Hi,
after being on this list for a long, long, time i just have to ask:
where has this list gone to?
it used to be fully midwifery - issues, questions, politics - to inform
, incite, advocate - for better maternity care systems across australia
- for all women.
sure, i've been studying and
have you tried Marie Heath from Goulburn or Jane Collings from Bowral.
Sonja
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- Original Message -
From: Sue Cookson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 6:29 PM
Subject:
Hi Sue,
Perhaps...just a thought ..but maybe it's just
that it's summer sitting in front of a computer is not only time consuming
but very unhealthy. We are all so much more aware of what constitutes a quality
healthy lifestyle nowadays and as Di says,
Well Kelly, midwifery led care is the best way to get a great birth.
However if you are working inside a big system you are a product of what is
on offer. Even though the midwives maybe doing a great job ( and most are)
you cannot get away from the constraints placed on you by policy and
Hi all,
My email obviously went out about the direction of the list as I have
recieved a couple of personal replies but my own email and other replies
to the list have not appeared for me!!
So frustrating.
Can someone please email me copies of the discussion so I can participate??
Thanks,
I get so fustrated when I know people who choose subordinate (in my opinion)
levels of care. What I mean is, healthy women who choose care under an
obstetrician. They get roped into the high tech repeated u/s, monitoring,
for the just in case ignorant way of thinking. They end up having
O.k. I shall re-phrase :) If introducing midwifery-led care on a broad scale
has not helped due to policy or other restrictions, then what CAN work,
right now, no matter where women choose to give birth? Because there is
never going to be one place every woman chooses to give birth, not always
Hi Rachael,
I sometimes share your frustrations in wondering why on earth women choose
OB's to care for them - particularly when they whinge about them so much!
However what women are after is continuity of care because they want some
feeling of certainty over who is going to be with them when
Hi there,
Would someone please email me phone numbers for Marie and Jane, I just had
someone ask about independent midwives available for the Nowra area. Any
more suggestions or recommendations also very welcome.
Warm regards,
Lea Mason, AAHCC
Certified Bradley® Natural Childbirth Educator
Sue Cookson wrote:
Hi all,
My email obviously went out about the direction of the list as I have
recieved a couple of personal replies but my own email and other
replies to the list have not appeared for me!!
So frustrating.
Can someone please email me copies of the discussion so I can
Dear Kelly and all
Some additional information may assist you before you totally throw the NZ
model out the window.
For those of us who have lobbied at high levels, and been involved with
writing (and selling!) NMAP etc we needed to totally understand the good and
the bad of NZ.
Kelly your
I have a question for you wise women - will give you some background
first.
Young woman with a concealed or unacknowledged pregnancy at 26 weeks
presented with acute abdominal pain to a remote area health clinic. No
midwife was present and doctor had not practiced obstetrics for years.
Anne the pregnancy test reading levels of bHCG which are elevated
only in the first trimester and peak at 60-90 days post conception.
They then decrease after 10-11 weeks and plateau at 100-130 days at
a lower level that is maintained until birth and is not detectable by
2 weeks post
So many women DON'T believe they can birth well. They are so
afraid of the pain and afraid of something going wrong. Then is
becomes a self fulfilling prophecy and they are then so thankful
they had the obstetrician. I, also, am so frustrated at the
choices sometimes but it will take a huge shift
Hi Anne
Nothing further to add to Andreas comments except I am so glad to hear there is
a debriefing opportunity for this case. Congrats on your great work up North.
Wendy
- Original Message -
From: Anne Smith
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Cc: Anne Smith
Sent: Monday,
Dear all, I know we have covered this, however I have been back over the past
year and can't find any references. A women approached me about where to find
a suitable birthing pool. She has been told it should be a mtr deep and she
has only found the kids ones of 750cm. It will also need to
Some women just never spill bHCG, and just in general you can get a
false negative but pretty much never a false positive.
On 08/01/2007, at 2:59 PM, Andrea Quanchi wrote:
Anne the pregnancy test reading levels of bHCG which are elevated
only in the first trimester and peak at 60-90 days
The only independent birthing center in the District of Columbia is reducing
costs for the city's health care system by more than $800,000 annually,
primarily because of the reduced numbers of caesarean sections and preterm
deliveries, according to Ruth Watson Lubic, the center's founder and
websites for buying and some hire are (there was even one on ebay a month or so
back)
http://www.simplybirth.com.au/ I have this one, a labouring woman used it a
few weeks ago and really liked it then donated it to me.
http://www.spa-hire.com.au/
We sell them!! Great for rural areas too, because they dont take much water!
www.simplybirth.com.au
- Original Message -
From: Katy O'Neill
To: Ozmidwifery
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 1:56 PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Finding a birth pool
Dear all, I know we have
To me the way women (society) veiws pregnancy reflects the current trend to
rush for medical assistance in any situation. Common colds, neck pain,
constipation, insomnia, depression, obesity, you name it. Instead of looking
within at underlying emotional issues, considering diet, toxins such as
Big question with lots of history based in patriarchy, science and
politics and big business. It takes time to change a culture of people who
saw doctors as the saviours they were and can still be, and who have been
socialised to see doctor as god. The thought they they may be wrong just
A metre deep would be far too deep in my opinion, think of being on hands
and knees…Most of the birthing pools I’ve known and loved have been about
60cms deep up to the fill line, and that seems perfect for just about any
position. The La Bassine Made in Water pools are a pretty good alternative
Does anyone have a DL brochure about midwifery care with all the facts to
have mailed out, with an introduction letter, as an education/PR campaign
targeted for GP's around Australia? They are first in line with pregnant
women, that's where opportunity lies... It's a great idea to build
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