Kelly do you want responses to the list or do you have an address to respond to which would be betterAndrea QuanchiOn 02/09/2006, at 12:45 PM, Kelly @ BellyBelly wrote:Dear all, As you probably know, I have an Australia-wide Doula Directory on BellyBelly, which alone is receiving around 400 pageviews a week and growing strong. So I have decided to take things a step further and create a Private Midwife Directory, something I have spoken of doing before (but just didn’t get a response). So I am now being proactive and I think if we’re going to get the world even a little bit more used to midwives as primary carers as once was the case, we need to be a bit more in their faces, especially on ‘mainstream’ sites without having to leave to go to other sites – so they see it all as the ‘mainstream’. I am going to make it a little more comprehensive so the readers feel more at ease than just seeing names and numbers on a list, which often those who have already made a decision to have a Private Midwife would do. Those who are contemplating the idea I believe would be more inclined to consider it if there was more information to read about that person. It will be an easily accessible list, which is amongst all the other ‘mainstream’ type of articles and it will have its own place too. I want them to consider this as a serious option. I always think to myself that for so many of those that come to BellyBelly as the very first site on conception to parenthood, then it can be a very impressionable thing – what they see they believe, sad but true. But good in this case, because I want to give them a great start. If they see this information with details of midwives that they can contact at the click of a button after reading about them, I think it’s going to help the exposure of the profession and it will be seen as a more ‘usual’ choice (that’s my theory anyway). I have seen so many ‘mainstream’ women on BellyBelly finally getting demanding with their birth choices, telling their Obstetricians things like they ARE going to have a VBAC and they ARE going to leave to cord pulsating and decide to use Doulas, and slowly, considering things like waterbirth at home. It’s not fair that they have to be demanding – why can’t it just be a beautiful experience with a midwife! J So if you would like to be in my private midwife directory, please send back the following details and I will get this going asap. Thanks in advance – I am just trying to help the cause that I so strongly believe in J Name:Location: (suburb)Areas Serviced:Training / Other Qualifications:Experience:Specialities: (e.g. if you have a special interest or extra experience e.g. VBAC, breech, breastfeeding support)Birth Philosophy:Contact Number:Email Address: The above is free, and i’ll also extend my offer which I have for the Doula Directory – I can create a whole web page with a unique URL that you can choose and utilize it for promotional or marketing purposes, as well as something for the website visitors to read - up to 1,500 words and two images - for $75 a year. This is great if you don’t have a website or if you want to the viewers to read more about you. Lets put loves faces and words to names so women can feel more of an understanding and connection to who these ‘Private Midwives’ are and ways in which they can help women to have a more satisfying and empowered birth. i.e. my profile is http://www.bellybelly.com.au/kelly-zantey if you want to get an idea of what I mean – I get more enquires than I can handle, often not women already part of my site, so it does work having pictures and extra words to read J I am sure some will probably object in some way to all or part of this, but I really do believe more needs to be done to make a big change…Best Regards,Kelly ZanteyCreator, BellyBelly.com.au Gentle Solutions From Conception to ParenthoodBellyBelly Birth Support - http://www.bellybelly.com.au/birth-support
