Re: [ozmidwifery] belly dancing midwives:)

2006-01-03 Thread Meaghan Moon
Hi Julie, I have been doing Pilates for a couple of years now and really find it makes a difference in my abilities to sustain midwifery work. I had lots of SI problems resulting from having kids and carrying them around on my hip (they were little fatties). I have far fewer problems now and

Re: [ozmidwifery] 3rd degree tears

2005-08-30 Thread Meaghan Moon
Funny you should ask that right now. We have two mum's in care with previous 4th degree tears. ( One of these happened a couple of years ago while under my care - as prime with large baby but no other concerns, just happened. I had two in one week and am hoping I will never see another. She

Re: [ozmidwifery] pelvic floor / incontinence

2005-08-29 Thread Meaghan Moon
Pilates is great for ab/back and pelvic floor strengthening! Have any of you been to a Feldenkrais Pelvic Power workshop? I highly recommend it. You may be able to find more info by searching the internet for either Pelvic Power or Feldenkrais. I have a friend in Brisbane who teaches it.

Re: [ozmidwifery] sounds during labour/birth

2005-08-14 Thread Meaghan Moon
I am very late in on this thread and haven't read all of the e-mails on the topic. I like mooing. In Canada, I talk to mums about bellowing like a moose. Roaring is also good. Had a mum recently who was a real roarer, and in fact explained to her 5 year old that she was having a good time

RE: [ozmidwifery] Problems With new Models

2005-06-14 Thread Meaghan Moon
I agree with Mary that 60 women per month is not feasible as a caseload. I am also experienced working in this model. Here in Manitoba we are expected to carry at least 30 women per year. This lower number was set to compensate for the fact that we are to target women who might most benefit

Re: [ozmidwifery] VBAC and todays thought

2005-02-19 Thread Meaghan Moon
Great thought, Mary. I just helped a mum through birth with a VBAC. She is 4'11'', very increased BMI (225lbs). First baby 6lb 5oz, cesarean for FTP as babe posterior with head deflexed. She was rehospitalized postpartum for infection at the incision site which I felt was likely superficial

Re: [ozmidwifery] helpful tip

2005-01-08 Thread Meaghan Moon
!) described in the tip. Meaghan Moon At 06:38 PM 1/7/05, you wrote: I read this too in the Midwifery Today forum. For the life of me, I can't get a picture in my head of what this manipulation might look like! Have any of you tried this or somethingsimilar before? Jen --- Mary Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [ozmidwifery] thanks

2004-05-29 Thread Meaghan Moon
through the Guthrie heel poke today. He is feeding well, gaining weight and just mellow. Meaghan Moon At 08:00 AM 5/28/04, you wrote: Thank you to all who replied about the cord around the neck query of mine. Now I have another question, why is it sometimes called the nuchal cord? I have heard

Re: [ozmidwifery] blood glucose testing

2002-09-21 Thread Meaghan Moon
Hi Jo, Have you seen the WHO paper Hypoglycemia of the Newborn ? (I think that is the name of it and I think can be found on the WHO website). Very helpful for establishing guidelines around blood glucose testing and treatment. Meaghan Moon Brandon, Manitoba, Canada At 11:54 AM 9/18/02 +1000

Re: [ozmidwifery] Vaginal ultrasounds and dating

2002-09-08 Thread Meaghan Moon
in the reproductive tract so there is still window of seven days where conception could occur. That said, if a mother is certain of dates that is what I use for dating pregnancy over u/s. Just had to get in my .02 cents worth of biological info... Meaghan Moon Manitoba, Canada At 11:57 AM 9/8/02

Re: FHM

2002-05-25 Thread Meaghan Moon
research to see if this frequency could be reduced which is kind of a bummer as I do find that sometimes it is disruptive to the flow of labour to be bugging the mum to listen when babe has been fine all along Regards, Meaghan Moon At 02:33 PM 5/25/02 +1000, you wrote: Dear All, Two

Re: viruses

2002-05-03 Thread Meaghan Moon
spreads viruses, more often they spread silently and unbeknownst to the 'sender'. Sorry that you feel this way. Sally - Original Message - From: Meaghan Moon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 12:00 AM Subject: viruses Hello, Is any one else having problems

moxibustion

2002-04-09 Thread Meaghan Moon
Hello Oz midders, I have been following the thread of turning breeches with moxibustion with interest. Recently we had a woman in our practice with a frank breech at 33 weeks. I tried moxibustion at 36 weeks. Baby didn't turn and she had a c-section. This was the first time I had tried

Re: prenatal group

2002-02-14 Thread Meaghan Moon
Joy, How do you pronounce this word? I want to make sure I say it correctly. It also looks like a good one to use when you have one of those awful all vowel scrabble hands! Meaghan, This is the sense of the word 'maieutic', which means 'pertaining to the midwife'. It's a word we all need

Re: scoliosis VBAC v/s vaginal birth

2002-02-01 Thread Meaghan Moon
Hi Jan, I have helped a woman with severe scoliosis. Her curvature was in the upper back. She underwent surgery for it when she was young but she still has a very obvious curvature. She doesn't have a rod in her back as far as I know. In our discussions around her history she did not

exercise in pregnancy

2002-01-10 Thread Meaghan Moon
Hi Judy, Although exercise in pregnancy means way more than pelvic floor exercises I felt I had to let you know about a great workshop I went to last weekend. It is highly likely you Ozzies know about it already as it was developed in Brisbane. It was taught by a friend of mine who now lives in

Re: moving to Oz

2001-12-02 Thread Meaghan Moon
Hi Marilyn, Great that you are off to Sydney soon. I am so longing to do the same. Do you have midwifery work lined up there? I am interested to hear how things unfold for you when you arrive. Is this a return to home for you or an adventure in a new land? To all you oz midders... I am