Re: [ozmidwifery] DISHEARTENED ANGRY AND ASHAMED

2003-01-06 Thread Leigh Evans
Dear Sue, Thanks for sharing and I understand your anger. How on earth can those people call themselves professionals. Midwives - ha! Appalling for you all. Love Leigh - Original Message - From: Sue Cookson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 2:27 PM

RE: [ozmidwifery] Silly water birth policies

2003-01-06 Thread Jane Palmer
Dear Andrea I too have been faced with the no bath policy at RPA - except there was a plug in the room - so the woman filled the bath regardless of their policy. I faced an even more serious problem at the same hospital. A woman I was caring for was booked to give birth at RPA birth centre but

[ozmidwifery] Good Fiddle

2003-01-06 Thread Pinky McKay
Wow Aviva -havent heard that oen for a while - my Dad's saying too! Pinky - Original Message - From: Aviva Sheb'a To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 11:24 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] '52 was a good year Yes, Judy. Or, like a

Re: [ozmidwifery] Human rights/women's rights/rigid policies

2003-01-06 Thread Lynne Staff
Another thing to remember is to keep copies of anything you send/write - these types of letters are notorious for 'disappearing' withing the mire of process. It is important to also cc relevant documentation from your perspective to ALL of the relevant people in each department, also to Human

[ozmidwifery] Re: Vietnam Veteran Entertainers

2003-01-06 Thread Aviva Sheb'a
Dear Caroline, Happy New Year! May 2003 be a spectacularly successful, happy and healthy year for you. Thank you for the email...Iam forwarding this reply complete with your message to the ozmidwifery list. Best wishes, Aviva - Original Message - From: Caroline Winnall To: [EMAIL

Re: [ozmidwifery] Human rights/women's rights/rigid policies

2003-01-06 Thread Debby M
Ladies you might want to check to see if the hospitals concerned are signatories to the Women's Friendly Hospital Policy. Although I did point this policy out to RWH Brisbane who are signatories to it and the only person who really applied the criteria in it was the head of midwifery services who

Re: [ozmidwifery] DISHEARTENED ANGRY AND ASHAMED

2003-01-06 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
Dear Sue: I have just gotten back on the list after travelling to the USA in December. My heart aches for you. The need of the staff to get antibiotics into the baby is reminiscent to me of transfers that happened in California with PROM and no maternal IV antibiotics. They always came up with