This is a brilliant show - I have seen a number of episodes in the UK. The
midwife does home births, water births and even has a still birth at home -
all as part of her routine job.
Pity it is on commercial TV, but I guess that means a potentially larger
audience, so in terms of childbirth
Hi Sue,
An excellent article in MIDIRS Midwifery Digest 14:1 2004 by a midwife cites
Houlihan and Knuppel (1994) as showing that meconium is normally passed by
the foetus in 3% of cases @ 36 weeks gestation, 13% @ 36 -39 weeks
gestation, 19% @ 40 -41 weeks gestation and 23% @ 41 weeks
Thanks Leanne,
Is there any way I can access that article or acquire a copy of it - I don't
have a membership to MIDIRS.
There are certainly lots of articles now that don't support routine
suctioning of mec-stained babies at head birth, and yet it is still common
practice up here in the Northern
Hi Sue,
It really is a terrific article about birthing in the caul.
I'm sure I also have an article somewhere about how suctioning the baby on
the peri actually stimulates the baby to take a breath and thus meconium is
drawn into the lungs whereas if the baby is not touched just the pressure
Hi Leanne,
Thanks for the offer to send me a copy - probably ordinary mail would be the
easiest.
My address is:
Sue Cookson,
200The Pocket Road, The Pocket NSW 2483
Thanks again,
Sue Cookson
Hi Sue,
It really is a terrific article about birthing in the caul.
I'm sure I also have an article
hi caught the show on sat nght in adelaide was very good encourge all to
watch
regards sharon
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This is a brilliant
