Wondering if anyone has any suggestions for a woman I am
supporting due in two weeks who emailed me with this:
I had a slight incident this
morning... Was using an epi-no birth trainer (for the second time) in an effort
to reduce the risk of tearing or needing an episiotomy, and
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Tearing after using Epi-No?
Oh Dear
Dont worry from tearing from an insane gadget sold by the Obs that is really unnecessary if a woman works with her body and births actively.
I guess though that with a private Ob she has the worst chance of birthing actively and
Kelly,
Well, the bad news is
that labour will be much more intense that what she's experienced with the
epi-no!
The good news
isthat the vagina is very vascular in ahealthy
womanheals quickly. A lot of blood can result from a quite
minorlaceration it'll almost certainly be healed by
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Hi All,
I absolutely agree with Justine and Brenda. Artificial tools like the
'Epi-No' merely serve to instill fear of birthing and undermine women's
belief in the ability of their own bodies to birth naturally and well. I
have the same opinion of perineal massage - it just focuses the womens
Thanks Brenda Ooh I forgot I made
a mistake shes due in 2 days not two weeks how long to
heal you think?
Best Regards,
Kelly Zantey
Creator, BellyBelly.com.au
Gentle Solutions For
Conception, Pregnancy, Birth Parenthood
BellyBelly
Birth Support
From:
Thanks all for your thoughts and I completely agree, but how do we get that
out there in the mainstream? Because my forum is mainstream (but I have
secretly loaded up the site with gentle articles) and it's s busy,
especially since we get lots of promotion in the major parenting mags. While
I
Hello,
I seem to remember that poeple on this list have done the
ground work in regards to health funds covering homebirths and private midwifery
services. Does anyone know of one that covers these services andif
sohow much do they cover? Alternatively has anyone had any luck
negotiating
Check out this link: http://bellybelly.com.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18822
I have put them in a list with a brief description.
Best Regards,
Kelly Zantey
Creator, BellyBelly.com.au
Gentle Solutions For
Conception, Pregnancy, Birth Parenthood
BellyBelly Birth Support
From:
I have thought this for years but seeing how hard it is to
eliminate Failure to Progress from the OB language I think it
would be harder to change EL CS to SCS or Booked CS.
Cheers
Judy
--- Kelly @ BellyBelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One of the women in my forums posted this comment which I
Hi Rochelle, the HBF of W.A covers $1400
of the midwives fee if top hospital cover. $1040 if intermediate. If the
client also claims the hospital or OBs fee she will only be paid one of them. Australian
Unity pays more. Other funds pay less. Medicare Private pays none at all. Contact
me
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] On behalf of Rochelle . Perth
Dear Rochelle
Kellys info is up to date.
Forget Medibank Private, they are hopeless as you no doubt know.
As an existing fund member waiting periods do not apply if you switch funds. But naturally confirm this. Grand United is the fund
Hi everyone,
Just a quick reminder, now that the year is swinging into gear, that
we have a wonderful speaker on this topic coming to Australia in
February. Sherokee Ilse is the current President of the International
Stillbirth Alliance and the author of a number of books on this
topic. She
If you want to add it, Defence Health's
cover is detailed below.
Kate
~~~
Defence Health Midwifery benefits are
only available for Members contributing to Private Hospital cover. The
restrictions and benefits of the entitlement are as follows:
* Over all midwifery benefit maximum
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