Re: [ozmidwifery] Today show c/s - Ric Porter

2003-12-11 Thread Denise Hynd
Dear Robin Perhaps you could get Dr Ric to support equal time for an informed discussion of what was shownand said on the program and its implications for the uninformed impressionable viewers??Is that possible?? If he is as concerned as you say that women are informed and supportedin

RE: [ozmidwifery] Fw:(WOW) birth and breastfeeding attitudes

2003-12-11 Thread Cheryl LHK
Thanks Maureen - I'm glad that I'm not the only one that has to BF, potty-train, dress kids etc whilst trying to sit on the loo myself. when do they ever leave you in the loo by yourself?? Until all three are at school ?? And I'm really dismayed by the public perception (still) of BF. I

Re: [ozmidwifery] I've had a baby (long)

2003-12-11 Thread Denise Hynd
Dear All Similalry when midwves who have only worked in hospitals say I am brave to want to do homebirths. Having worked in both I feel in the majority of cases it is they (unbeknown to themselves 0who are follhardy and brave. To every day deal with emotionally vulnerable people who have been

Re: [ozmidwifery] I've had a baby (long)

2003-12-11 Thread Cheryl LHK
Congratulations Jackie! There are some wonderful memories there of your daughter's birthday, and I hope you are keeping a copy of what you wrote to put in her baby book, so that one day she can look back and see how proud and thrilled Mum was on that wonderful achievement. Cheryl From:

Re: [ozmidwifery] I've had a baby (long)

2003-12-11 Thread jo hunter
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] I've had a baby (long) Hey Nic, You're sounding like a PERFECT candidate for the HAS committee! Jo - Original Message - From: Ron Nicole Christensen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 10:32 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [ozmidwifery] Twins question

2003-12-11 Thread Diane Gardner
Hi guys, I need to ask your advice again if you don't mind. I saw my twins couple again tonight and the mum was very tense. They had just gone to see their Ob and he discussed the birth with them. 1. He has told them that they must head for the hospital as soon as she is in labour as twins

Re: [ozmidwifery] Twins question

2003-12-11 Thread Mary Murphy
All sounds like advance preparation for a C/S to me. MM -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.

[ozmidwifery] 3rd Stage Feedback

2003-12-11 Thread Ross W Timbs
Denise Yes. At the hospital where I work all the women are public - no private at all. Nearly all women go through midwives' clinic see the same midwife throughout the pregnancy. Third stage is discussed with all of them, and they are given a pamphlet that lists the pros cons of active

Re: [ozmidwifery] Twins question

2003-12-11 Thread Sue Cookson
It certainly sounds like the ob is rubbing his hands together waiting for his c/section fee!! Probably by his management, his twins do arrive in 4 hours, hauled out or cut out. I've been around probably 6 sets of twins in my time, and also have John Stevenson's data on 12 sets he was involved

Re: [ozmidwifery] Twins question

2003-12-11 Thread Pinky McKay
Hi Dianne, I'm not sure whther it could help, but my book Parenting By Heart has a beautiful twins birth story(plus the awful lead up) - mum (a GP) had her first baby at a birth centre and was desperately upset to discover that risk management for twins (her next pregnancy) was an epidural and

Re: [ozmidwifery] Fw:(WOW) birth and breastfeeding attitudes

2003-12-11 Thread Dierdre Bowman
Don't Think it ends when they go to school. If my 13 year old or 11 year old boys want something and I'm on the loo, they still come to the door and want to exchange conversation. I'm convinced it never stops. The word mother means, NO PRIVATE LIFE. Not even the loo. Dierdre. -- This mailing

Re: [ozmidwifery] 3rd Stage Feedback

2003-12-11 Thread JoFromOz
We had ours recalled. Used 2x 5IU synto instead. Jo Robbie Moon wrote: bodgy synto? Hmm that's interesting. The hospital where i work has had an appalling number of pph's recently also. We were counting about 2 a week in the vicinity of 2-3 litres. I've never seen anything like it. If

Re: [ozmidwifery] I've had a baby (long)

2003-12-11 Thread Jackie Kitschke
Thank you Cheryl. I bought an A4 size exercise book and started writing in it when I was about 33 weeks pregnant. those that know me know that I am a tad verbose and so I have written quite a lot to my daughter about how I have felt at different times since. I have written about her birth and how

Re: [ozmidwifery] Twins question

2003-12-11 Thread Rob and Claire Leslie-Carter
Dear Diane, I don't know if anecdotal evidence is what you are after, but my two friends who have had twins have both been post term. One was very angry after the event at being actively managed, and the other had a completely natural birth. The first was with the NHS (UK) and led by an ob,

Re: [ozmidwifery] 3rd Stage Feedback

2003-12-11 Thread Kristy Robertson
Same with us, Jo. We queried that out 10's were a bad batch and commenced using 2 lots of 5's. -Original Message- From: JoFromOz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, December 12, 2003 8:22 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] 3rd Stage Feedback We had ours