Dear Geesje, I look forward to hearing more about the possibility or more importantly the reality of a continuity of care midwifery option at Campbelltown! What is happening at Camden? Denise Hynd
"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, they are the only ones who ever have." Margaret Mead ----- Original Message ----- From: "geesjeandsteve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 2:44 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Good news > > Hi > The Birthunit where Elle had her watrbirth is a lovely unit. I worked there > as a midwife for 3 years in the mid 90's and revisited it last year, to > catch up with my old collegue midwives. It is a private hospital. The ladies > chose midwifery led care or obstetrician led care . Yehudi Gordon is one of > the obstetricians, a lovely man who will go to great lengths to help 'his' > ladies acheive a normal birth. I've seen / assisted with so many lovely > births including breech and twin births during those 3 years. Quite a few > celebrities had their baby here including Jerry Hall just before I left. The > pools are oval shaped and hip high so the women could really submerge in > them (leaving the front of our shirts totally wet if we did have to help in > any way!). The midwives offer continuity of care by deviding themselves in > two teams, offering continuity in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal > period. At the time we had a birth rate of 200-300 per year, I think it's up > to 500 births per year now. Additionally the midwives provide preperation > to parenthood classes and postnatal groups which usually start with a baby > massage session so the baby are relaxed during the next hour when the mums > discuss any issuses that are worrying them. This I would really love to > duplicate here in NSW as I feel postnatal support is very fragmented and > hard to find. Some women still attended these sessions when their child was > nearly a year old! As a midwife working on this unit I could have been able > to birth there (for free) but I wanted a home birth, which I had in London. > A great experience, and having been labled an elderly primip at the age of > 35 I felt very empowered. I did try to have a waterbirth at home with my > third but the pool was only about 10cm full when I started pushing, so I > never got in. Oh well at least it kept Steve and my mum busy. . . > Justine, we are at the brink of introducing a model of continuity of care > at Campbelltown hospital. I've written a proposal which has been oked by the > management and now needs to be oked at the area meeting on the 7th of July. > I'm so excited, it has taken us two years to get this far! Keep your fingers > crossed for us! > Geesje McGuire > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Justine Caines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "OzMid List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:13 PM > Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Good news > > > > Hi all > > > > Yes I am collecting signatures from clebs/pollies etc and so far we have > > only a few, but include Kate Ceberano and others. The hard part is finding > > the agent for the celeb. So if anyone wants to help or has a contact for > > Elle McPhersons agent!! then e-mail me!! > > > > Elle had a water birth with the lights down, very Lebeyer > > > > Justine > > > > -- > > 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. > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
