I wonder how often Vrouw Schrader monitored the fetal heart rate?? Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry & Megan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ozmidwifery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 8:22 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] New models of midwifery care
> Dear all, > my experience is that the only midwifery model in SA is that belonging to > our independant midwives. We have some excellent midwives working within the > medical model and they are by no doubt being the best midwife they can be, > but at the end of the day it is still the hospital and the doctors that call > the shots. > One of our level 3 hospitals(we have 2) lost VBAC in the birth centre purely > because one consultant refused to support it. The VBAC rates have fallen > drastically and this is accepted by those in control at the expense of women > and those wishing to support them, despite intense lobbying for its return. > I have to question how true midwifery care can work from a hospital without > the full support of doctors and midwives accepting this model. > I am currently reading Ina May's "Guide to Childbirth" and it contains some > wonderfully staggering statistics of Midwifery care. Vrouw Schrader > practiced in the Netherlands from 1693 until 1745 attending 3,017 births. > Spontaneous birth took place in 94% of cases. There were just 14 maternal > deaths for which she had direct responsibility (4.6 in one thousand births). > There were 10 cases of placenta previa, with only two maternal deaths. > If this is what you can do without formal education and medical intervention > then she is a woman to be admired. > > Is a compromised model of care enough? Many women will be better off than > whats on offer now, but it still isnt the very best that they can have. > > "Women are not dying because of disease we cannot treat. They are dying > because societies have yet to make the decision that their lives are worth > saving" - Mahmoud Fathalla > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
