[ozmidwifery] No Births

2006-11-15 Thread brendamanning
I have been away for a week haven't spoken to my colleagues about what's happened but will do it tomorrow then post the details. I don't think anyone here knew about the radio broadcast in Rosebud mentioned in the MCVic Digest. However as I say, I've been away a week maybe our lot requested

Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre

2006-11-14 Thread Janet Fraser
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre Justine, can you clarify what you mean? I don't understand what you're saying. What "greater good" are women losing out to? How long will it last? When will births be reinstated? Who is the driving force behind den

Re: Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre

2006-11-14 Thread abby_toby
Justine, can you clarify what you mean? I don't understand what you're saying. What greater good are women losing out to? How long will it last? When will births be reinstated? Who is the driving force behind denying women their intended place and mode of birth and what are their motives?

Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre

2006-11-14 Thread sally tracy
Dear all I might be able to shed a bit of light on Justine's comments. One of the obstacles we had in getting Ryde Midwifery Group Practice up and running was an assurance to the Area health service that there would always be someone (obstetric) capable of doing an emergency CS if necessary

Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre

2006-11-14 Thread Janet Fraser
, November 15, 2006 9:07 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre Dear allI might be able to shed a bit of light on Justine's comments. One of the obstacles we had in getting Ryde Midwifery Group Practice up and running was an assurance to the Area health service

Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre

2006-11-14 Thread Justine Caines
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre Dear Abby, Janet and all I hope Sally Tracy answered your questions. I clearly said in my previous message that MC would advocate on behalf of any woman caught up in this. We will support women to achieve the birth they want. I am also

Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre

2006-11-14 Thread diane
Check the RNS/ Ryde newsletter online, has a small section in it. Cheers, Di - Original Message - From: Janet Fraser To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre

Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre

2006-11-14 Thread Janet Fraser
DATE Wednesday 8 November 2006 Announcing temporary changes to Maternity Services at Ryde Hospital Ry The Ryde Midwifery Group Practice based at Ryde Hospital has

Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre

2006-11-14 Thread Janet Fraser
2:20 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre DATE Wednesday 8 November 2006 Announcing tempora

Re: Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre

2006-11-14 Thread abby_toby
I have a couple of questions about this situation in regards to the media statement ~ Unfortunately it has not proven possible to recruit to Ryde Hospital a Career Medical Officer (CMO) with the appropriate skills to assist midwives with the resuscitation of a newborn baby if required. It

Re: Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre

2006-11-14 Thread abby_toby
Thanks Justine. I will pass on your details to my sister. I'm not sure if she will contact you though, she is completely shattered. Her last birth was horribly traumatic in a hospital as was the aftermath. She is freaked out but doesn't feel like she has the strength to fight it. Love Abby

Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre

2006-11-13 Thread brendamanning
-- From: Happy Hogarths To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 2:15 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre Hi, My sister is booked in to Ryde birth centre and has two months to go of her pregnancy. She has just

RE: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre

2006-11-13 Thread Tania Nairn
Title: Message look at this! Really no hope for birth Centres -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Happy HogarthsSent: Monday, 13 November 2006 1:15 PMTo: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.auSubject: [ozmidwifery] No Births

[ozmidwifery] NO Births

2006-11-13 Thread brendamanning
Hush Hush is how these things happen. Same is about to happen to Rosebud midwifery but it's being kept quiet because we are 2 weeks from an election it'll affect the voting ! How's that ?? With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au With kind regards Brenda Manning

Re: [ozmidwifery] NO Births

2006-11-13 Thread Justine Caines
Hey Brenda Why on earth would you sit down for that. Where are your consumers running to the media. It is only at election time will we achieve anything! JC Hush Hush is how these things happen. Same is about to happen to Rosebud midwifery but it's being kept quiet because we are 2 weeks

Re: [ozmidwifery] NO Births

2006-11-13 Thread Pinky McKay
what can we do Brenda?? Rosebud is a great place to have a baby. We cant sit back and let it happen. Pinky - Original Message - From: Justine Caines [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: OzMid List ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 11:21 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery

Re: [ozmidwifery] NO Births

2006-11-13 Thread brendamanning
it ! I will know more tomorrow. With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: Justine Caines [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: OzMid List ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 11:21 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] NO Births Hey Brenda

Re: [ozmidwifery] NO Births

2006-11-13 Thread Judy Chapman
Hush Hush was tried in mareeba but it leaked!! Tut, Tut. Cheers Judy --- brendamanning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hush Hush is how these things happen. Same is about to happen to Rosebud midwifery but it's being kept quiet because we are 2 weeks from an election it'll affect the voting !

Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre

2006-11-13 Thread Janet Fraser
: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre Hush Hush is how these things happen. Same is about to happen to Rosebud midwifery but it's being kept quiet because we are 2 weeks from an election it'll "affect the voting " ! How's that ?? With kind regardsBren

Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre

2006-11-13 Thread Justine Caines
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre Dear All Ryde Midwifery Group Practice is not closing. For the immediate future all women booked on the RMGP will need to birth at RNS. I believe Ryde Hospital is having some issues and there is a view to remove the RMGP from greater

[ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre

2006-11-12 Thread Happy Hogarths
Hi, My sister is booked in to Ryde birth centre and has two months to go of her pregnancy. She has just been told that the Obs at Royal North Shore have told the midwives at Ryde that there are to be no more births there until further notice! This was, apparently, with no discussion with

[ozmidwifery] Roadside births?

2006-08-05 Thread Mary Murphy
Is this happening here? MM The reality of resistance: the experiences of rural parturient women-Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health,vol 51, no 4, July/August 2006, pp 260-265Kornelsen J; Grzybowski S-(2006)The closure of many local maternity services has given rise to contemporary

Re: [ozmidwifery] Roadside births?

2006-08-05 Thread Michelle Windsor
Apparently there were 180 roadside births in Qld alone last year (not sure exactly where this figure came from). By the way, for those who remember the woman who had her breech stillborn baby on the side of the road the hospital has issued a formal apology. For now Emerald has birthing

Re: [ozmidwifery] Roadside births?

2006-08-05 Thread Justine Caines
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Roadside births? Dear Mary and All This is certainly happening all over Australia. Whilst I have not delved into the conception timetables of rural mums. I know countless stories of women scheduling induction or my personal favourite of elec c/s at the city private

[ozmidwifery] Caesarean births on demand?

2006-04-04 Thread Andrea Robertson
This interesting article was sent to me today. I am sure it will be same story in Oz -- Mothers aren't behind a vogue for caesareans By Gene Declercq and Judy Norsigian | April 3, 2006 ''TOO POSH to push. The headline, which originated in British tabloids, has been used to

Re: [ozmidwifery] Orgasmic births

2005-09-02 Thread Denise Hynd
, September 02, 2005 7:49 AM Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Men at births I think the utter relief after giving birth and the euphoria and oxytocin running through your body with a wet warm baby on your belly can be likened to orgasm - except BETTER! Cheers Jo x -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

[ozmidwifery] Twin births

2005-07-07 Thread mh
Hi all, I'm just curious to hear what the proportion of vaginal births to CS is in other hospitals? I work in a tertiary, high risk Delivery Suite but vaginal birth is accepted as the default option for twins as long as the presenting twin is cephalic unless there is some problem that would

Re: [ozmidwifery] Twin births

2005-07-07 Thread Andrea Quanchi
Same here and we are level one. So long as presenting twin is cephalic everyone is happy to go for the vaginal option although they seem to be able to convince the mothers to agree to induction before term. Andrea Q On 07/07/2005, at 5:17 PM, mh wrote: Hi all, I'm just curious to hear what

[ozmidwifery] Unconventional Births on Discovery Channel

2004-06-02 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
Title: Message This might be a nice change for birth on TV. These are both birth centers i attended births at inSeattle and midwives I worked with. I hope some of you have access to Foxtel or some pay TV service that has the Discovery Health channel. I don't, but I will actually be in the

RE: [ozmidwifery] LOTUS BIRTHS

2003-01-10 Thread Malavisi, Pete
Dear lyn, I did a postnatal check on a babe who was I week old today and she had a beautiful inny, yours in midwifery pete malavisi -Original Message-From: Lyn Cottee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, 9 January 2003 04:36To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [ozmidwifery

[ozmidwifery] LOTUS BIRTHS

2003-01-09 Thread Lyn Cottee
Dear List, I am considering having a lotus birth for my child due in July this year. One question that springs to mind though, do children who have had lotus births have navels that stick out or that go inwards or is it random? Just a thought, if anyone knows, Id be very interested.

RE: [ozmidwifery] LOTUS BIRTHS

2003-01-09 Thread Sally Westbury
Placentas are fascinating. The belly-button question.. well in fact there is no difference. When the cord is cut there is a little stump that is left to drop off, and iny or an outy.. is an act of nature. Just my personal thought on Lotus birth. I feel that you should allow yourself

[ozmidwifery] 2 births in 2 nights

2003-01-08 Thread Tom, Tania and Sam Smallwood
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

Re [ozmidwifery] 2 births in 2 nights

2003-01-08 Thread Lieve Huybrechts
Title: Re [ozmidwifery] 2 births in 2 nights Hoi Tania, You said it in the right words, I always feel the same. It is a lovely feeling and it gives a lot of energy. Congratulations with the births. In december I had also two nights with two births each. The lovely thing was that the next mother

Re: [ozmidwifery] 2 births in 2 nights

2003-01-08 Thread Aviva Sheb'a
PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 7:17 AM Subject: [ozmidwifery] 2 births in 2 nights 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

Re: [ozmidwifery] FW: births attended by midwives

2002-09-24 Thread Jan Robinson
On 17/9/02 3:37 PM, Vernon at Stringybark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear List, Can anyone answer Heather's question? thanks Barb. -- From: haashe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 17:15:27 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: births attended by midwives Hello, I

Re: [ozmidwifery] FW: births attended by midwives

2002-09-17 Thread Andrea Bilcliff
A report by the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection Unit published in 1999 on Models of Antenatal Care Who Usually Delivers Whom and Where (WUDWAW) found that the person recorded as having their hands on at the time of birth (in Victoria over a 4 month period in 1998) was a hospital midwife in

Re: [ozmidwifery] FW: births attended by midwives

2002-09-17 Thread JoFromOz
Is that all? Under 40%? :( Jo -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.

[ozmidwifery] FW: births attended by midwives

2002-09-16 Thread Vernon at Stringybark
Dear List, Can anyone answer Heather's question? thanks Barb. -- From: haashe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 17:15:27 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: births attended by midwives Hello, I was hoping you could tell me the percentage of births in Australia that are

[ozmidwifery] Alice births

2002-09-03 Thread Margie Perkins
Rosemary, it's wonderful to hear you so excited about supporting women and families in such a brilliant midwifery way. Maybe when I finally do the BMid there will be more good places to train and work. Keep it up Margie ACT doula and CBE On 2/9/02 1:01 AM, Rosemary Wayne Weckert [EMAIL

Re: [ozmidwifery] Alice births

2002-09-03 Thread Denise Hynd
Well Margie i did not realise you lurked here great Denise Hynd - Original Message - From: Margie Perkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 11:27 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Alice births Rosemary, it's wonderful to hear you so excited about