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

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

2005-04-29 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
Hi: I am not yet a lactation consultant but I am a midwife who lived in the USA until 2002. There are a number of factors involved here re the vitamin D drops. I am assuming this is in response to an increase in the prevalence of rickets in babies and young children. I will list them below.

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