies over there).  This is a wonderful list to be on and so educatonal.  I've been asked by my tutor to talk to the Grad Dip Mid students at ACU in Oct, so I'll be enthusiastically spreading the word of continuous midwifery care.  She (my tutor) is also encouraging me to do my Masters, (not sure if I will yet), so I was wondering if anyone out there had suggestions for me for subjects that I could do a small research on.  I've never done anything like this before and know nothing about research, (I'm a hospital midwife and have only recently embarked on university studies).  I already have some vague ideas but I'm sure there are plenty of other ideas that I haven't thought of.  I also want to mosiac my coffee table and would love to do something that symbolized birth/midwives etc, but being a hopeless artist I haven't been able to think of a simple design to do.  Can anyone help???   Cheers, Joanne (Fisher)