Re: [ozmidwifery] Outside the square... for Dierdre

2004-08-10 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
Hi Dierdre and Sue: I just have to say i am totally with both of you. Ditto, Ditto ditto. Anything I can do to support either or both of you. I just know there is research to support delaying clamping the cord in this situation Sue, and that the resusc can be done with the baby still attached if t

[ozmidwifery] Marsden Wagner's current position

2004-08-10 Thread Kylie Carberry
Hi everyone I am in need of some help for an article I am writing on the positive aspects (and there is evidently an abundance!) on homebirth.  I have used some info from Marsden Wagners articles and wondered what his current title is when I attribute the quotes to him thanks everyone cheers Kyli

Re: Jo, a rave and a vent- was Re: [ozmidwifery] Please explain CYOTEC??

2004-08-10 Thread Mary Murphy
On 10/8/04 Jen Semple posted some great websites. the http://www.maternitywise.org/guide/ site is the Cochrane data base and is very balanced on VBAC & all other subjects. It is worth carrying a copy around and also sending a copy of the relevant chapter to those who say "a midwife is being irres

[ozmidwifery] Outside the square... for Dierdre

2004-08-10 Thread Sue Cookson
Hi Dierdre, Seems like the same story is occurring in the birth rooms all over the Australia: Dominant medical paradigm wants to be so right and so untouchable that any of us who even THINK outside the square these days are judged and tried, let alone if we have plenty of evidence to support our

RE: Jo, a rave and a vent- was Re: [ozmidwifery] Please explain CYOTEC??

2004-08-10 Thread Francis Bowman
I'm starting to wonder if it will ever end. I have a client who transferred after the birth for a breathing problem with buby and now the Ob's are after my guts for garters. Seems they think I must not have given my mum enough unbiased info because no sensible woman would choose a homebirth after

Re: [ozmidwifery] VBAC question again

2004-08-10 Thread Lynne Staff
Kirsten, where do you live? - Original Message - From: "Kirsten Wohlt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 3:16 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] VBAC question again > Hi all, > > I know there has been a lot of discussion here in recent weeks about VBACs, so

Re: [ozmidwifery] Cheap community-based childbirth ed.

2004-08-10 Thread Debbie Slater
Sylvia When I moved to the Australia and met up with fellow NCT ANT Mel Gregory, we set about trying to set up our own independent classes here in Perth. It was jsut so difficult... We had been so used to having more people wanting our classes than we could deal with through the NCT, and thought

Re: [ozmidwifery] VBAC question again

2004-08-10 Thread Jen Semple
Hi Kirsten, I'm a 3rd year BMid @ VU. You probably already know about The Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy & Childbirth (Enkin et al), but they have a fantastic chapter called "Labor and birth after previous cesarean section" that's available free online at http://www.maternitywise.org/guide/

RE: [ozmidwifery] Cheap community-based childbirth ed.

2004-08-10 Thread Sylvia Boutsalis
like zombies gone down the conveyer belt into the hospital > > closest to > > them (cause it has really nice decor...don't laugh I said the same > > thing with my first!), have gone into the mainstream clinics, and > > will be attending the child birth classes offered by the hospital. I > > ha