Hi Tania
There is a list like OzMid called NZ Midwives. I can put in a post for you
or you could join the list. What would you prefer??
Kiwi Kim.
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From: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Date: 04/29/05 14:55:01
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Subject:
Hi Kim
If you could post for me, that would be great, we're in the middle of a
computer upgrade and the last thing I need is to belong to any more lists at
the moment!
This woman is having baby #1, is about 10 weeks pregnant,and looking to
birth at home, with an independent midwife, not keen on
Hi Tania
I can do that no problem. I know what you mean about joining MORE lists.
What do you mean by group practices?? Most midwives work in a collective in
order to support one another etc and have back-up should it be required but
take on their own individual caseloads.
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I'm told by this woman that there is a great difference (and someone correct
me if I'm wrong) between having your own independent midwife, who uses
another as back up, and being allocated a midwife as part of a group of
anything up to 8 midwives, with no guarantee that you will have someone
you've
I think I follow Tania. I'm thinking she is referring to a caseload midwife.
When you have your own independent midwife, you are pretty much guaranteed
to have her attend your birth, or else her partner whom she would have met
on a few occasions. Depending on the credibility of the midwife of
Hi All,
Just hoping some of you wonderful Homebirth midwives out there can enlighten my ignorance regarding what "routine" antenatal investigations you order for or recommend to your clients, as part of your initial consultation. Is there a standard guideline that you must adhere to?(Apart from
Hi: I am not yet a lactation consultant but I am a
midwife who lived in the USA until 2002. There are a number of factors involved
here re the vitamin D drops. I am assuming this is in response to an increase in
the prevalence of rickets in babies and young children. I will list them below.
Hi
Gaye,
It is
an interesting question about antenatal testing.
I ask
all my clients are booked into a hospital as a backup. They are booked through
antenatal clinics or GP/Obs or Obstetricians. There
is a problem with getting this booking in done properly. As a midwife in WA I
