Blacktown has a birth centre but the doctors won't let waterbirths happen there. --- Sonja & Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Camden's birth centre closed to make way for > caseload. You are able to book into Camden for your > antenatal and postnatal care with a midwife. You > see this midwife for all your antenatal visits and > they catch your baby in hospital at Campbelltown. > All have experience in the birth centre and with > water birth. You meet their back up midwife once or > twice antenatally incase your midwife is on days off > when your baby is born. Your midwife will also > visit you at home if you go home prior to 48 hours > post birth. Need to be very quick to use this > option as November is already booked out and we are > booking in women due to have a baby in December & > January. We are still working towards getting > births back at Camden. The powers that be call this > current model with births at Campbelltown stage 2. > Yet the minister opened stage 2 last week and was > the only one of the speakers to mention stage 3!!! > won't be letting him forget that he said that. > Sonja > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kelly @ BellyBelly > To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 8:49 PM > Subject: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres in West NSW? > > > A question from one of my members: > > > > I was wondering if there were any Birthing Centres > in the Western Suburbs of NSW.... I know Nepean > Hospital had one and closed it down about 2yrs ago > due to lack of staff and also i think Campbelltown > had one, but thats also closed down L > > I cant seem to find any information about it or > anything?!?!?! Its really quite frustrating, i want > to look into something, like a water birth (but im > not prepared to do it at home!) for around my area > and cant find a thing! Maybe i should ring a > politician or something!? LOL > > Can anyone help? Kell, do you have any contacts up > this way? > > > > I think I need to put together a Birth Centre > list! Oh and I love seeing another one on my forum > converted (in a nice way of course!) ;) ;) It's > working!!! J > > > > Best Regards, > > Kelly Zantey > Creator, BellyBelly.com.au > Gentle Solutions From Conception to Parenthood > BellyBelly Birth Support - > http://www.bellybelly.com.au/birth-support > > > ____________________________________________________ On Yahoo!7 Dating: It's free to join and check out our great singles! http://www.yahoo7.com.au/personals -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.