Lynne & Sue
there is a company called Livingstone international toll free phone 1300 780 078 www.livingstone.com.au
(that has on office in sydney who have the most amazing catelogue on line. Its worth a look for anyone wanting to buy supplies. They set you up with an account, you can order by phone or on line, the stuff arrives within a day or so and you can pay by all the usual methods. the catelogue includes an amazing array of drugs. I haven't tried to by the narcotics even though they are all listed there but Syntocinon is on their list. I rang and asked whether one needed a script to order it and was told no they were quite happy to ship it, packed with coolers!!!!!! Ive never needed to use it but have it on hand
Unfortunately Anti D has to come from Bloodbank so they dont have that
Andrea Q
On Friday, July 16, 2004, at 07:34 AM, Lynne Staff wrote:
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
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