Hi Sue Even thought you posted mistakenly, can I just say in response to your final comment 'is this worth it?' Yes, it is. I had problems with some docs re anti D but found a supportive ob who said if ever I needed anti D orders, or supplies and was having trouble, he would organize it for me without any fuss. I didn't ever require his assistance again, as I liased with the local blood bank, where the hospitals obtain their supplies, and have never had a problem since - occasionally with an order for its administration (from GPs etc), but have always managed to talk them around. The synto is the one I had the most trouble with - GPs telling me their medical advisory committee told them not to write the prescription for a medication they were not going to personally administer!!! Have you ever heard such a load.....der - they do that all day every day! Every time I came up against a brick wall about something, I always come away with more knowledge and strategies for the future! Warm regards, Lynne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Cookson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 7:07 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Anti D problems..
> Hi Jan, > Seem to be hitting a few problems here, and am forever aware of my > (il)legal status. > Had a lovely slow primip birth on Sunday(46 hours - mostly prelabour but > still needing support), Rh pos baby, so went to Mullum hospital armed > with the baby's blood results (which I'd got from the receptioinsts at > my back-up doctor's surgery). My back-up doctor had just left for a 2 > week break, so I contacted his back-up doctor. This guy was off for the > day, so I spoke with his boss who happened to be a personal friend(?). > Well, all shit let loose cos this guy decided it was completely wrong > for me to have access to the anti-Don the woman's behalf. He phoned > Mullum hospital and told the nurse administrator (Jane Ackerman) I was a > lay midwife and then all these people in the hospital came up to me > telling me I was a lay midwife. Nightmare!! > To cut the story short, I ended up having to take the women in to the > hospital for her jab. I had called the mum and she had given me the name > of a reg nurse friend who was happy to do injection but that seemed to > become irrelevant. The hospital maintained they couldn't send out a > midwife cos she wasn't under their care, and that they didn't have the > right paperwork to make changes to any of that. > I then dropped in and spoke with Jane Ackerman again today, and she > seems very supportive saying that she was supporting women's right to > choose whoever and that wasn't an issue, but that we just needed to sort > out the systems so that the women's needs can be met. > Do you happen to know Jane Ackerman? > What do you do about anti-d? > Yuk!! > And my next two women are also rhesus neg... > > Boy Jan, is all this worth it?? > Sue > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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.
