RE: [ozmidwifery] RE: RWH - Pain Relief Comment on Website

2006-08-31 Thread robertaquinn
I disagree strongly with this section of the RWH website (below). I think many women who birth without pain relief are dismissed as having been "lucky" to have had an "easy labour". Women who birth naturally are often not credited with managing their own pain and are not recognised as having inf

Re: [ozmidwifery] RE: RWH - Pain Relief Comment on Website

2006-08-30 Thread Michelle Windsor
This reminds me of what a woman was told in private antenatal classes that rating pain from 1 to 10 with 10 the worst pain you can imagine, then labour will probably sit at about 20.  How's that for getting the adrenaline going and inhibiting endorphins!  No wonder some of these women walk in a

RE: [ozmidwifery] RE: RWH - Pain Relief

2006-08-30 Thread Mary Murphy
 Recently a friend of mine had twins at our large teaching hospital.  She did not want an epidural or any interference whatsoever.  She was pressed for induction and asked for the information leaflet from RACOG and the hospital’s consent form.  She read it at 36 weeks and said “what woman

Re: [ozmidwifery] RE: RWH - Pain Relief Comment on Website

2006-08-30 Thread Janet Fraser
Given that they have a 1 in 3 c-sec rate and have got rid of their BC while pretending to "extend it's ethos" throughout the new buildings, what part of this surprises you, Kelly? The only thing I love about RWH is how unashamedly they promote this rubbish and how conveniently they put proto