Re: [ozmidwifery] Today in Parliament...

2003-02-26 Thread Barry MacGregor
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Re: [ozmidwifery] New to the group with lots of questions!

2003-01-21 Thread Barry MacGregor
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Re: [ozmidwifery] why amniocentesis

2003-01-21 Thread Barry MacGregor
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[ozmidwifery] ultrasounds.

2003-01-12 Thread Barry MacGregor
Dear all! I am very happy to report that more and more women are questioning repeated ultrasounds and asking doctors if it is safe to have them. Naturally, the doctors say " of course it is safe" and then do the just another neurotic woman eye roll. Wonderful though that these women stand

Re: [ozmidwifery] DISHEARTENED ANGRY AND ASHAMED

2003-01-05 Thread Barry MacGregor
Ahh Sue! Crying my eyes out here as I try to type this reply. I too have seen this type of behaviour from midwives and am always astounded. Currently, I am looking for another position in a different hospital as the one I am currently working in seems to only employ these midwives in their

Re: [ozmidwifery] Fw: exhaustion and elation

2002-12-17 Thread Barry MacGregor
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Re: [ozmidwifery] Ruptured Uterus

2002-12-12 Thread Barry MacGregor
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Re: [ozmidwifery] Ruptured Uterus

2002-12-12 Thread Barry MacGregor
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[ozmidwifery] Ruptured Uterus

2002-12-11 Thread Barry MacGregor
Could someone please enlighten me on how does one end up with a ruptured uterus during an induction of labour. How can this happen if you palp contractions etc. Interesting things happen in these "we're a high risk unit you know" hospitals Regards Sonja new midwife that is still apparently

Re: [ozmidwifery] RemunerationOf Mid or NursePractinioners?

2002-12-11 Thread Barry MacGregor
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Re: [ozmidwifery] Re Tina's response to Denise

2002-12-01 Thread Barry MacGregor
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Re: [ozmidwifery] Re: [Children Present at Births)

2002-11-27 Thread Barry MacGregor
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Re: [ozmidwifery] HIV and birth

2002-11-19 Thread Barry MacGregor
Megan I have read somewhere (I can't remember where, quite possibly on this list???) that exclusive breastfeeding for HIV mothers is just as safe as bottle feeding. Haven't read anything about birth though. Sonja -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit

Re: [ozmidwifery] Obstetric Perception - Your thoughts?

2002-10-31 Thread Barry MacGregor
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Re: [ozmidwifery] Fw: InviteTo NSW NMAP Launch

2002-09-22 Thread Barry MacGregor
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[ozmidwifery] horrified

2002-09-09 Thread Barry MacGregor
Dear All Having moved from a relatively large regional hospital with ?midwifery care to a large city referral hospital, I am becoming more and more amazed at interventions that some midwives see as normal. Women come to the postnatal ward following a forceps delivery of their baby and our

Re: [ozmidwifery] FW: Best for Women Conference reply!!!!!!!!!!

2002-09-04 Thread Barry MacGregor
Justine Love to be part of the hoo ha But will be in the Hunter Valley and coming back to Sydney that day! Hope it is in the afternoon Sonja -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.

Re: [ozmidwifery] [Ozmidwifery] Homebirth Australia Conference

2002-09-04 Thread Barry MacGregor
Jan Would love to attend. All areas of Sydney are far from each other when you look at Sydney traffic. Please let me know dates, times and address! Sonja -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.

Re: [ozmidwifery] Posh Spice

2002-09-02 Thread Barry MacGregor
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Re: [ozmidwifery] [Ozmidwifery] Homebirth Australia Conference

2002-09-02 Thread Barry MacGregor
Why not hold it in the NT before or after the Frontiers of Midwifery conference. I think Jan Robinson suggested this some time ago. Would love to help out if I can even though I live in Sydney. Yours Sonja -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au

[ozmidwifery] re: new dimensions

2002-07-16 Thread Barry MacGregor
Jan! Shea, Maree and yourself were wonderful on Tuesday's show! I want to say thanks for training me in my first semester of uni last year as a very green midwifery student. Now I am a fully fledged midwife, still working within the obstetric model of care in the local hospital but often

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2002-06-22 Thread Barry MacGregor
I love the "birthday" slogans. I feel that they would pique everyone's interests - women and men. Would love to see these everywhere and have everyone talking about NMAP and what have they got to do with birthdays. However, on another note I was hoping that someone would be able to help me

re: language

2002-06-02 Thread Barry MacGregor
OOOH! Thanks for the reminder about being a midwifery student rather than a student midwife! I never quite put the two together, especially as my ID badge states student midwife. However, I have always had big issues with the professionalisation of nursing and midwifery. Had many an argument

PUPPS

2002-05-30 Thread Barry MacGregor
Dear all! I vaguely remember some information on this site previously on PUPPS. As a student midwife, I have a lady on which I am conducting a longitudinal study - following her through her clinic visits, labour and post partum. However, now in her 37th week she has PUPPS. The doctors want

re: PUPPS

2002-05-30 Thread Barry MacGregor
Thanks everyone for your replies. All my lady's liver function tests have come back normal, however she had a haemoglobin test that went from 112 in one week to 90 the next. Don't know if this is related or not. I have asked all the senior midwives and doctors about PUPPS and all have said

re:finally

2002-03-19 Thread Barry MacGregor
Where I am currently employed as a student midwife we administer oxytocin with the delivery of the baby's anterior shoulder. It depends on the midwife assisting the woman as to when the cord is clamped (before or after pulsating has finished). Unfortunately, I have been more concerned with

re: nine months

2002-02-11 Thread Barry MacGregor
dear all, as an avid reader of this list I thought I would let you know that I too posted a note to the nine months website. I find them quite irresponsible with the information they provide on breastfeeding. As a student midwife with a primigravida longitudinal study and girlfriend having

Re: my grandmother's homebirth

2001-12-23 Thread Barry MacGregor
Dear Toni and Andrea, Firstly, Toni ! Of course you may use this story. I found this story just beautiful. My grandmother just never seems to realise how much she amazes me. She thinks that it is a shame that ALL babies now have to be born in hospital and that new mums these days can't

Re: my grandmother's homebirth

2001-12-23 Thread Barry MacGregor
Dear Toni and Andrea, Firstly, Toni ! Of course you may use this story. I found this story just beautiful. My grandmother just never seems to realise how much she amazes me. She thinks that it is a shame that ALL babies now have to be born in hospital and that new mums these days can't

Re: my grandmother's homebirth

2001-12-23 Thread Barry MacGregor
Dear Toni and Andrea, Firstly, Toni ! Of course you may use this story. I found this story just beautiful. My grandmother just never seems to realise how much she amazes me. She thinks that it is a shame that ALL babies now have to be born in hospital and that new mums these days can't

Re: my grandmother's homebirth

2001-12-23 Thread Barry MacGregor
Dear Toni and Andrea, Firstly, Toni ! Of course you may use this story. I found this story just beautiful. My grandmother just never seems to realise how much she amazes me. She thinks that it is a shame that ALL babies now have to be born in hospital and that new mums these days can't

Re: Midwife or Not?

2001-12-20 Thread Barry MacGregor
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my grandmother's homebirth

2001-12-19 Thread Barry MacGregor
Dear All, Just thought that I would share with you my grandmother's view of homebirth. My grandmother has nomedical or midwifery training, orknows anybody inthese fields. However, she had two babies one at home (her first) and the other in a hospital, both of these babies born over 50

A student midwife's thoughts

2001-12-16 Thread Barry MacGregor
dear all, I am a student midwife, who spent 3 years undertaking a nursing degree in order to become a midwife, and now another 1 year at uni to actually become a midwife. I feel very unfortunate that part of our course does not enforce or encourage student midwives to undertake some