Hello Diane,
Anyone can access the Consumer Health Complaints Commission. Send
them a letter stating the facts and making it clear what was said and done.
You could also write to the hospital itself, setting out similar
facts. Make sure you send the letter to several people within the
hospit
Hi Jo,
Yes. Fill in an incident report and file it with
the relevant people (plural) at the hospital.
Send a copy to the Consumer Complaints Tribunal in your capital city.
Send a copy of that letter to the Head of
Midwifery, Head of Obstetrics, and Chairman of the Board at the Hospital.
If
It is good to hear that you were able to receive some personal
satisfaction from the medication process at RHW.
If every women (or at least, a whole lot more) wrote in with similar
stores to yours, then they will not be able to keep saying the "It
has never happened before" - there will be a f
Dear Midwives and friends,
We are being made aware of safe sleeping / co-bedding with
babies. Is there any data or information
about the safety of baby in another room with baby monitor?
Am I just getting past it?
I feel very sad that babies sleep down the hall and parents think all is
Jenny, could you give us the reference
please? Thanks, MM
“, one study
demonstrated zero oxygen, because there is no longer any utero-placental
circulation. This is part of the stimulation for the baby to breathe, but the
baby is receiving some circulatory volume. “
Hi Jo,
I feel for this family and for you, because this is such a violent way to
bring a child into the world.
It would be fairly easy to prove that the release was signed under duress,
on the grounds that care would be with-held if it was not signed. I have
been in a situation where one of these
The lead front page article in today's New York Times reports:
"A poll last month showed that only 9 percent of
Americans believed drug
companies were generally honest, down from 14 percent in 2004. In
contrast,
34 percent of people said they trusted banks, and 39 percent trusted
supermarkets
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] question
I also meant to say that as I currently work
caseload I agree without a doubt, that the flexibility and family frendliness of
working with a small team of midwives is far higher than in working
shifts. Not to mention the increased work satisfaction in gettin
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] question
Your sense of frustration is palpable
Justine. I totally agree with you but when you have
worked that hard to get your qualifications, you have a livelihood at
stake, and you also have "the Bolam test" that you mentioned the risks
of non conformance or step
I had a situation 2 days ago with a transferred homebirth. Mum had
cholestasis, on arrival to home she was 6 cms and bub was breech. It was
mums decision to transfer to hospital.
On arrival she was bullied and reprimanded as she refused c/section (they
had the theatre ready). Ended up having to
Cord pH's reflect circumstances intrauterine not
postpartum When the cord blood is collected immediately at birth for pH
estimation it is to gauge as accurately as possible the pH at the moment of
birth where the baby receives its last lot of oxygentated blood via the
utero-placental circula
Please reply to Rebecca [EMAIL PROTECTED] if
you can help
- Original Message -
From: Rebecca Walberg
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I'm working on behalf of a group of women in Winnipeg, Canada (with some support from
the government and a local clinic) who are proposing
I can understand not waiting too long when you feel
there is dystocia, however it seems that many Drs are interpreting that as not
waiting for restitution AT ALL. In normal mechanics restitution happens
soon after the birth of the head and internal rotation of shoulders with the
next contra
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