Re: [ozmidwifery] ACTIVE Vs EXPECT MAGMT

Hi Judy, After reading your post it reminded me of what one of my friends said (she is a midwife and works for MSF). She was in western Africa and if a person had a Hb over 80 they would use them as a blood donar if they needed one!! Cheers MichelleMaternity Ward Mareeba Hospital [EMAIL

Re: [ozmidwifery] MORE ACTIVE MANGAEMENT

Hello Marilyn I am surprised that litigation- mad America sanctioned midwives performing MROP. If the placenta is difficult to remove manual removal may result in death from shock as well as haemorrhage. Jenny Jennifer Cameron FRCNA FACM ProMid Professional Midwifery Education Service 0419 528

[ozmidwifery] Intrapartum Foetal Surveillance Education Program in Victoria

Can anyone tell me what the crux of this program is??? http://www.ranzcog.edu.au/ifse_program/index.shtml It seems to be about obstetricians educating midwives on CTG interpretation - I can envisage seeing a lot more caesars for "foetal distress" as a result, with babies apgars of 9 and 10

Re: [ozmidwifery] MORE ACTIVE MANGAEMENT

Needless to say the procedure is not done very often and always the preferred place would be a hospital and under analgesia if not anaesthetic. If it where done at home it would always be with the consultation of a backup obstetrician by telephone. However as I said it was a required skill at

RE: [ozmidwifery] breastmilk for preterm babies

Hi I work in NICU (in addition to being a student midwife). We encourage the mothers to begin expressing ASAP and we use al the milk and colostrum. We tend to begin enteral feeds quite quickly ie in the first 2-3 days at a very low rate... perhaps 1ml 12 hrly for littlies. We have a clear

[ozmidwifery] Looking for Jackie Kitschke.

Hi Jackie, I do not know whether you still remember me. I am originally from Belgium and as a part of my midwifery education, I did a placement at the women's children's hospital. I have very fond memories of my time in the birthing centre. It took me ages and ages to get my registration

Re: [ozmidwifery] Intrapartum Foetal Surveillance Education Program inVictoria

Dean Jo wrote: A unit in the UK reduced their cs rate astronomically by implementing some strategies: one being continuous up skilling of CTG readout interpretations. Perhaps the increase in cs is related to misinterpretations and this might help perhaps??? Jo

[ozmidwifery] Human Milk Bank

This info is cut and pasted from Jen Semple's email to the MC Midwives list in August 2004: FYI.. Apologies for the cross-post...http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/12/1092102573402.htmlAustralia's first milk bankAugust 12, 2004 - 1:06PMAustralia's first milk bank is to start

Re: [ozmidwifery] MORE ACTIVE MANGAEMENT

Thanks for the detailed insight Marilyn. My view is probably clouded by the stark memory I have of a GP performing a MROP on an unanaesthetised or analgesed woman when I was a student. I can still see the look of pain and terror on her face as she headed for the overbed light. I accept we can

Re: [ozmidwifery] Analgesia post LUSCS

Where I work (large teaching hospital, dedicated 24hr Pain Management Team, painrelief protocols codified by anaesthetic dept and adhered to by all from VMO down,) if LSCS was performed under epidural the women frequently have a bolus of Morphine down the EDB catheter prior to it being removed