Re: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers

2005-10-09 Thread Marijke Eastaugh
- From: Sue Cookson To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers Hi Diane,I'm doing a student clinical placement at Lismore at present in the Birthing Suite.I live about an hour away and drive

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2005-09-29 Thread Nicole Carver
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: Re: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers Hi Nicole, I wrote an enormous letter including my birth story to the hospital where my birthrape was perpetrated. It made no difference. I still have women from that hospital joining the birth trauma group I run

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2005-09-29 Thread Janet Fraser
, September 29, 2005 5:16 PM Subject: RE: Re: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers Hi Janet, I hesitated to read your birth story, but then felt like a wimp, and read it. I am pleased that I did, although am very sorry that you had that experience. I have shared the link with my colleagues at North

RE: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers

2005-09-29 Thread jo
@acegraphics.com.au [mailto:owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au] On Behalf Of diane Sent: Thursday, 29 September 2005 2:54 PM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers Oh my Goodness!!! Im not sure I could work in the system up there!! Just emailed

Re: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers

2005-09-29 Thread diane
al Message - From: jo To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 7:08 PM Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers Hi Di, How about setting up an independent practice? I get calls almost everyday from women asking for referral

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2005-09-29 Thread abby_toby
I did hear Liz speak at the ICM about how midwives coped with the change when birthing was removed from Byron. Surely if ever there would be a group of motivated consumers it would be in Byron, is MC active there??? Would be the perfect place for caseload midwifery. Wow, when did birthing

RE: Re: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers

2005-09-29 Thread Vedrana Valčić
:28 AM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: Re: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers Hi Nicole, I wrote an enormous letter including my birth story to the hospital where my birthrape was perpetrated. It made no difference. I still have women from that hospital joining the birth trauma group I

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2005-09-29 Thread diane
Subject: Re: Re: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers I did hear Liz speak at the ICM about how midwives coped with the change when birthing was removed from Byron. Surely if ever there would be a group of motivated consumers it would be in Byron, is MC active there??? Would be the perfect place for caseload

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2005-09-29 Thread Janet Fraser
] To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 8:24 PM Subject: RE: Re: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers Janet, After reading your story I feel so many things... To send you some more love across a couple of oceans is all I can think of right now... Vedrana -Original Message

Re: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers

2005-09-28 Thread Sue Cookson
Hi Diane, I'm doing a student clinical placement at Lismore at present in the Birthing Suite. I live about an hour away and drive there and back each day - beats flying to Adelaide for weeks at a time. Lismore is a typically underfunded teaching institution, doing it's best under the

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2005-09-28 Thread abby_toby
Is anyone familiar with birthing services at Lismore? Is it woman centred, low intervention, midwife friendly care? Hi Di, I don't know what Lismore is like now, but after being transferred from Mullum ( which I found very interventionist with one midwife and very non with another, luck

Re: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers

2005-09-28 Thread Justine Caines
Dear Abby and all You said I would charge the Ob, I believe that was the first and only time in my life when I have been sexually abused. Can I suggest that unless women like you make complaints to the HCCC that these practices will remain and more women will feel violated from obstetric

Re: Re: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers

2005-09-28 Thread Janet Fraser
Dear Abby, (nice to see you pop up btw!) your experience sounds a lot like what happened to me at RWH in Melbourne. I complained to the hospital which tried really hard to fob me off and then had a mediation with the Health Services Commissioner. It had no effect on the hospital at all, and the Ob

Re: Re: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers

2005-09-28 Thread diane
was a perm night person who usually avoided birthing suite. Di - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:31 PM Subject: Re: Re: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers Is anyone familiar with birthing services at Lismore

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2005-09-28 Thread Janet Fraser
Sure am, Brenda. J - Original Message - From: brendamanning [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 9:51 AM Subject: Re: Re: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers Janet, Are you reading this ?? Brenda - Original Message - From: diane

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2005-09-28 Thread abby_toby
Hi Justine and everyone, I know I should complain, I tell all my clients to complain when things have been terrible. Until recently I found it very difficult to even think about what happened. I have had the forms to get my records for ages but am a little scared to read through them. I would

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2005-09-28 Thread Nicole Carver
@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: Re: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers Hi Justine and everyone, I know I should complain, I tell all my clients to complain when things have been terrible. Until recently I found it very difficult to even think about what happened. I have had the forms to get my records for ages

Re: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers

2005-09-28 Thread diane
a time??? Di. - Original Message - From: Stephen James To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 11:07 AM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers Hi Di, I'm an unofficial ozmidder (reading the archives so as not to clog up the inbox). I

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2005-09-28 Thread Janet Fraser
Hi Nicole, I wrote an enormous letter including my birth story to the hospital where my birthrape was perpetrated. It made no difference. I still have women from that hospital joining the birth trauma group I run on a regular basis. I don't understand why we consumers have to point out the

[ozmidwifery] Northern Rivers

2005-09-27 Thread diane
Hi Listers, Just a question about birthing services in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. Hoping to buy a property in the hills behind Lismore in the next year or so, when my son finshes his HSC. Looking like I will still have to work about three shifts a week for financial security and also