Wow Di , what a fabulous story! I have a doula client birthing in Jan. She
is from a place called Wee Waa and they have no maternity services. She is traveling
4 ½ hours to before her due date. There are also no
doula’s out that way so I am traveling 2 ½ hours from the lower mtns to I’ll have a chat with her about your
success story Di. Thanks for sharing Jo From: owner- Hi Louise, Just a comment about rural maternity services or lack of!! I am a midwife in a rural facility and was hitting my head
against the wall trying to get birthing back to our town. We have a Midwives
clinic which wasn't well attended and lots of times couldn't bring postnatals
back because we had no beds. (We are now marketing our product to the local
GP's!!) Well one day, about 6 mths ago; along came two consumers
from our town to ask why we had birthing taken away and why we couldn't get it
back . This spurred me on again and together they(as a group) of
consumers/Midwives are at a point where the district has set up a committee to
work out the appropriate model of care for our birthing women. It can be done, but it must come from consumers and they
must lobby there local politician and district health service for support.
Our group affiliated with Maternity Coalition who have been really wonderful.
>From a Midwives perspective I have learned so much in the last 6 months and
feel supported to continue the fight for our community. Go for it. You only need one or two passionate people. Cheers Di M |
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