Hi Rochelle,
Not sure if you have any current editions of the Birth Matters
SA newsletter, or from the Homebirth Network, but many of the contacts have
changed. I have become one of the main contacts for both, and work
independently as a midwife, so I'd be happy for her to get in touch. We
Sincere congratulations to you both Jackie, you've been in my
thoughts since Wendy told me you were pregnant...(duh, I didn't know when I saw
you at the ACMI AGM - good observational skills Tania!)
Lovely to hear your fantastic story, may it be smooth sailing
from now on in!
Tania
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Andrea,
It may interest you and others that we have only one birth centre in South
Australia that 'allows' women to have a VBAC, and it is NOT attached to one
of our large tertiary hospitals. Waterbirth is also verbally denied at most
if not all birth centres, women and midwives need to
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Thanks to all who responded to my call for information, as I
suspected, the woman with arthritis is already planning to use water in labour,
and I've taken on board the other useful suggestions to chat with her about at
our next meeting. Info about a midwife in Ipswich has been passed on
Looking fora midwife in this area, for a woman who is
currently 18 weeks pregnant, unsure about birthing options, might like a
homebirth or b/c birth. Anyone out there?
Thanks
Tania
Just wondering if anyone can shed any light on stuff I should
know about rheumatoid arthritis and pregnancy/birth/postnatal stuff. We
have had an enquiry from a woman who is wanting a homebirth, and although I
can't say I have any gut feelings that she shouldn't, I'm wondering if there is
Hi there Caroline,
I used to live up there, and there is an independent midwife who runs
antenatal yoga classes - her name is Marianne Idle, you can contact her at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] assuming she is at the same address.
Hope this helps
Tania
From: Wayne and Caroline McCullough [EMAIL
Oh boy, you have to check this one out. An
official response from the Maternity Coalition or CARES perhaps?
Tania
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,7851067%255E20221,00.html
Birthing
rights13nov03
More South Australian babies are being born via the
scalpel
Hi Sally,
I'm up in the Hills, which is a bit over an hour to the Barossa where your
client will be, but I'd be happy for her to have my contact details, and
don't have anyone due over that time, so should be fairly quiet work-wise.
The other thing is that the Northern Women's community midwifery
Hi Sheena,
If you are still here on the Sunday, there is a 'Funky Midwives' gathering
from 3-6pm in North Adelaide, which is bound to be a great day. Other than
that, the homebirth network meet on the 24th, Birth Matters on the 27th, and
the CARES group on the 12th. Not sure if there's anything
Just a thought, you might be interested to visit Coast Yoga, down at
Glenelg, they run an excellent antenatal class on a Friday night I think it
is. Vanessa is the contact person there.
Cheers
Tania
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Hello wise ones,
I'm putting out feelers for a woman I recently birthed with
here in Adelaide who will be moving to Perth in January. She would love to
link up with other like-minded women, and wants to know if there is a homebirth
network or support group she could join.
Thanks!
Tania
Tania, what sort of pool would he be making?
Leigh
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From:
Tom, Tania and
Sam Smallwood
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 9:03
PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Birthing
pools
Just wondering
Just wondering if there is anyone out there with a pool laying
idle who would be prepared to sell it, or if anyone knows where I can get one
made for a reasonable price? Or maybe even if there is anyone else looking
to buy one in the near future, as Ihave someone here in Adelaide who will
Well I'm quite elated and a little bit tired, after being
called out at 3am this morning, and then my Midwife colleague being called away
for another birth (isn't that something that never happens...?), I caught my
first baby as a RM, at home, and this baby decided to come into the world
Hi Rashelle,
My colleague and I have a waterproof doppler, it's Japanese, and we bought
it from Cottman SBA surgical supplies in Adelaide from a lovely chap called
Andrew. You could give them a call on 08 8375 or there is a priority
number 1300 364 007 and have a chat with him, it cost us
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Hi Linda,
I did some research in my midwifery degree, about just
that. There is some great reference material out there, I'll list some
here...
http://www.aromaweb.com/links/default.asp
http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/aromathr.html
Anything by Denise Tiran is bound to be good, I
Dear all wise ones
Just a quick query, about the timing of AFP testing. I
was always to understand that between 16-18 weeks was optimal, and otherwise
could give (even more) unreliable results. If done at around 20 weeks,
what are the chances of this happening, and given the repercussions
Hi Julie,
Seem to have lost your contact details, but wanted to say
thanks for making that contact. She's thrilled, and looking forward to
meeting you!
Tania
x
Julie Garrett,
Can you contact me asap off list as I think I have a follow
through woman for you!!
Tania
x
Jo,
I know I speak for many here in Adelaide, and on the list who
value your knowledge and committment to the cause, and who will greatly miss
your humorous and invaluable input on the list. Please.look after
yourself, this is most important. You can't be everything to everyone else
And also in The Australian magazine, I think I feel a letter coming on
Tania
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That's an interesting one Jo, one of the women we birthed with last year had
a large ovarian cyst that required emerg surgery a few months after the
birth, and they went to lengths to discuss that they had accidentally nicked
the uterus during surgery, but that it would have NO impact on her
Well off the back of my letter to the Ed in last week's
Adelaide Advertiser, I managed to get just about the whole back page of our
local Hills newspaper dedicated to midwifery and women who make the choice to
have a midwife. The journo who interviewed me did a great job, talked
about the
Hi Megan
I really like Henci Goer's Thinking Woman's guide to a better birth, as it
references back to the Cochrane database, it can be a bit heavy going, but
is broken down into sections, so your friend could look up what's relevant
to her at the time. She is unashamedly woman centred and comes
Here's the letter I had published in the letters to the Ed in
today's Advertiser in Adelaide, and off the back of it had a conversation with a
journo from the local Hills newspaper who wants to print a story and photo in
the next few weeks about the midwifery insurance crisis (when does it
Hi Julie,
Could you please contact me off list?
Thanks
Tania Smallwood
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Was anyone else on the list the lucky recipient of the cute
little Cervidil brochure last week? I wondered how they accessed my
details and so fired off this email to the product manager using some of the
quotes they spout off as the benefits of Cervidil
""Dear Sue,
I am writing to
Good on you Megan, we all need to keep this in the newspapers so people
don't forget who the midwife is!!
Cheers
Tania
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Just had to share, I got my 2 cents worth in on Adelaide radio
today - they had a segment called can of worms, and the topic was about when to
stop breastfeeding. You can imagine some of the ill informed and downright
brainless caller responses they had (mostly blokes). So I rang up and let
y, July 02, 2003
9:23 PMSubject: Re: [ozmidwifery] my little
contribution...Congratulations Tania - well
done. Love Lois- Original Message -
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, Jul
Trudie,
Are you still looking for somewhere for this family in the
Blue Mountains? I have a slim possibility, but wanted to see that you were
still on the lookout before persuing it.
Tania
Here here Julie, I'll second that!! My milk was in on day 2, and by that
afternoon any sense of discomfort had been alleviated by a very excited, and
somewhat surprised (but very grateful) 2 1/2 year old lolol!!!
Tania
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From: Judy Giesaitis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Pinky wrote
Any current long term breastfeeders (with a nursing toddler 1 to 2 years
old
right now) willing to be interviewed?
Hi there Pinky,
It seems you're being swamped by us deviant life forms who continue to put
our babe's to our breast long after society thinks we should have
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From: Larry Megan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 9:34 PM
Subject: Birth Matters coffee morning
Howdy all,
just sending out a reminder that Birth Matters is having a coffee morning
on
Thurs June 12th, 10am-12noon, Eastwood
Here's the link
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,6228844%255E2682,00.html
Local GP care for
mums-to-beBy Medical Writer BARRY
HAILSTONE03apr03
MOTHERS-TO-BE will be cared for by their local GP
instead of having to travel often long distances to
Found a question on the EB site, a woman looking for a
homebirth midwife in Tassie, also wanting to know about birthing centres and if
there is any govt funded midwifery programme there. Can anyone
help?
Tania
"I am new to this forum so a bit of an intro first...
I am expecting my four
Just wanted to share a lovely story about a birth I attended
last night, where the woman planned to birth in hospital (having a VBAC) after
labouring for as long as she could at home, with myself and Wendy, the midwife I
work with. This woman's husband was unfortunately not here,as he is
Alphia,
Didn't get a call from you, if you don't need me that's fine (sniff.just
joking!)
I have recently birthed with a woman in hospital who might be good for you
to talk to, does it have to be 1st baby?
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Just a last minute reminder for allthose lucky enough to
live in Adelaide :)) that the ACMI are holding a waterbirth workshop
day this Friday at the Convention centre, in the riverside room, from 9am
onwards. Promises to be a great day, so if you've been thinking about it,
and can make it,
Just to let you all know that the HB network in Adelaide are
having a coffee morning at Wendy's house in Hahndorf on Wed morning, the 26th,
from 10am onwards. All welcome! For further details call Wendy on
8391 5259.
It would be great to see some new faces there, as well as all
the
To all who were so supportive and helpful,
My friend has just rung me and informed me that her baby is
head down! She had a couple of sessions of accupuncture and moxibustion,
which made her baby extremely active, and then saw a chiropractor, and did lots
of visualisation, meditation,
Just wonderingwhat type of questions you include on
client feedback forms, for those midwives working in private practice.
Also, how helpful do you find them, and do women usually return them?
Exploring possibilities
Tania
Well my friend has had one treatment of moxibustion, and last
night I saw her, and her very mobile and active baby. Her baby is
currently lying in a transverse position, happy as anything, and has been head
down for the most part of her pregnancy, partially engaged only a few weeks ago,
so
Thankyou one and all, my fuzzy breastfeeding brain just
couldn't come up with all that I knew I needed for my friend, and it is so great
to know that there is a wealth of information and support out there. I
have printed off the replies and will give them to my friend, so she can get
"Wouldn't it be nice if she could just be
supported to give birth with the baby breech? I read with sadness the
responses all suggesting ECV, and thought this is a sure sign of the times.
Big sigh."
Lynn,
My thoughts exactly, but the reality is that she will not
Hi all,
I'm writing for ideas for a friend, has had a previous LSCS
for failure to progress after an induction, now 39 weeks and has just found out
baby is breech. Desperately wants to try for a VBAC, now thinking it's all
out the window. What I need from you wise women, is a shortlist of
Just received this from a friend the other day, might help those who don't
want to open the tragic waste of space/time/money/effort...
Tania
If Terrorism is the creation of Terror to secure a particular end, then
surely the current Bush/Blair/Howard effort qualifies.
here's a
http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/CFForum/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=79Topic=13635
For those without web access, a woman is looking for a midwife
in the West of Melbourne, reply to the website, or here and I will pass it
on.
Thanks,
Tania
Hi all,
Just a quick reminder that the HBNSA is getting together this
Thursday morning from 10-12 at Emily's house, all welcome. Any enquiries
give Emily a call on 8390 0069. All welcome, in fact the more the
merrier!
Cheers,
Tania
Hi all,
Just had to send a quick mail, as I've been getting so much
strength and encouragement from this list, to let you all know that Wendy and I
attended a wonderful first birth on Tuesday night, with baby Samuel born through
water, into his mum and dad's loving arms, whilst his
Hi Caroline,
There is an accupuncturist who was working in the research
department at the Women's and Children's hospital, conducting a trial (which has
since finished) on the use of accupuncture and its effect on morning
sickness. I think her name is Caroline Smith, and I reckon she's
Lois,
Thanks for the information, and your beautiful pamphlet, what
lovely photos! Just arrived before XMas, but have been busy doing
postnatal visits, so this is the first chance I've had to say
thanks.
Cheers, and here's to a New Year baby!
Tania
How about Jackie Mawson's Birthrites page?
http://birthrites.edsite.com.au/
Otherwise, looks good!
Tania
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Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Anti-D - new guidelines
Found this mail on the Essential Baby website, thought someone
here might be able to respond...
http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/CFForum/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=79Topic=8940
and pasted below for those without net access
Hi, I am looking for
Hi there,
Just received the new guidelines for administration of anti-D
to pregnant and post-partum women today in the mail. To be honest, found
it a bit difficult to understand, but maybe I need a bit of extra sleep under my
belt before I tackle it again! My question to the list is this,
Aviva,
How lovely to open the paper this week and see your name
included in Alice's birth notice. What a lovely way for them to publically
acknowledge the wonderful support and encouragement you gave them in their
journey. Well done!!
Tania
xx
Hi all,
There's a homebirth network SA coffee morning at
Cheryl's house this Monday, 2nd December from 10-12. All welcome, if you'd
like more details call Cheryl on 82404420.
Tania
Robyn,
The doppler is available from Cottman SBA (surgical supply place) in
Adelaide,Perth and Melbourne I think. The contact I have here in Adelaide
is Andrew, and you can find their website at
http://www.cottmansba.com.au/
Hope this helps
Tania
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Aviva, what a wonderful idea, one I've thought of on several
occasions. There is a real need for the workers (ie the midwives/nurses etc) to
have access to a service like this, if we are to strive for a truly
woman-friendly workplace, and so to follow that thought through and offer it to
Alphia,
I'd be happy to speak with you on the phone, email me on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
if you like
Tania
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From: Alphia Garrety [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 1:37 PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] SEEKING RESPONDENTS
Hi Everyone,
I
Oh Sally, what divine moments!! My own then 2 1/2 year
old came running into the bathroom when I hollered "GET SAM NOW!!!" and as my
partner lead him around the pool to see his brother being born, I apparently
said "someone hold me" and he wrenched free from Tom, ran around to me and
no problem at all Mary, what a lovely idea!
Tania
Does anyone know about a trial at the WCh Hospital in Adelaide where the
pregnant women have many more ultrasounds than usual? Not sure what the
trial is about, or the purpose, but a friend of my Mum's is 13 weeks, and
spoke the other day about being part of a trial where she gets to see her
baby
Liz,
Good luck with it all, and remember where I am, if you ever
need a hand, or just someone to lend an ear, let me know. It will all be
worth it soon!
Tania
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ec
newnham
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 6:30
PM
and perhaps be proficient at vacuuming an entire house (unprompted, of
course!) before touching a Ventouse!!!
Love it!
Tania
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From: Larry Megan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: ozmidwifery [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 2:53 PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] ARM
I'm sure there is someone on the list in this area, but breastfeeding seems
to have sapped any memory cells from my atrophied brain!! This request was
on the Essential Baby website, thought I'd post it here and see if anyone
can help...
Can anyone point me in the direction of a midwife (or two)
Title: New Dimensions Tonight on ABC
Thought I'd post the transcript, for those without internet
access, sorry for the funny format!
Tania
Childbirth is supposed to be one of lifes most
natural and normal events. But when things go wrong it can be
Hi Liz,
Nice to hear you're still with us, and good luck with all
those assignments, sounds like you're onto it!
As we've spoken before, you know I did the devious thing and
opted not to do a grad programme, something many hospital midwives have a strong
opinion about, but something I also
Sally and all on the list,
I too will begin to gush if I don't watch myself, so I'll try
and be brief (not that there's anything wrong with gushing!). I've just
started out practicing in the community as many of you know, in partnership with
another wonderful midwife, and I have 2 boys of
I think you're thinking of the wonderful work Vicki and Nic have done with
the song from a distance by Bette Midler. We were lucky enough to have a
couple of our birth photos included in that piece, and yep, gets me going
just thinking about it.
Tania
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From: Karen
Not sure if I'm too late with this, but I bought a doppler from Cottman
surgical supplies here in Adelaide, and a lovely man by the name of Andrew
gave us a great deal on a Japanese made doppler called a Minidop (model
ES-100VX) made by a company called Madeco. It's fantastic, has a long
I just wanted to share with the list that I attended the most amazing and
special birth last night. For those of you who don't know me (and that's
probably most, as I'm a bit of a lurker here!) I'm a newly qualified midwife
(May last year), with 2 littlies of my own, and I've been practicing in
I too suffered from the dreaded Raynaud's, diagnosed at the
tender age of 16 after a hideous attack where I lost the top of my finger after
a holiday in the snow
Still suffer intermittently with sore and blotchy hands and
feet, but was lucky enough not to be affected in the nipples when
Doubtless consuming placentas
has many benefits. Having said that - I go for the zinc supplements
instead...
I heard recently on talkback radio (now I know I'm getting old...)that the
Marino sheep society in Adelaide make a sheep's placenta cream, which is
very good for dermatitis and eczema.
Hi Liz,
Yes, the Vicki Chan workshop was a wonderful day, something to
treasure and take forth into the perils of modern day practice!! You can
e-mail me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I'd be
pleased to catch up sometime for a chat. The woman's circle thing is
called Talking Circle for Women, at
Homebirth Australia might be able to help, also I think
Patrice O'Lauchlin in Adelaide (IPM) used to have a few. Good
luck!
Tania
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From:
Larissa Tim
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Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 11:40
PM
Subject:
Title: Message
For anyone interested, everyone welcome!
Cheers,
Tania
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I'm finding it a bit difficult to put into words just how
special this weekend has been, but wanted to let you all know that Vicki and Nic
are doing something really amazing. I know it's a bit exxy for some of us,
but when my chance comes around again, and they venture down to "cold old
I'm told there will be something about NMAP on the ABC on
Friday night at 7.30pm. Looking forward to seeing it.
Tania
Title: Message
Aviva, can you mail me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] re this?
Thanks
Tania
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From:
Aviva
Sheb'a
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 11:29
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Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Qld NMAP
Launch
Vicki -- it's just
how about Henci Goer's little gem "The thinking woman's guide
to a better birth", having said that, it's pretty 'in your face"...
Tania
Title: Message
here's a reply I received from the California association of
Midwives.
Good luck,
Tania
Thanks for contacting the California Association
ofMidwives. Here is the list of CAM-referred midwives in
yourarea. If you have any further questions, please feelfree to contact
us
Just wanted to let everyone know that the picnic in Rymill
Park today, to mark NCAD was fantastic. Thanks to Jo, Carolyn and Emma for
your ongoing dedication and hard work with CARES. Well done!!
Tania
Jo,
I attended a wonderful birth the other day, will write more
later (jake feeding), can you send me a heart please, to 7 gould lane, stirling
5152?
many thanks,
Tania Smallwood
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From:
Jo
Dean Bainbridge
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday,
Julia Monaghan,
Are you the Julia from Whyalla?
Cheers
Tania
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Hi Laraine and all,
I'm not up to date on the current research surrounding this
phenomenon, but wanted to add my own experience with listening to Michel Odent
(who I believe coined the phrase and introduced the idea to the birthing world),
that being that he has actually never seen a water
Hi Jessica,
Not sure if you know about the local active birth workshops
here in Adelaide, there is an excellent one run by Vanessa Shribman at the Coast
Yoga Centre in Glenelg. She often has students (one ata time) attend
the workshops, run in conjunction with her partner Thomas Dellman(
A request from a site I visit and hail as a lone voice in the
wildernesscan anyone help?
"Yup, ms change-your-mind-again here.lol. Does anyone know of
any midwives in the Eastern Suburbs area of Melb that they would recommend?
"
--[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Many thanks in
Hi everyone,
Found this on a site I browse and lurk on, I know everyone's
really busy, but I thought i'd post it here and see if anyone had any
suggestions for this enterprising (and gutsy!) young woman...
I am currently trying to get into the
Brisbane Birth Centre at RWH for the birth of
Hi Belinda,
I'll be going to the homebirth conference, with hubby and 2
chilluns in tow! We plan to fly over on the Fri morning, hire a car, and
then fly back Monday sometime, could look into hiring a larger people-mover if
there are others interested in sharing that leg of the journey. Let
Hi there,
Usually a lurker here, but had the info at hand about
Raynaud's so thought you might find this helpful. The article you're
looking for is in the Summer 2000 Issue (Vol 36, Number 1) of the NMAA
newsletter, and it's a collection of letters sent in by members, with ideas
about
The article by Hannah Dahlen was published in a journal called Birth Issues,
contact CAPERS and they should be able to help you (sorry, can't put my
hands on it at the moment, everything packed for a house move).
All the best,
Tania.
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Hi,
Just browsing through my wife's mails and saw this thread. As
with Jayne, our midwife performed the Guthrie's heal prick on our two home
birthed boys, the last one a week ago, whilst they were on the breast, with
barely a whimper (from the boys). I believe that this our midwife's chosen
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