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Hi
Sonia,
Those
flashbacks are quite normal given the trauma you experienced. Sounds as if you
have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (although it is quite a normal reaction
given the injury your baby received and what you went
through).
I had
flashbacks of Liam's birth and
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Sonia,
I think it takes time to digest what happens
as a result of a traumatic birth. I didn't fully deal with Liam's birth (or
understand what happened) until I was pregnant with Daniel and it all came
flooding back to me.
It might be a good idea to write a letter to
your
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Argh!
They aren't coming from me. My system is clean. Again, I reiterate... if you
haven't done it already, update your antivirus... please! Just got an angry
email from my brother asking me why he's getting Ozmidwifery emails. :
)
Cheers,
Cas.
Cas McCullough
[EMAIL
Hi Ozmidders,
There is a rampant virus on this list. I and other people I know not
related to this list keep getting stray emails from people on this list.
What happens is that a virus attached to someone's email is openned and
gets info from our online address books and sends random emails from
Your anti-virus software will tell you when you do a virus scan of your
computer.
Cheers,
Cas
Cas McCullough
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.casmccullough.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Monday, 24 November 2003 10:35 AM
her contact details - I am not in my office today and cannot access them
easily while on the road.
Cheers
Andrea
At 11:30 AM 18/11/2003, Wayne and Caroline McCullough wrote:
Got a woman in one of our support groups who has a pregnant sister who
is petrified of needles. She has even had hypnosis
Wanted: Regional birth scene info and contacts in Qld
Hi everyone,
The other day at our MC AGM I mentioned my desire to develop our Qld-MC
media campaign into a national campaign and over the summer I am going
to start putting together a d-base of midwives, consumers etc in
regional areas so
]
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Waterbirth pictures.
OOh, Does this woman know how many needles she will have to endure if
she has a caesar?
Sally
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:30 AM
Subject: RE
Got a woman in one of our support groups who has a pregnant sister who
is petrified of needles. She has even had hypnosis treatment to
alleviate her phobia but it didn't work. Anyway, she has birthed one
baby fine but was in a great deal of pain and wants to avoid the pain
and is now saying she
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Yeah,
I didn't send that so just delete it. I don't think there is anything I can do
to correct this from my end. Our virus checker picked up the
others.
Cheers,
Cas.
Cas McCullough
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Just wanted to say
what a great teleconference it was on Saturday. We were sitting on Helen
Bremner's bedroom floor, babies crawling everywhere,listening in from
Brisvegas. :) That's where we could get the best reception. I look forward to
the next MC year. Hopefully we in
A friend of mine recently had twins naturally. No epidural at all or
drugs of any kind, baby 1 born in water, baby 2 flipped to transverse
and the doctor reached in pulled baby around by leg into breech and
delivered on the bed as a footling breech.
Mother up and around within a few hours and
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I
wrote this but don't know if it will be published because I am a Qlder. Made me
feel better to write it though. Thanks to that press release by CAPPA I used one
of their lines (slightly altered) because it was worded so beautifully and
concisely.
Let's
keep putting the
asking is is there anything I can do or say? I will just feel
so
bad if she has a horrendous time which possibly could have been avoided.
What can we learn from all these horror stories to help other women?
Claire Saxby
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Sonia,
Thank you for your beautiful words.. I have tears in my eyes. You are
coming to terms with something so monumental... A year or so ago that
was me... I went from the private/obstetric mindset about birth to the
midwife mindset but was still so influenced by all the things you
mention that
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I love
the last answer. LOL
Cas McCullough
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www.casmccullough.com
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kamchevskiSent: Wednesday, 12 November 2003 8:12 AMTo:
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Who
won't go out to lunch while you're in labour (unless it's with
you)?
a
Midwife.
Who
won't lie to you about you or your baby?
A
Midwife
Who
won't carve you up just so they can get home to bed by a reasonable
hour?
A
Midwife
Who
will put the needs of you and your
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If you are willing (actually if
any of you are willing) I have been working on trying to get Ross Coulthardt
from the Sunday Show on Channel 9 to do a story on maternity services in
Australia but he needs some insiders who are brave enough to speak out. The
problem that we've
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Okay,
okay I forget you are on this list sometimes Dierdrie : )...I feel a
bit now though getting that off my chest... I guess it is normal to go over
things again after the fact I just need to feel a sense of peace about it,
especially since I am still suffering
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that refers to the
increased moulding of the fetal head, the increased possibility of cord
compression and a possible decrease inpH as a result with ruptured
membranes.
Six
months after Dan's birth, this is something I wonder about... I was 17 days past
my due date, ripe
Wow! Thanks Jo!
Cheers,
Cas.
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Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] My CD got in the newspaper!
Hi Caroline,
Congrats on your article. I
Hi everyone,
Just wanted to pass on this article in one of our local papers... Made
page three and had a lovely photo of me and my beautiful boys. Some of
the facts are a bit exaggerated but overall I felt she did a good job.
The journo was only 21 and has no kids so imagine how this might
We were just talking about this at our Birthtalk meeting last night. One
of the girls mentioned that her baby hadn't dropped until labour and
I've heard of other women who's babies hadn't dropped until second stage
of labour. According to what I've read and heard anecdotally it happens
more often
At 6cms dilatation it is not normal for a baby's heartrate to be
dipping with EACH contraction in a normal labour.
They told me that the heartrate only dipped to between 90 and 100 after
epidural admin. It could be possible that had she shifted her weight or
lay on her side that this may have
aware in
that vulnerable period??).
marilyn
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From:
Wayne
and Caroline McCullough
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 6:17
AM
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] FW:
ausfem-polnet Randomised controlled
Hi all!
Well, last night we got a call that our neice Sarah was in labour and at
the hospital after having 2 days of back labour (early labour for 18
hours and active for 12 according to the hospital). She was exhausted so
she had an epidural and the rest you can guess. The thing is, she had
Wow! That was eye openning Caroline! There are two issues that stand out
to me... One is: women are not educated on the effects of drugs on their
babies and two: there is still a perception that women want, beg for,
must have a caesarean and the doctors are holding back. If that is the
case then
Hi Sonia,
I only just now read your birth story... This has been a tough week for
me birthwise because I've just seen the devastation on my neice's face
after her coerced c-section but somehow I've just got to press on.
What happened to you is horrible and I can understand that the doctors
Lynne, this is so true and especially so for certain religious groups.
For instance, As a Christian I was brought up believing that labour was
a curse becaue Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden. When I was pregnant
with Daniel I found out that this was a false interpretation of the
scripture with
Any study of this nature is bound to be deeply flawed for the reasons
you state Lynne. There would also be a lot of bias attached to this kind
of a study because any centre willing to participate would already have
a leaning towards intervention and caesarean section or they would find
the whole
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If
anyone is interested in a seminar on birth trauma, please contact Ursula Yee at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]or Jenny
Gamble at [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Both are
based in Brisbane.
cheers
Cas
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: Monday, 13 October 2003 9:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] new here/okay?
Dear Cas,
Do you have the website address for the NZ group TABS A (Trauma and
Birth Stress). Thanks. Cheers, Joanne
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From: Wayne and Caroline McCullough [EMAIL
Sonia, you are very welcome to tell your story... I am not a health
professional either but they put up with me : ). Anyway, a fellow
birther and friend of mine has started up a national Birth Trauma
Support Group which is linked to the NZ group TABS A(Trauma and Birth
Stress) so please contact me
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OMG. That is
disgusting. I agree with Justine. Free standing birth centres are a must. They
may have cont. of care in NZ but they still have high intervention rates. In the
Netherlands however, they have birthing hotels for women who don't want to birth
at their home and
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There
was a case not long ago when a woman called Julie Philips from Stradbroke Island
was told by the public hospital that she would be booked in for a caesar. The
refused to do a vaginal breech birth. She went and found an experienced
homebirth midwife and had the baby
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I was
feeling unusually motivated this morning so I went to the newsagents and bought
a copy of weightwatchers magazine then headed for the gym for a good workout.
Well, to my great surprise there was a small article on caesareans which was
very woman-friendly. It said that
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Dear
List,
I am sorry I accidentally sent this to the list instead of Lynne.
Please disregard
Cheers,
Cas.
Cas McCullough
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Hi
Lynne,
I have
just had a conversation with Cesca about the birth stories project you, Sarah
and Cesca are working on. I am feeling a bit inspired and would like to draft up
a publicity plan for this project if that's okay with you.I also promised
you a release form for
I remember this being discussed on Sunrise (Channel 7) and the thought
of not having drugs was ridiculed by viewers emailing in. It seemed this
release backfired (because the media just wanted to make a
sensationalist story out of what this midwife said) a bit in that the
general consensus seemed
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The following was
sent to me last year. We used Leilah's critique to help us prepare for an
interview on Brisbane Extra about a woman who was refused a natural delivery at
a public hospital in Brisbane and opted for a homebirth. Baby born with no
dramas whatsoever! Was a bit
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Just
wanted to let you all know there was a fabulous double page spread in the
Saturday CM by Leane Edmistone. Leane is a fairly green journo and very young
and did not have a great understanding of the issues when we first approached
her about birthcare reform but she seems
Hi Sheena...Re: UTI...
Firstly congratulations! And secondly, a close friend of mine's baby boy
had a UTI at about 6 weeks of age. He was in intensive care for a week.
The doctors told her it was extremely rare for a baby boy to get a UTI
but it had something to do with a weakness in the valve
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From
memory, there was about a 64% induction rate alone in the TBT and I'm fairly
sure all in Western hospitals had epidurals. There were no Birth Centre,
hands-free or homebirths to compare with. All of the women were delivered in
lithomy and all had intervention. Leilah
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Hey, they'll offer a repeat CSection just
for being pregnant... they don't need an excuse. Disgusting isn't it!
Cas.
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2003 7:01 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Claire Saxby
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] CD in support of Birthcare reform
Hi Cas
Are there any homebirths on the CD?
We are looking for resources for Homebirth Awareness Week coming up mid
- October. Jan
On 8/9/03 10:07 PM, Wayne and Caroline McCullough
Hi everyone!
Just wanted to let you know that the website for my CD 'Stranger's City'
is up and running and my CDs will be available for sale next week. On
the inside cover I have the following statement: Cas McCullough
supports the right of women to choose one-to-one midwifery care and the
web
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Hi
Edwina,
The
book by Henci Goer "The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth" has excellent
research-based info on induction/augmentation and SROM. It was my bible when
dealing with my obstetrician. It also explains the rationale behind why doctors
prefer to augment (the
Hi Kathy!
Birthtalk is situated in Brisbane, Queensland. It is run by three women,
Deb, Melissa and Karen. They can be contacted at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have put info about their mission etc on my website as I am going to
raise money for Birthtalk with the CD I am releasing very soon. My
website
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Watched the interview tonight and thought it was very anti-cosleeping...
as usual a boring medico with the usual "risk risk risk" attitude. I
thought your point about babies dying in cots was a good one but they kinda
glossed over it a bit. Well done Pinky!
Cheers,
Cas
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Last
night I got a phone call seeking a referral for a Doula (my midwife) and had a
lovely chat to a potential VBAC woman who didn't have a friggin' clue. She was
so scared and misinformed and we talked about alot of things before I referred
her onto the support group that
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Jo,
re. Netherland's stats... I obtained the most recent stats available for an
article I wrote for Natural Parenting and their rate has gone up from 9.8 per
cent in 1998 to 12 per cent in 2000. These were obtained by the Netherland's
statistical bureau. This figure is still
Hi all! Did you hear the good news? Our esteemed and oh-so knowledgeable
and wise Health Minister here in Qld has decided to call it quits after
our next State election (which is due later this year or early next
year). Shoulda seen me dancing in the kitchen when I heard that!
Have a great day!
This list is excellent. I am currently setting up my website for the CD
I'm about to release (hopefully October) and will be putting a few of
these on my links page. Thanks!
Cheers,
Cas McCullough
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Yeah, and the baby had blood streaks on it's head... Is that normal for
a vaginal birth?
By the way, I sent a letter to TV week (as they had done an article on
the episode last week). Perhaps others could do the same.
I am glad to hear that someone got to homebirth because of Hot Property.
May
Same here... Watched out of curiousity and was so glad to see a birth
not lying down and submissive. I guess the character is a strong woman
and they wanted to portray that strength...pity they don't think all
women are that strong! Apparently they had a midwife consulting on how
it was done (read
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I have
co-slept with my new bub since the day he was born. No one in the hospital
complained about me feeding bub in bed or snuggling up for sleep and it was a
tiny little bed too! I just tucked him in and made sure he wouldn't fall out. In
our bed we often have the baby, our
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Where
is this woman based? Perhaps someone on this list is close enough to visit with
her? Sounds like she needs a listening ear and a renewed perspective.
Cheers,
Cas.
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This
is thanks to our new Qld MC branch committee member Helen Bremner we are on
a roll lately...
If you
are a Queenslander please respond with a letter to the editor [EMAIL PROTECTED]. We
need all the support we can get! This Molloy guy doesn't know what he's in for
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We
recently had a front page article on our local newspaper (in Brisbane) about
this issue and our MC branch president was quoted saying that midwifery care is
important to the solution, not extra doctors. The week after, a letter of mine
was printed in the paper stating the
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Just
as a point of interest... we paid...
$850
extra fordoc insurance
$350
extra for the anaesthetist (wasn't covered by gap cover)
$96.50
extra for the paediatrician because well babies aren't covered by insurance
while in hospital, only those that go to NICU or SCN.
This
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Hi
everyone,
My 22
week pregnant niece Sarah has just moved down to the Lismore area from North
Queensland and wants to know what her options are regarding midwifery care. She
can't afford a homebirth, although I think she would prefer this option but
doesn't want to see an
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Contact Claire Brassard on 5546-7383. Claire is an excellent homebirth
midwife and I am fairly sure she would take on someone with three previous
caesareans. I don't have it on hand. For birth support in hospital she may want
to contact Dierdre Bowman on 3388 8960.
Cheers,
Excellent!...although the writer does make homebirth sound dangerous
rather than safe.
I hope some on this list will write letters to the editor regarding this
article.
Another side issue of course is the fact that VBAC women are being put
at risk because they are being excluded from some
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Having just birthed 17 days past my due date
I am finding this thread interesting. I did have another Caesarean after a
feotal well-being test showed no amniotic fluid at 16 days past EDD and when he
came out there was both old and new mec staining but they never suctioned him
Are you refering to Jon Sullivan's wife? I used to work for the Festival
when he was the Pollie.
Cheers,
Cas.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of B G
Sent: Friday, 30 May 2003 7:29 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Back
My little boy Daniel James McCullough was born on May 3 by (perceived
necessary) Caesarean Section.
We did up a homepage with some of the pictures from the birth and Dan's
first few days if you want to take a look. The Birth story is on there
too.
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I just
wanted to thank everyone for such an informative mailing list. I have learned a
lot over the past couple of months but am now finding I need some quiet mental
time to reflect on my upcoming birth and spend a bit more time just being with
my little boy until the new
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Thankyou everyone for your answers to this. I really appreciate it as I
didn't know anything about it so it will help me provide support to those who
face this problem, including my friend.
Cheers,
Cas.
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I have
recently come into contact with other women via the essentialbaby website, some
of them very new mothers, who have had traumatic or stressful births and are
feeling left out, alone, and depressed because of problems surrounding their
experiences.
One
lady who gave
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A friend of mine had
her baby by C-Section this week due to problems resulting from her being RH
negative and her husband being RH positive. She was 37 weeks and the baby has
been in NICU since late last night because of severe jaundice (my guess is
that's from the
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Darren, that's great. Belief in oneself is the most important thing I
reckon...that's what I am still working on but am getting there (with only 6 to
10 weeks to go : ) ).
Cheers,
Cas.
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I am
paying my obgyn an extra $850 and the gap between medicare fees and what my
doctor actually charges per visit (about $15 extra). Everything else is covered
by medicare or my health insurance. I spend on average around 15 to 30 minutes
in his office but then I have a lot
Due to the large number of email requests I have received these past few
days I thought it prudent to just post this article in entirety to the
list.
I have really enjoyed the discussions about the good ole Pinard this
week and admire all of you for doing your best to help us women get
through
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Hi Robyn,
Could you please email me at the address
below so that I have your email address? : ).
Cheers,
Caroline.
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Would love you to email a copy to me please
regards, Robyn
Sarah Buckley (a doctor and a homebirth
mum of 4) has a very
, how they are received ???
Is this a list like the one you write for christmas, or is it a whole
essay/epic poem? Please show me if you have the time.
thanks a lot, Kartini
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject
I just had to forward this on from my other mailing list [HBAC] on Yahoo
Groups. This just goes to show how some women are just so amazing and
how some doctors are so ignorant!
Ps: friend of mine had her first VBAC yesterday, at home with MW and DH
at 37 weeks after about 7-8 hours active labour.
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Andrea
wrote:
I also find that many woman and their families if given the choice,
choose the dopplar because they like ti hear it. The woman don't need you to
listen to it at all during pregnancy, They know mostly that their baby is OK
because they feel it move
Hi all!
Just had a major win today and had to share. I am due to VBAC in mid
April and I just got my obgyn to agree to no IV bung and no continuous
monitoring (except for 15 minutes per hour while in hospital unless
there is foetal distress evident from intermittent monitoring). I went
into my
Hi Lieve,
To be honest I very much doubt they will have any time to put the
monitor on me as I'll probably get into the shower straight away... Who
knows! But it is nice to know that I can go in there feeling confident I
won't be pressured into anything I don't want and continuous monitoring
was
Dear Michael,
I know a really great homebirth midwife in Brisbane who does Doula work.
In fact she is going to be my birth support person. I don't know if she
has any vacancies that month as I know she has a homebirth in March and
then my birth in mid April but she lives in Logan too and it would
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Phew...sounds like she is really getting things off her chest and I don't
blame her. Husbands can be difficult creatures, believe me I know, especially
since my husband won't consent to a homebirth for completely irrational reasons
but that is another topic...
Anyway, I think
Dear Sue,
Julie's suggestion is, I think, a good one. I have been in touch with an
investigative reporter for the SUNDAY show about my own birth experience
and the response has been positive. The more he hears from people like
you and women like me the more likely the issue will be launched onto
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Hi
Megan,
Don't
worry I am enjoying my pregnancy (even though I still vomit occassionally). I
have been going to Active Birth Yoga classes and to the acupuncturist for
antenatal visits (which my doc supports) and get a great massage there. My son
has just started to take
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Yeah,
I know about decision to inscision times and all that. I am not willing to have
a homebirth by stealth. I love my husband and I want to keep him around! : ).
Besides, he does have a vested interest in the brith because it is his baby too
and he also concerned about me.
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A
couple of things...
Breast
feeding was something I never had a problem with (despite the horrible CSect.
etc etc.).
One
thing that really helped me was watching the video produced by the then Nursing
Mother's association. It was much better than any of the advice
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Wayne
and
Caroline McCullough
Sent: Thursday, 12 December 2002 11:03 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Re: mothers rights in public hospital
I am new to this group as of today
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I am
new to this group as of today but wanted to comment on this thread. My second
baby is due in April, I am VBACand we are going to a private hospital in
Brisbane (I can hear the gasps already : ) ). Anyway, I am wondering if private
"patients" can be refused treatment if
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