It really is a terrific article about birthing in the caul.
I'm sure I also have an article somewhere about how suctioning the baby on the peri actually stimulates the baby to take a breath and thus meconium is drawn into the lungs whereas if the baby is not touched just the pressure exerted on the baby's chest by maternal contractions will empty the lungs ... I will do some searching ...
I can fax articles to you if you wish or send them by snail mail if that is more convenient - let me know.
I will now go and hunt through my filing cabinet for those articles before my next client arrives.
Leanne.
From: Sue Cookson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Incidence of meconium Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 12:33:30 +1100
Thanks Leanne,
Is there any way I can access that article or acquire a copy of it - I don't
have a membership to MIDIRS.
There are certainly lots of articles now that don't support routine suctioning of mec-stained babies at head birth, and yet it is still common practice up here in the Northern Rivers Area hospitals. Any feedback from anyone about changing practices in hospital care?
Thanks, Sue
> Hi Sue,
> An excellent article in MIDIRS Midwifery Digest 14:1 2004 by a midwife cites
> Houlihan and Knuppel (1994) as showing that meconium is normally passed by
> the foetus in 3% of cases @ <36 weeks gestation, 13% @ 36 -39 weeks
> gestation, 19% @ 40 -41 weeks gestation and 23% @ > 41 weeks gestation. This
> does not cause a problem unless the foetus becomes hypoxic.
> Leanne.
>
>> From: Sue Cookson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: [ozmidwifery] Incidence of meconium
>> Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 10:30:36 +1100
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>> Just wondering if anyone has information on the incidence of meconium
>> during
>> labour?
>> Anecdotally, I would say around 20%, but wonder if other's practices agree
>> with this figure and if there are any statistics showing a reliable figure?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sue
>>
>>
>
>
> Leanne Wynne
> Midwife in charge of "Women's Business"
> Mildura Aboriginal Health Service Mob 0418 371862
>
>
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