Hi Carolyn,
It is so good to hear that Belmont is doing well - what a great
standard bearer for midwifery and women!
Can I ask you something about the sterile water injections? When I
was in the Colac area earlier this year doing a workshop, I was told
that although this method was brilliant at relieving the pain,
especially with posterior labours, women were often reluctant to have
the injections a second time, when the effects of the first round had
worn off (it was suggested the effect would last for 2 -3 hours). I
found this interesting, and speculated that the pain of the
injections must have been bad, for women to think that a short lived
sting would be worse than long painful contractions that often come
with an OP labour.
What has been your experience with doing follow up injections,
especially during a long labour?
I was also told that it was a good idea to have two midwives do the
injections simultaneously - that way the pain was shorter (but
presumably more intense with two injections being done at the same
time). Can you shed any light on this aspect as well?
Many thanks,
Andrea
PS I would love a copy of your protocol as well, if you email it me.
At 02:00 AM 18/11/2006, you wrote:
Whilst I'm on the soapbox, I was thinking that you may be interested
in the intradermal water injections and their efficacy.
We had Janice Deocampo come to Belmont and give a seminar on the use
of this technique for women with excruciating back pain. Midwives
came from Gosford, Maitland, John Hunter and Taree. Janice presented
her information and we all practised on each other (OUCH). It feels
like a wasp sting. One of the midwives had back pain which was
cured for six hours with the injection she received that day!
It took us MONTHS to get the procedure through clinical governance.
However, it is through.
We have used the injections for about eight women since only one was
not completely successful. We have even found them fantastic for
late first stage when the backache has stopped the woman from
progessing and even second stage when women wouldn't push because
the backache was too bad. After the injections, voila - baby!
John Hunter midwives are also now using this technique too with
great success. Janice Deo Campo did a research project and the
results are in the Birth Issues Journal from CAPERS.
It is a wonderful, effective tool which may just help someone avoid
an epidural or even make birth much more manageable for those women
with excrutiating backache.
If anyone wants the protocol and information sheet, please email me
at work
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and I will send it to you.
warmly, Carolyn
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