RE: [ozmidwifery] Acupunture and induction

2006-03-08 Thread Kelly @ BellyBelly
My friend had her VBAC on Saturday at 39wks and 6 days with no complications; drug free, over 4kg baby and only a graze. She had an induction massage at Fertile Ground, which basically involves acupressure points, although she found it too hard for what she liked and was sore afterwards.

RE: [ozmidwifery] Acupunture and induction

2006-03-08 Thread Tania Smallwood
*sigh*how very disheartening, why are we setting these women up for a fall? What on earth happened to a normal pregnancy, normal gestation, and normal birth? Im sure the rates of stillbirth are even less at 37 weeks, why not just induce everyone then? Or perhaps, women should be told that