Re: [ozmidwifery] GBS and Staph

2006-10-11 Thread Synnes
You don't "get it" , you aready have it. She hasn't caught anything its very normal. Amanda - Original Message - From: Kelly @ BellyBelly To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 6:54 AM Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] GBS and Staph

Re: [ozmidwifery] Speaking of steps backwards...

2006-10-02 Thread Synnes
Fight it, I know its so tiring when you're pregnant to have to fight for these rights, but she may just come to an agreement witht he hospital that she will be happy with. Take it from a VBAC herself, she needs to be 'bloody' minded all the way thru the pregnancy and thru the birth. Stick with

Re: [ozmidwifery] opposition (was 'info required)

2006-08-20 Thread Synnes
What a brilliant quote we can take from you Sue!! "At the bedside is not a good time to be arguing policy". I'm amazed at how much bullying occurs and how much is gotten away with even now! Amanda - Original Message - From: Susan Cudlipp To: midwifery list Sent:

Re: [ozmidwifery] Fw: info required

2006-08-20 Thread Synnes
Perhaps some of these doctors need to learn these otherindicators of progress? Amanda - Original Message - From: Michelle Windsor To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 1:24 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Fw: info required Hi

Re: [ozmidwifery] Question of the week.

2006-08-03 Thread Synnes
They need to keep the menigiocele intact, C-section is the best way to ensure this as it is outside the body and is very fragile. They then will perhaps perform an operation to repair it which will help the child to walk and have function in the future. Amanda - Original Message

Re: [ozmidwifery] VBAC

2006-07-31 Thread Synnes
I think perhaps this is another one that needs to be informed consent, the mother should be made aware of this before hand and should have the right to ask for it to be done properly. Instead of finding out next birth when its too late!!! Amanda - Original Message - From: Janet

Re: [ozmidwifery] Tragic story

2006-03-09 Thread Synnes
I thought it was because in India most of the Doctors who work on women are female due to their religious beliefs (men not allowed to see women like that unless they are their husbands?). It could also be poor reporting in that they have not pointed out that the only people at the C-section

Re: [ozmidwifery] supplements during pregnancy

2006-02-27 Thread Synnes
It may also have to do with completely different diets. In Australia it might be due to the fact that they have found Australian women are lacking greatly in folic acidas we do not eat enough foods that contain folic acid. Whereas in Finland they may have found iron for the majority of

Re: [ozmidwifery] Weight gain in pregnancy

2006-01-28 Thread Synnes
I was always told that one of the best ways to get rid of extra pregnancy kilo's (usually stored as fat)was to breastfeed? whether your start weightat the beginning of pregnancy was110kg or 50kgthere will be excess fatin the body, should we stop breastfeedingfor fear of these toxins? Some

Re: [ozmidwifery] Absolutely horrified!

2005-11-22 Thread Synnes
I cried when I read what your lady from Melbourne wrote. Just remembering the way a horrible doctor spoke to me when I was very pregnant with my third who also happened to be a VBAC. Had to see a doctor because it was hospital policy, they had to okay my natural birth decision before I could

Re: [ozmidwifery] re: hospital based midwife

2005-11-02 Thread Synnes
It seems that there are those who feel a midwife working in a hospital setting has sold her/his sole to the devil for doing so. But they are the ones on the front line so to speak who fight every day for the rights of birthing women, without them it would be worse. Yes there are lots of

Re: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today...

2005-11-02 Thread Synnes
Perhaps today with women in a hospital setting means to help her by standing inbetween 'hospital policy', or 'the doctors' and the mother. Which I have seen countless times, with my own experiences and looking in from the outside? Amanda - Original Message - From: Justine Caines

Re: [ozmidwifery] re: hospital based midwife

2005-11-02 Thread Synnes
I mean soul (NOT FOOT!!!) amazing what screaming children will do to your brain!! amanda - Original Message - From: Synnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] re: hospital based midwife