[ozmidwifery] notice of ALCA conference

2004-06-30 Thread Julie Clarke
About ALCA The Australian Lactation Consultants’ Assoc. (ALCA) is the national professional assoc. for Lactation Consultants and was formed in 1987.  We are non-profit, have 500 members, and provide professional development for our members and other health professionals through seminars an

Re: [ozmidwifery] Cervix position and labour duration

2004-06-30 Thread Lieve Huybrechts
Hoi Simone,   I am glad to have such an answer, it helps me also to understand views other than what I know. The osteopath I mentioned said he had his learning with a french female osteopath, so it could be the same as yours.   My way of thinking is the following:   Most of women are perfectly

Re: [ozmidwifery] Thanks for the responses!

2004-06-30 Thread pauline
Something similar to what I was told..."You are better off asking a silly question than making a silly mistake" Enjoy what you are doing, Pauline - Original Message - From: "Tania & Laurie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 4:39 PM Subject: Re: [oz

Re: [ozmidwifery] Cervix position and labour duration

2004-06-30 Thread Simone Keddy
Hi Lieve and Monica,   Thanks for your replies, I'll try and answer them!   I did a post graduate course in Osteopathy in Obstetrics at the European School of Osteopathy in Kent.  We were taught internal techniques by Christine Michel, a French midwife and osteopath. (the French are very ope

Re: [ozmidwifery] Cervix position and labour duration

2004-06-30 Thread Lieve Huybrechts
Hoi Mary, I had this feeling also. I phoned him. He said he learnt it with an osteopath in Paris who did it already for 20 years. He promised  to recall me to make an appointment to give more information. I am still waiting. I don't think it is necessairy to touch women internaly during preg

Re: [ozmidwifery] cow's milk formula and risk of type 1 diabetes

2004-06-30 Thread Mrs Joanne M Fisher
That's exactly what I felt!!!   Joanne - Original Message - From: Yandilla Maternity Service To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 9:04 AM Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] cow's milk formula and risk of type 1 diabetes Hi Barb,   I agree.

Re: [ozmidwifery] Cervix position and labour duration

2004-06-30 Thread Mary Murphy
Lieve, this sounds like sexual assault, wrapped up in clinical language.  I would consider him a predator.  MM   . During labor she told me she had visited an osteopath who did vaginal techniques on her. So he indeed did twice a vaginal touche. He calls himself an energetic osteopath.I made a

Re: [ozmidwifery] Cervix position and labour duration

2004-06-30 Thread Lieve Huybrechts
Hoi Simone,   I am independent midwife in Belgium and we send a lot of mothers to an osteopath for different reasons.   The position of the cervix often tells a lot over the position of the child, so when there is a posterior position in the baby you find mostly a posterior cervix. So it is i