[ozmidwifery] Fwd: RNs Midwives - secondment opportunity

2002-08-14 Thread Rosalee Shaw
---BeginMessage--- Bourke RN Midwifery secondment 2002.doc Hello everyone, Bourke Hospital, as part of the Far West Area Health Service, is offering secondments to Registered Nurses and especially Midwives who are interested in working in a rural area for short or long terms. In the Year

Re: [ozmidwifery] Fwd: RNs Midwives - secondment opportunity

2002-08-14 Thread Anne Saxton
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[ozmidwifery] for those attending the ACMI SA Branch AGM

2002-08-14 Thread Jackie Kitschke
To those attending the ACMI SA Branch AGM on Friday the 16th of August. The address of "The Wakefield Hotel" is 76 Wakefield Street Adelaide, between Pultney and King William Streets. The address on the flyer is for "The Astor Hotel" which was last year's venue. See you all then Jackie

Re: [ozmidwifery] OP babies

2002-08-14 Thread Andrea Quanchi
Do you know if the results of marie Chamebrlains study have been published yet??? Andrea Quanchi On Tuesday, August 13, 2002, at 10:45 PM, Robin Moon wrote:   - Original Message - From: Jo Dean Bainbridge To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 9:03 PM Subject:

[ozmidwifery] OP babies research

2002-08-14 Thread Grant and Louise
I don't know if it has been published yet, but was on either page 1 or 3 of the Saturday Sydney Morning Herald a while ago, with photo of mother, midwife and Swiss ball. LOUISE [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[ozmidwifery] OP babies

2002-08-14 Thread Jen Semple
--- Lynne Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What does RCT stand for (2nd paragraph below)? Thanks, Jen There are many lifelstyle factors which could contribute to the number of OP positions seen. In my mid education, we were told it was 10% of women. I think it is more common than this, and

[ozmidwifery] OFP

2002-08-14 Thread henk / eliza merbis
Dear Larissa, Being new to 'the business', I couldn't help but pick up on your email about how you feel about OFP and how you are going to include it in your CBE classes. I would be very interested in a rundown on this interesting topic as we really didn't cover it in our course (Post Grad.

RE: [ozmidwifery] OP labours (long)

2002-08-14 Thread Vicki Chan
Title: Message I'm inclined to agree, Jackie! My own babies love that direct op posi. They've all been quick, the last4.5kgand still manage to come out within the hour! No back pain.Must be my HUGE childbearing hips! (says she putting the belt on the size 8 pants cause they just fell

Re: [ozmidwifery] OP babies

2002-08-14 Thread elizabeth mcalpine
One response I heard recently.."if we tell the mothers that their baby is OP, we will cause anxiety". Personally, I think it is important to avoid this position, and tell them, and believe that women should be told. It does indeed cause many problems as you mentioned. I also tell them

RE: [ozmidwifery] OP labours (long)

2002-08-14 Thread sally
Im with Jacki and Vicki. Its not such a big deal given time, space and support. In peace and joy Sally Westbury

[ozmidwifery] OPs , POPs and the need for CS.

2002-08-14 Thread Jan Robinson
Dear Jo, Liz, Andrea, Lynne and list It is non-informed consent to your management not to tell a woman she has an OP position during pregnancy ... Just as it is negligent not to tell her all of the possible ways she can deal with changing it during pregnancy and labour. There is almost always a

RE: [ozmidwifery] Colic/osteopathy

2002-08-14 Thread Ken Ward
Sounds like lactose intolerance., or over-supply. Should be self-limiting. Get mum off the dairy foods for several days and see if that helps. But don't try and foolow everyone's advice. It gets far too complicated and confusing.. Off dairy, reduce lactose to baby, end of green poos and

RE: [ozmidwifery] Midwifery model of care in hospitals

2002-08-14 Thread Ken Ward
Thanks Jen, but I work at Box Hill. Believe me, it is not midwifery-led. We do routine CTG.s, Four hour VE {usually by RMO's, for practice] use of epidurals is high, very reluctant to have VBACS. Need I go on? The unit is doctor controlled. Women are almost forced to have repeat c/s. It got

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2002-08-14 Thread Judy Chapman
Hi All Assistance is needed urgently. We have a relatively new DON in Mackay and yesterday we were told by one of the nurse managers that she is not in favour of midwives. Apparently we all think ourselves too good and she wants us to be good little nursies and go back to doing what the

Re: [ozmidwifery] Achieving Midwifery Models in Hunter

2002-08-14 Thread Child Birth Information Service
Hi Kathleen, Sorry for my mix-up, and good luck on the day, I hope you get lots of people with many ideas. I presented one of our members with an idea, and she has taken it on board to write up a proposal for us. Community midwifery care where by a group of midwives will take on a case load

[ozmidwifery] Re:

2002-08-14 Thread Kathleen Fahy
Dear Judy, Your first step for info is the Maternity Coalition National Maternity Action Plan. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Next step, inform consumers now so that they can respond to the media and politicians. Finally, protect yourself. Be aware that people monitor this list, print off

[ozmidwifery] Re:

2002-08-14 Thread Lynne Staff
Judy - what a situation. Have to step back and look at some strategies. We are not public, but have 1-2-1 care in birth suite. For references, ask her to look at the government investigations into maternity care since 1990, and the recommendations from those investigations. Plain as the nose on

Re: [ozmidwifery] OFP

2002-08-14 Thread JoFromOz
Hi Eliza, not sure if you caught my other post... just wanted to say Hi ... I was in the same mid course as you :)How are you finding your first year out? I am finding things A LOT different to what I expected... where I am working, everybody is very 'scissor happy" :( I am learning who to

Re: [ozmidwifery] Achieving Midwifery Models in Hunter

2002-08-14 Thread Kathleen Fahy
Dear Terry, Thank you so much for this very useful piece of information. I'll follow up. Best wishes, Kathleen --Kathleen FahyProfessor of MidwiferyHead of School of Nursing and MidwiferyFaculty of HealthThe University of

RE: [ozmidwifery] OP babies

2002-08-14 Thread Ken Ward
It is suppose to be our life style. Too much sitting around. My last baby was ol to oa and rotated around to op during labour and got stuck.. Awful feeling, as if I had a piece of 4x2 up there. Anyway a gentle keillands rotation, and she just about fell out. Where I did my mid the obests.