[ozmidwifery] not weighing placentas

Does anyone have research to support the discontinuation of weighing placentas as a routine practice? I have worked in places that stopped doing it years ago and feel anecdotally that weighing placentas has no clinical benefit.However, I don't know if it has been discontinued as a result of

[ozmidwifery] rh neg discussion

DISCUSSION PLEASE if a mother is rh neg and babe rh pos kliehauer neg and weak anti d present passive from last anti natal ante D does a mother still have to have anti D JAN

Re: [ozmidwifery] not weighing placentas

I think it was stopped more as a result of lack of research to show why it was done. I always thought we did it as students more out of interest because healthy placentas usually weigh around 1/6 the weight of the baby so it was a way for those new to view placentas to gauge whether the size was

RE: [ozmidwifery] As if messing with humans isn't enough..

I wonder if they sell tickets to see whales mate as well?! This is just too much! And so cruel L! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gloria Lemay Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 1:56 AM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] As

Re: [ozmidwifery] when to cut an episiotomy

Not entirely sure I want to know, but Mary what is "buttonholing"? Katrina - Original Message - From: Mary Murphy To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 10:03 AM Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] when to cut an episiotomy Because

Re: [ozmidwifery] when to cut an episiotomy

In my training, in UK in '79, the episiotomy rate was very high. Of my 30 obligatory deliveries, 29 had epis, the 30th being a multip who delivered too quickly for anyone to push scissors into my hands. I was only taught how to deliver with one, no effort was made to teach how to protect

Re: [ozmidwifery] not weighing placentas

Dear Helen, Think laterally, get them to give you good evidence giving the reason thatthey weigh placentas, other than that they have been doing it forever - not a good reason. If they cannot give you evidence why it should continue it should be stopped, you start not weighing them and

Re: [ozmidwifery] rh neg discussion

Dear Jan, Yes she does. RegardsAnne ClarkeChair - BFHI Queensland - Original Message - From: Janet Ireland To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 5:30 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] rh neg discussion DISCUSSION PLEASE if a

Re: [ozmidwifery] when to cut an episiotomy

This reminds me of a time when I had a primi with an intact peri in Saudi. I got called over to see her in the ward many hours later as she was in great pain. Inspection showed a HUGE haematoma starting high in the vagina, needed emergency draining and haemostasis as well as blood transfusion. I

RE: [ozmidwifery] when to cut an episiotomy

Buttonholing is when the babys head stretches the perineum to the point of splitting before it tears at the vaginal opening. Ie closed at the vagina, closed at the rectal end and split in the middle, like a buttonhole. It can (and did) cause delayed healing because of the blanching of the

Re: [ozmidwifery] when to cut an episiotomy

Threads like this come back to haunt you. Last night I cared for a primip who I took over on night duty as she was about to enter second stage after having laboured all day and having had no sleep the night before. Given lots of time she progressed very slowly to having the head distending the

[ozmidwifery] placenta weighing

I totally agree with a previous email that the people who make the rules ought to have to demonstrate what the procedure is actually proving or helping. But here's a link to a study more generally that also deals with weighing. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...0dopt=AbstractMidwifery.