Re: [ozmidwifery] Waterbirth pictures.

2003-11-17 Thread JoFromOz
Sally, I never thought I would do it with anyone else :) Love Jo :) Original Message From: Sally WestburyTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 2:14 PMSubject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Waterbirth pictures. Well Jo you will have to come the us at the Community Midwifery

RE: [ozmidwifery] Epidural

2003-11-17 Thread B G
I did a great birth last week which showed the woman's strength and belief in her own body. 3rd pregnancy with twins. Usual IOL at 38 weeks but declined an epidural which was respected. History of precipitate births. I come onto Birth Suite at 2.30 with a new student who had only assisted at

Re: [ozmidwifery] Epidural

2003-11-17 Thread Diane Gardner
Oh Barb how great. Congratulations on a job well done...The universe works in mysterious ways. I will pass this onto my mum. She sure will appreciate you guys. When my mums go to an ob/gyn they hardly ever talk about the wonderful job that midwives do. I make sure that I let all my mums in

[ozmidwifery] waterbirth pictures

2003-11-17 Thread Ross W Timbs
Can anyone enlighten me on the rationale / motivation for holding the baby under the water after it is born? Also does anyone have any good client information pamphlets on group B strep that they would like to share? Thanks in advance Jacky

Re: [ozmidwifery] waterbirth pictures

2003-11-17 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
Can't help with the rationale jacky, though have wondered myself. Re the GBS info, when in the USA weused the info on the center for disease control web site(CDC), also MIDIRS, and I think the Royal College of Midwives has info. marilyn - Original Message - From: Ross W

Re: [ozmidwifery] Epidural

2003-11-17 Thread jayne
Lucky day for that family! I did a great birth last week which showed the woman's strength and belief in her own body. 3rd pregnancy with twins. Usual IOL at 38 weeks but declined an epidural which was respected. History of precipitate births. I come onto Birth Suite at 2.30 with a new

Re: [ozmidwifery] Waterbirth pictures.

2003-11-17 Thread jayne
If I remember rightly, there were issues with how much weight the floor would take. This is Andrea's whole web site if anyone is interested: http://www.nandu.hu/ Jayne . Jodie wrote Strikes me tho' that the pool is not deep enough to take true advantage of the water. A psychological

[ozmidwifery] New models of midwifery care

2003-11-17 Thread Andrea Robertson
Hi everyone, I've been getting exciting news about the new mdiwifery programs to be launched in Sydney in the next few months. If you want to know what's happening, I've written it up on my Diary: http://www.birthinternational.com/diary/index.html (Saves me writing it all out twice!). If

Re: [ozmidwifery] waterbirth pictures

2003-11-17 Thread Jodie Miller
On Monday 17 November 2003 23:03, Ross W Timbs wrote: Can anyone enlighten me on the rationale / motivation for holding the baby under the water after it is born? This is a very common misconception people hold - that it is a more gentle birth if you bring baby up slowly. I get shivers when

RE: [ozmidwifery] Waterbirth pictures.

2003-11-17 Thread Wayne and Caroline McCullough
Got a woman in one of our support groups who has a pregnant sister who is petrified of needles. She has even had hypnosis treatment to alleviate her phobia but it didn't work. Anyway, she has birthed one baby fine but was in a great deal of pain and wants to avoid the pain and is now saying she

Re: [ozmidwifery] waterbirth pictures

2003-11-17 Thread Mary Murphy
I have no idea what the rationale of leaving the baby underwater is. When Iattended my first waterbirth in 1987, the parents left the baby under for 6 mins. I wasn't happy, but the baby was and still is, alright. It seemed to be a "California" thing to make the transition more "gentle",

[ozmidwifery] Accuracy of NB tests

2003-11-17 Thread Mary Murphy
20031107-10#Beyond the complete blood cell count and c-reactive protein-Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine,vol 157, no 6, June 2003, pp 511-516Malik A; Hui CPS; Pennie RA; et al-(June 2003) OBJECTIVE: To systematically review

[ozmidwifery] Amniotic studies

2003-11-17 Thread Mary Murphy
20031110-44The usefulness of ultrasound assessment of amniotic fluid in predicting adverse outcome in prolonged pregnancy: a prospective blinded observational study-BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,vol 110, no 11,

Re: [ozmidwifery] Waterbirth pictures.

2003-11-17 Thread Diane Gardner
Hi Cas If you give Peter Jackson a call he will know if there are any HypnoBirthing practitioners close by. Hi phone number is (02) 48621156. warm regards Diane -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.

Re: [ozmidwifery] Epidural

2003-11-17 Thread jo hunter
I have a friend also who had twins naturally both bubs head down and went past her due date. I was 6lbs 7 and the other 7 lbs. She's heavily involved in the local multiples association and would be happy to talk. Let me know. jo - Original Message - From: Wayne and Caroline McCullough

Re: [ozmidwifery] Waterbirth pictures.

2003-11-17 Thread Tom, Tania and Sam Smallwood
Hi there Caroline, I used to live up there, and there is an independent midwife who runs antenatal yoga classes - her name is Marianne Idle, you can contact her at [EMAIL PROTECTED] assuming she is at the same address. Hope this helps Tania From: Wayne and Caroline McCullough [EMAIL

Re: [ozmidwifery] waterbirth pictures

2003-11-17 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
I do know at least one baby died in Oregonabout 10 years ago now(stayed under longer than 6 min but not sure how long), must have made a lot of people rethink the practice because not one parent in the waterbirths that I attended in USA even mentioned not bringing the baby up straight away.