Re: [ozmidwifery] any benefit to teaching women self examination?

2006-04-06 Thread islips
i was transitional at 2cms with my first , was fully 1 hour later !!. My second i was transitional at 5cms. Going by what the woman 'feels' emotionallyseems to be more of an indication. zoe - Original Message - From: Susan Cudlipp To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au

RE: [ozmidwifery] My Sunrise Email

2006-04-06 Thread Philippa Scott
I have to agree with Leanne Here. I am very disappointed to think that people believe this of most Christians. I wonder how many Christians you know personally to make that kind of statement. It is certainly not true of any Christians I know and I have spent my whole life in the Christian faith

RE: [ozmidwifery] My Sunrise Email

2006-04-06 Thread Lindsay Kennedy
'Growing Kids God's Way' was an amazingly manipulative philosophy that I recall spreading through the Christian churches in my home town. Many lovely Christian people that I knew were influenced by these ideas that were obviously 'God based'. I don't think that Christians are more rigid or

Re: [ozmidwifery] My Sunrise Email

2006-04-06 Thread Mike Lindsay Kennedy
Hi Philippa Fairly simple really. As a Salvation Army Officer (Minister) I knew many Christians. In the early to mid 90's we had a very strong non-denominational christian following of these beliefs. This was across most main stream and penticostal churches and fairly much country wide (NZ). I

Re: [ozmidwifery] midwife for mt Gambier

2006-04-06 Thread Bowman Family
hi, as far as I am aware, the closest Victorian midwife who does some home births is Maryin Port Fairy. Still a very long way from Mt Gambier. Good luck , Linda - Original Message - From: Lisa Barrett To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Thursday, March 23,

Re: [ozmidwifery] any benefit to teaching women self examination?

2006-04-06 Thread diane
Just arrived home from such a birth in our unit, 2-3 cm to birth in 1 hour. The woman I cared for birthed less quickly (5hrs) and I almost managed not to disturb her birth with a VE , but after 30 min of almost second stage behaviour, thought I should do a quick check. But was only quick

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth and the weather

2006-04-06 Thread diane
I do notice an increase in spontaneous rupture of membranes when there are changes of pressure Di - Original Message - From: Kylie Carberry To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 11:44 AM Subject: [ozmidwifery] birth and the weather

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth and the weather

2006-04-06 Thread jesse/jayne
I was due with the 3 of my children in summer. Around all their due dates, the weather was hot and actual record breaking temps during two of these periods. All 3 came at the first sign of a cool change :) When I had my last one, the midwives had their 4 clients (who were due over a 4 week

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth and the weather

2006-04-06 Thread brendamanning
Jayne, It's well known accepted within the farming community that when we have a storm after a dry spell the barometric pressure drops. This results in animals rupturing their membranes, late, early or otherwise. When the barometric pressure changes the intra uterine extra uterine

RE: [ozmidwifery] birth and the weather

2006-04-06 Thread Kate Reynolds
Hi Kylie, I am not sure about the change in pressure theory but I certainly notice anecdotally that lots of women rupture their membranes on a full moon (and most present with just the ruptured membranes and not yet in labour). The full moon alters the magnetic pull of the earth so I

[ozmidwifery] World Health Day

2006-04-06 Thread Sally-Anne Brown
Dear all, Today is World Health Day and the theme for World Health Day 2006 is "Working together for health." It was chosen to highlight the international shortage of health workers, and how best to attract and retain medical personnel. ... the link for world health report is cited

[ozmidwifery] Traditional birth practices

2006-04-06 Thread Mike Lindsay Kennedy
Anyone have any articles re traditional birth in the Aboriginal culture for an assignment i'm working on? rgds mike -- My photos online @ http://community.webshots.com/user/mike1962nz My Group online @ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PSP_for_Photographers New Photo site@ Mike -

[ozmidwifery] protest

2006-04-06 Thread Vedrana Valčić
Dear listers, I vaguely remember reading (or hearing?) about protests in some maternity hospitals where people went into a hospital and sat there until the hospital policy was changed. I think it was about support persons at birth. Can anyone point me in the right direction for more