RE: [ozmidwifery] Nettle tea

2003-12-01 Thread Larry Megan
Hi Cas I dont know about your question, but my midwife rec Nettle tea for iron absorption, 4th baby in 5 years so body is a bit exhausted. She said I could have 3 cups a day, and I'm at the beginning of my journey. Megan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ozmidwifery] New models of midwifery care

2003-12-01 Thread Judy Chapman
Heard an anecdote the other day about a woman who had 3 vaginal births after a CS and they it was found out the CS was Classical. JudyFrom: "*G and S*" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] New models of midwifery care Date: Sun, 30

Re: [ozmidwifery] New models of midwifery care

2003-12-01 Thread Denise Hynd
Marilynn What is your email again??New computer program yet again Denise - Original Message - From: Marilyn Kleidon To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 7:15 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] New models of midwifery care Diedre: Were

Re: [ozmidwifery] New models of midwifery care

2003-12-01 Thread *G and S*
Heard an anecdote the other day about a woman who had 3 vaginal births after a CS and they it was found out the CS was Classical. JudyThanks Judy! Sonia W.

Re: [ozmidwifery] New models of midwifery care

2003-12-01 Thread Mary Murphy
Andrea wrote: In constrast, the CMWA is working with a select group of women, who are very unlikely to have the social risks that the Albany team work with (homeless, poor, drug users, teenagers, non-English speaking etc). I agree that we do not have the high levels of social risk that the

RE: [ozmidwifery] New models of midwifery care

2003-12-01 Thread Wayne and Cas
Title: Message Heard another anecdote the other day ... 2 women experienced UR during labour. The first had attempted a hospital VBAC the second had planned a homebirth. In the first, the woman was monitored on ctg and the problem noticed too late. Consequently the baby died because no one

Re: [ozmidwifery] New models of midwifery care

2003-12-01 Thread Jo Bourne
Andrea, I am a little confused, you seem to have switched from talking about a homebirth service run from RHW to one run from St.George, or am I getting my wires crossed? cheers Jo At 8:41 +1100 1/12/03, Andrea Robertson wrote: Hello everyone, It is very good to see such a useful debate on

[ozmidwifery] midwifery care

2003-12-01 Thread Mary Murphy
20031127-42#Early labour assessment and support at home: a randomized controlled trial-JOGC [Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada],vol 25, no 9, September 2003, pp 734-741Janssen PA; Iker CE; Carty EA-(September 2003) OBJECTIVE: To

[ozmidwifery] more about breech.

2003-12-01 Thread Mary Murphy
20031126-16#Breech deliveries and cesarean section-Journal of Perinatal Medicine,vol 31, no 5, 2003, pp 415-419Papp Z-(2003) Breech presentation is the most common malpresentation, with about 3-4% of singleton fetuses presenting breech at

[ozmidwifery] oxygen in labour

2003-12-01 Thread Mary Murphy
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Re: [ozmidwifery] New models of midwifery care

2003-12-01 Thread Denise Hynd
Dear Andrea I concur with yoiur statement The fact that home birth rates are rising steadily in Britain comes down to the commitment fo the system to home birth as an option andn its availability as a free service to every woman wo wants it. It is not the case here in Australia and so questions

[ozmidwifery] fetal heart in labour

2003-12-01 Thread Lesley Kuliukas
Hi all I would really appreciate some opinions on frequency of listening to the FH in labour, particularly the second stage. I've always listened in every half hour in early labour, 15 minutely in cracking labour and after every contraction (and through some of them) in the second stage. I

Re: [ozmidwifery] New models of midwifery care

2003-12-01 Thread Andrea Robertson
Hi Jo, Sorry if I confused you Both St George and the RHW Randwick are in the same Area Health Service. Both are considering setting up a home birth service. As there will no doubt be some geographical limits placed on the extent of the service, it will be wonderful if both can get their

Re: [ozmidwifery] New models of midwifery care

2003-12-01 Thread Andrea Robertson
Hi Mary, especially those who book into a Birth Centre because they want to avoid a medicalised birth and then discover along the way that they could actually give birth at home quite safely. What happens is that along the way they discover some restrictive protocol that excludes them from

RE: [ozmidwifery] fetal heart in labour

2003-12-01 Thread hplerchbacher
Dear Lesley, Checking in my little Evidence based guidelines for midwifery led care in labour produced by NHS Sheffield Teaching Hospital, page 12 says all about fetal heart rate monitoring: - every 15 minutes during first stage - every 5 minutes in the second stage Hope this helps Ping

Re: [ozmidwifery] New models of midwifery care

2003-12-01 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
Denise: It is [EMAIL PROTECTED] marilyn - Original Message - From: Denise Hynd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 11:45 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] New models of midwifery care Marilynn What is your email again??New computer

Re: [ozmidwifery] New models of midwifery care

2003-12-01 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
Andrea: What guidelines, protocols etc. will be implemented for these programs? From your excitement I thought the NSWCMP was about to start being implemented, if not why not? Will each Health Service Area have to come up with their own guidelines? quite honestly I can't imagine IPM's working

[ozmidwifery] physiological third stage

2003-12-01 Thread linda kamchevski
Can some one tell me can there be a pulse in the umbilical cord if the separation of the placenta is complete. Last night all the signs of separation ie. show, cord lengthening etc cord contiued to pulse. My thoughts were that this doesnt happen. twas a bit tricky. lol. linda.

Re: [ozmidwifery] New models of midwifery care

2003-12-01 Thread Tom, Tania and Sam Smallwood
Andrea, It may interest you and others that we have only one birth centre in South Australia that 'allows' women to have a VBAC, and it is NOT attached to one of our large tertiary hospitals. Waterbirth is also verbally denied at most if not all birth centres, women and midwives need to

Re: [ozmidwifery] fetal heart in labour

2003-12-01 Thread Denise Hynd
With this question I would also ask you all to consider when does intermittent auscultation become continuous auscultation (listening after every contraction?) and an intervention in normal progress of birth??Denise Hynd - Original Message - From: Lesley Kuliukas To:

Re: [ozmidwifery] fetal heart in labour

2003-12-01 Thread Elissa and David
The following are extracts from the MIDIRS Informed choice leaflet for professionals 2.Fetal heart rate monitoring in labour , and the NICE The use of electronic fetal monitoring: The use and interpretation of cardiotocography in intrapartum fetal surveillance-Guideline C .The full articles