Re: [ozmidwifery] Childbirth Education classes

2005-05-28 Thread Susan Cudlipp
I agree wholeheartedly with Nicole's post. It is very hard to give a balanced view when one knows that we are working within an obstetric model and the intervention rates that come with it. We try hard to instill the ideal of natural birth but are aware of the risk of setting the women up for

Re: [ozmidwifery] Baby!

2005-05-28 Thread Susan Cudlipp
Many congratulations Jo Sue "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke - Original Message - From: "JoFromOz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 10:19 AM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Baby! Hello one and all. Just a quick

Re: [ozmidwifery] Consent

2005-05-28 Thread Susan Cudlipp
We ask for signed consent for Konakion and Hep B, verbal for Guthrie - although we will soon be asking for written for this too I believe. These are given antenatally so that women have time to read and consider and ask questions first, Sue "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is f

[ozmidwifery] intro

2005-05-28 Thread Janet Fraser
Hi all, I've been on this list before and there are many familiar names. Just signing on again! I run Joyous Birth, the home birth group which has just got it's very own internet forum. We've used a yahoo group for a while (with about 100 members) but we need to get out into the public arena more

Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Center and Dr Molloy

2005-05-28 Thread Judy Chapman
That is a great letter of Jenny's. When I read about the incident in the Cairns Post I figrued it was blown up out of all proportion. Figured the midwives were dealing with the shoulder dystocia like Ina May recommended and that they were happy the baby was shocked but ok with the placenta still su

Re: [ozmidwifery] Birthspirit Midwifery Intensive

2005-05-28 Thread Janet Fraser
Andrea can I put this info on my home birth forum? Best wishes, Janet Joyous Birth and Accessing Artemis Home birth network and birth trauma recovery. http://nugget.host-australia.com/~joyousbi/forums/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/accessingartemis -- This mailing list is sponsored by

[ozmidwifery] Birthspirit Midwifery Intensive

2005-05-28 Thread Andrea Robertson
Hello Everyone, Just letting you all know that we have limited places available for the Maggie Banks' Birthspirit Intensive: Midwifery Skills for Emergencies workshop in Sydney July 9-11. We also have ONE place for ther Melbourne workshop 7-9 July, dur to a cancellation. About the course:

[ozmidwifery] Birth centre in the news

2005-05-28 Thread Megan & Larry
Title: Birth centre in the news The defence of the QLD birth centre against Dr Molloys comments has made it to www.news.com.au as "breaking news". Good publicity fo rthem Cheers Megan

Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Center and Dr Molloy

2005-05-28 Thread Denise Hynd
It is truly encouraging and great to see a midwife leader of the ACMI being quoted in effectively defending midwives and challenging the motives and vested interest of obs!! Denise Hynd "Let us support one another, not just in philosophy but in action, for the sake of freedom for all women to

[ozmidwifery] Rural Private Health Access Program

2005-05-28 Thread Justine Caines
Title: Rural Private Health Access Program Dear All The Federal Dept of Health has announced a 10 Million dollar funding program to “increase the range of privately insurable health services in rural, regional and remote Australia” The Dept is interested in applications that “develop inno

RE: [ozmidwifery] RE Twins

2005-05-28 Thread Lieve Huybrechts
Hello Yvette, I just want to tell you my excperience. I accompagned two twin births this year in the hospital. We have there very good supporting obs, that are very confident with breech and twin births. The first mother was due jan 13th and went in spontaneous labor jan 18th. It was her first p

Re: [ozmidwifery] Bugs in this system - email difficulties

2005-05-28 Thread Andrea Quanchi
or go for a mac you dont have any trouble assocuiated with windows at all Andrea Q On 28/05/2005, at 3:59 PM, Jennifairy wrote: Actually, to go one step further, my advice is to either switch from Window$ to Linux or some other free, 'open source' but eminently better operating system, or if y

Re: [ozmidwifery] RE Twins

2005-05-28 Thread Lindsay & Yvette
Thankyou Ken, Andrea, and Sue for your replies. Andrea we can't afford a home birth. I do have the maternitycoalition.org site bookmarked, it's great. What you said about the epidural with the test dose is interesting, and you've obviously seen happen all the things I'm fearing. I can be pr

[ozmidwifery] Birth Center and Dr Molloy

2005-05-28 Thread B & G
Birth centre 'a scapegoat' 28may05 THE Australian Medical Association has been accused by the College of Midwives of attacking Brisbane's only public birth centre to relieve the pressure on its members for defending the so-called Dr Death. The college's Queensland President Jenny Gamble said the