Dear Elaine,
Midwives working in country hospitals currently
work as nurses as well as you state. They are usually oncall for labouring women
and when a midwife isn't on duty nurses look after antenatal/postnatal women
(well that has been my experience when i was a nurse working in a
Hi all and Peter,
Thanks for all your comments on "urge to push". I now have another query,
asynclitism of presenting part. How difficult is it to diagnose and what
is
the management of the same?
Agree with all of Lyn Staff's comments.
Thought I would add the way it feels vaginally for
Hi all, don't know who has read Mary Daly's book, but thought you may be
interested in this message. Her book was one of the mind altering ones for
me.
On another tack. How are the senate submissions coming along? I'm
struggling but it's happening! The more I get into it, the more excited
Hi Susan,
In response to your request for a reference try ' Wise Woman Herbal For The
Childbearing Year' by Susun Weed -Ash Tree Publishing'86. Discussions include -'
Nettle or Alfalfa leaf infusion or tea taken throughout the pregnancy will increase
available vitamin K and hemoglobin in
Dear Peter, There is this wonderful midwife in Hobart, Terry Stockdale who
taught me a very simple technique to help a baby straighten up, - its the
silly walk technique.
The mother stands up and lifts one knee up in front as high as she can and
then moves it out to be in line with her shoulder
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Hi Kathleen all in this rural mid discussion
I realise that I cannot speak for rural practitioners in towns in SE Qld,
Vic, SA etc. but I have a pretty good idea about what is happening in N
and NW Qld.
It really does depend on the size of the hospital and the size of the
catchment area it
Hi again,
Yes, there could be a full-time caseload for a midwife in small town. In
two of the towns in my study there was a person who was generally
acknowledged, trusted and respected as "the midwife". However, there were
times when she was on holidays, away, etc. . Even with planning around
Dear all,
sorry that this will be short and appear more facetious (the only word
in the english language with all the vowels in the correct order), than
usual. Finalising the senate submission etc.
The debate about whether direct midwifery entry is appropriate to rural
services of care.
This
