Re: [ozmidwifery] Antenatal Screening/Informed Choice Agreement. Vitamin D supps.

2005-05-02 Thread Tania Smallwood
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Antenatal Screening/Informed Choice Agreement. Vitamin D supps. it is not necessarily hard to get around unco operative GPs. I have never had a problem retreiving results from pathology companies. I simply ring up tell them who I am and what I want. Have all

RE: [ozmidwifery] Antenatal Screening/Informed Choice Agreement. Vitamin D supps.

2005-05-02 Thread Mary Murphy
This is the same situation here, if we request scipts for oxytocics vit K we cant have them because the dr might be held responsible. If we go to a birth without them we are being irresponsible. Cant win. MM We have recently had an interesting scenario here in Adelaide,

Re: [ozmidwifery] Antenatal Screening/Informed Choice Agreement. Vitamin D supps.

2005-05-01 Thread Andrea Quanchi
it is not necessarily hard to get around unco operative GPs. I have never had a problem retreiving results from pathology companies. I simply ring up tell them who I am and what I want. Have all the info on the woman like DOB etc and they send or fax me a copy of the results. Also pathology

Re: [ozmidwifery] Antenatal Screening/Informed Choice Agreement. Vitamin D supps.

2005-04-30 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
: Friday, April 29, 2005 5:37 PM Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Antenatal Screening/Informed Choice Agreement. Vitamin D supps. Hi Gaye, It is an interesting question about antenatal testing. I ask all my clients are booked into a hospital as a backup

Re: [ozmidwifery] Antenatal Screening/Informed Choice Agreement. Vitamin D supps.

2005-04-30 Thread Kim Stead
is a frighting place for those who are 'birth educated'. Just thinking out loud. Kim. ---Original Message--- From: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Date: 04/30/05 22:55:50 To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Antenatal Screening/Informed Choice Agreement. Vitamin D supps. I

Re: [ozmidwifery] Antenatal Screening/Informed Choice Agreement. Vitamin D supps.

2005-04-30 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
, 2005 7:33 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Antenatal Screening/Informed Choice Agreement. Vitamin D supps. Hi Marilyn. I totally understand where you are coming frombut just to play devil's advocate..who is to care for these women who have made

Re: [ozmidwifery] Antenatal Screening/Informed Choice Agreement. Vitamin D supps.

2005-04-30 Thread Kim Stead
Um...??? Not sure.I don't know if it's necessarily accepted though?? ---Original Message--- From: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Date: 05/01/05 05:23:36 To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Antenatal Screening/Informed Choice Agreement. Vitamin D supps

RE: [ozmidwifery] Antenatal Screening/Informed Choice Agreement. Vitamin D supps.

2005-04-30 Thread Mary Murphy
I work in the same environment that Sally does. Another problem is that some G/Ps who have this wonderful authority to order Path tests, dont order the right ones and during pregnancy or on transfer, I find I dont have the base measurements. Eg ferritin,. The enhanced role of the midwife

[ozmidwifery] Antenatal Screening/Informed Choice Agreement. Vitamin D supps.

2005-04-29 Thread GayeLeanne
Hi All, Just hoping some of you wonderful Homebirth midwives out there can enlighten my ignorance regarding what "routine" antenatal investigations you order for or recommend to your clients, as part of your initial consultation. Is there a standard guideline that you must adhere to?(Apart from

Re: [ozmidwifery] Antenatal Screening/Informed Choice Agreement. Vitamin D supps.

2005-04-29 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
Antenatal Screening/Informed Choice Agreement. Vitamin D supps. Hi All, Just hoping some of you wonderful Homebirth midwives out there can enlighten my ignorance regarding what "routine" antenatal investigations you order for or recommend to your clients, as part of your

RE: [ozmidwifery] Antenatal Screening/Informed Choice Agreement. Vitamin D supps.

2005-04-29 Thread Sally Westbury
Hi Gaye, It is an interesting question about antenatal testing. I ask all my clients are booked into a hospital as a backup. They are booked through antenatal clinics or GP/Obs or Obstetricians. There is a problem with getting this booking in done properly. As a midwife in WA I