Re: [ozmidwifery] consent to formula feed?

[Alesa Koziol]

Hi Sue
At almost (missing by a whisker) 37 weeks therefore 'term' with the BSL you
have shown, was there any consideration given to BF these babes and checking
BSL again 1/24 pc??? If we have a mother with really strong desire to BF
only,  then rather than offering 'normal' care -which would routinely
include a comp feed if BSL are below 2.5- we work together and offer this
option first.
Cheers
Alesa

Alesa Koziol
Clinical Midwifery Educator
Melbourne
- Original Message - 
From: Sue Cookson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] consent to formula feed?


 Hi again,
 this question originated after a scenario at the hospital i'm doing a
 placement at.
 twins born by elective s/section at 36+6 weeks
 twin one 2550g, twin two 2210g
 mother's intention to breastfeed
 BSLs requested at 1 hr.
 twin one 2.7, twin two 2.3
 paed requested formula feed for both
 i queried this condsidering the above - good bsl's, mother's request to
 b/feed
 scu nurse replied 'the doctor said so'
 i asked her when she'd stopped being an advocate for the mother and the
baby
 i then came across the father and asked him if he realised his babies
 had been formula fed
 his face said it all, but he muttered that the doctor probably knew best
 what do you do??

 that's why i've asked the question cos i looked in the hospital policy
 and where it had printed written consent, that had been crossed out and
 verbal handwritten above written in the policy.

 not impressed,
 sue

 nb:  mike, that's why i asked who was consented - maybe the father's are
 not always fully passionate about how this happen - in this case it
 seemed like that and i guess ultimately it's the mother who has to do
 all the work involved with either feeding twins or expressing for twins,
 supported of course by the father. i don't mean to demean the father's
 role, but it may not always be that clear cut


  Interesting question about the consenting rights of the father. He
  seems to have no rights. The baby is baby of the mother. What is the
  fathers legal position? Any other time the parents have equal rights
  and one or other can sign.
 
  rgds mike
 

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[ozmidwifery] Interesting article

[Helen and Graham]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1655871.htm


Genital mutilation leads to more child birth deaths, study says

A new Australian study has shows female genital mutilation 
leads to an increased risk of death in newborn babies.
The study has been published in medical journal, The 
Lancet, and involved more than 28,000 women in six African countries: 
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan.
The author of the study, Australian National University 
Associate Professor Emily Banks, says the procedure causes an extra one to two 
deaths per 100 deliveries. 
Professor Banks says the study's results are being used in 
campaigns to try to stamp out the practice.
"What we're seeing here is something that's happening 
during labour, so I think it's fair to say that there's something about women 
who've had female genital mutilation that means that their labours don't go as 
well and their babies are more likely to be distressed and they're more likely 
to die," she said.
Professor Banks says it is the most reliable study on the 
topic to date.
"There was quite a lot of questions about whether female 
genital mutilation really did impact on child birth, and now we know that it 
does," she said.

[ozmidwifery] Is the UK Conference cancelled

[Kiri Taia]

Please Can someone tell me if the Birth International Conference at Readingis still onA midwife friend in the UK just told me she heard its cancelled but  Wouldntthe websitesay so if it was true ?I was goingto register this week but dont want to enter all that information includingmy credit card for nothing and Id like to know now so I can cancel plans I;ve made. Kiri TaiaSend instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com 

[ozmidwifery] blood loss after 3rd stage

[Kristin Beckedahl]

I'm wondering whats the average blood loss volume after 3rd stage...? what are the upper  lower ends ? and what amount would require treatment..? Thanks!

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