Re: [ozmidwifery] Breeched baby

2005-11-22 Thread Madelaine Akras
thank you for the website. Madelaine - Original Message - From: Janet Fraser To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Breeched baby Try these : ) One midwife’s collection of breech

Re: [ozmidwifery] Breeched baby

2005-11-22 Thread Madelaine Akras
Sonja, the lady who currently has a breech baby does have a OB or a referal to someone who will preform and ECV. Madelaine - Original Message - From: Sonja Barry To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 9:13 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [ozmidwifery] Breeched baby

2005-11-22 Thread Diane Gardner
Hi Madelaine In my experience I have found that the mothers of babies who are breech usually have something going on in their lives or fear of something in relation to birth. The babies have their heads close to the mum's heart for comfort knowing that something is not right with her. We

Re: [ozmidwifery] rooming in

2005-11-22 Thread sally @ home
I'm with you Brenda...if we were living in larger communities, or extended families rather than the very restrictive nuclear families, there would be lots of helpers to care for the babies when the mothers needed a rest. One homebirth I attended the woman had both her mother and mother-in-law

[ozmidwifery] Mother friendly hospitals

2005-11-22 Thread Dean Jo
Ahhh! mother friendly hospitals...now that would be worth pursuing! -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.4/175 - Release Date: 11/18/2005 -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit

Re: [ozmidwifery] Mother friendly hospitals

2005-11-22 Thread BrendaManning
Wouldn't it ? I always say baby - friendly is OK for the baby but often it's really tough on the mothers. We ought to be able to do service to both, compromise being the operative word. The old days of 'lying in convalescing' were good for mothers babies, I agree with the previous post about

Re: [ozmidwifery] Mother friendly hospitals

2005-11-22 Thread The Fairbairn Family
Funny you should mention the 'holistic approach', I have just finished an AN class talking about postnatal care and i was contrasting the UK system of off and out of hosp. to the system in the Netherlands, where (apart from an impressive 40% + home birth rate) a 'domestic'- cross between a home

Re: [ozmidwifery] Mother friendly hospitals

2005-11-22 Thread Barbara Glare Chris Bright
Hi, I really disagree that baby friendly hospitals are OK for the baby but tough on the mother. And if your baby friendly hospital is tough on the mother, then you should be looking at why - because it shouldn't be that way. The newborn mother and baby are a unit. They both surely need to

[ozmidwifery] Mother/baby friendly

2005-11-22 Thread Mary Murphy
Excuse cross-posting, but this is very pertinent. MM 22 November 2005 NICE consultation supports breastfeeding and Baby Friendly; immediate public input requested The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has issued two documents for consultation which could have a

RE: [ozmidwifery] Mother friendly hospitals

2005-11-22 Thread Dean Jo
Ah, but mother friendly involves before the birth and during the birth where mum is a single unit not a double unit -with baby. Hospitals are rarely mother friendly, there are individuals who try to facilitate a mother centred experience but usually this goes against the policies in place that

RE: [ozmidwifery] Mother/baby friendly

2005-11-22 Thread Philippa Scott
Please dont forget the fathers. Most couples I talk to that choose private care (up here) do so because dad can stay with them. This is dispite the c/s rate being twice as high as the public hospital. Truly valuable postpartum care should treat the family unit in whatever form it comes. As

RE: [ozmidwifery] Mother/baby friendly

2005-11-22 Thread Philippa Scott
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[ozmidwifery] article FYI

2005-11-22 Thread leanne wynne
Duration of Lactation and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Alison M. Stuebe, MD; Janet W. Rich-Edwards, ScD; Walter C. Willett, MD, DrPH; JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH; Karin B. Michels, ScD, PhD JAMA. 2005;294:2601-2610. Context Lactation is associated with improved glucose and insulin

[ozmidwifery] article FYI

2005-11-22 Thread leanne wynne
Depriving babies of cuddles does long-term harm By Kate Ravilious in London November 23, 2005 Failing to give babies cuddles and affection subtly changes how their brains develop, and in later life can leave them anxious and poor at forming relationships. Love and affection from parents and

Re: [ozmidwifery] Mother friendly hospitals

2005-11-22 Thread Anne Clarke
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Re: [ozmidwifery] Mother friendly hospitals

2005-11-22 Thread John Jenny Turnbull
Brenda I love your idea! Weather a hospital is baby or mother friendly or not, is kind of a moot point these days, you are booted out the door so fast. When I had my first child, having just moved to a small country town, no friends or family I was very much on my own, in reflection it was

RE: [ozmidwifery] Mother friendly hospitals

2005-11-22 Thread Tania Smallwood
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Re: [ozmidwifery] Mother friendly hospitals

2005-11-22 Thread Janet Fraser
I agree, Tania. I find, regardless of the BFHI, it still depends who you get on the day. I know considerable numbers of women who, like myself, had no benefit from the BFHI despite having babies in accredited hospitals. Having guidelines doesn't mean they get followed and since separation after

[ozmidwifery] Antibiotics and Ceasars

2005-11-22 Thread Dorothy Thomas
I have a question to put out to you all, I would just like to know what your expereiences are with IV antibiotics and women who have had a C/S as at the hospital in which I work the OB's current trend is to put women who have had Ceasars either elective or emergency on triple AB's for three to

RE: [ozmidwifery] Mother friendly hospitals

2005-11-22 Thread Sylvia Boutsalis
When I had my 3rd child in Switzerland my health insurance paid for a 'housekeeper' for a month after the birth. My OB wrote that since it was my 3rd child I would be tired!! They would do odd jobs, like ironing, cleaning, cooking (although I never took up the last one). It was lovely to sit on

Re: [ozmidwifery] Absolutely horrified!

2005-11-22 Thread Synnes
I cried when I read what your lady from Melbourne wrote. Just remembering the way a horrible doctor spoke to me when I was very pregnant with my third who also happened to be a VBAC. Had to see a doctor because it was hospital policy, they had to okay my natural birth decision before I could

Re: [ozmidwifery] Mother friendly hospitals

2005-11-22 Thread Judy Chapman
This is one reason the people of Mareeba fought so hard for their maternity ward. We have 3 rooms which used to be two bedded and have been converted to just one with a Queen size bed, TV, fridge, table and chairs and an easy chair. Partners are welcome to stay as are close others if partner

[ozmidwifery] fyi formula

2005-11-22 Thread Jennifairy
BBC NEWS Baby milk scare widens in Europe *Swiss-based food giant Nestle has ordered the recall of baby milk from France, Spain, Portugal and Italy after tests suggested chemical contamination. * Police in Italy, the largest market of the four, have begun seizing 30m litres of the baby milk

Re: [ozmidwifery] Antibiotics and Ceasars

2005-11-22 Thread Judy Chapman
We used to do 3 doses of Keflin but that has ceased not. I think the anaesthetist, depending on who it is, just gives a one off dose of cephtriaxone nowdays. Cheers Judy PS Hi Dot, good to see you progressing on, hope all is going well. Dorothy Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a

RE: [ozmidwifery] Antibiotics and Ceasars

2005-11-22 Thread Nicole Carver
Hi Dorothy, That sounds quite excessive. We give a single dose of Cephazolin to the women who have a c/s. Regards, Nicole. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dorothy Thomas Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 4:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Com. Au