RE: [ozmidwifery] Pinky on Today Show re: Controlled Crying
Ive just found out its been postponed for two weeks until the opposition returns from India gees I was really looking forward to it too!!! Ill let you all know when its all confirmed with the new day / time. Best Regards, Kelly Zantey Director, www.bellybelly.com.au www.toys4tikes.com.au Gentle Solutions For Conception, Pregnancy, Birth Baby Australian Little Tikes Specialists From: owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au [mailto:owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au] On Behalf Of Kelly @ BellyBelly Sent: Monday, 28 November 2005 4:08 PM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: [ozmidwifery] Pinky on Today Show re: Controlled Crying Dear all, Pinky McKay is going to be on the Today show on channel 9 tomorrow morning discussing controlled crying - we don't know who against as yet and an exact time but my guess would be around 8am. But if everyone could watch the show and if possible email feedback afterwards, as a show of support to Pinky and saying how great it was seeing her on (and telling them that we think she should be on more regularly!) then that would be great!!! I think the email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Don't forget - and GO PINKY W HO we know you'll do us proud Go Pinky!!! Best Regards, Kelly Zantey Director, www.bellybelly.com.au www.toys4tikes.com.au Gentle Solutions For Conception, Pregnancy, Birth Baby Australian Little Tikes Specialists
Re: [ozmidwifery] POP statistics
Thank you Sue Andrea Q. With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: Andrea Quanchi To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 11:14 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] POP statistics As a part of some research I was doing ( and still haven't written up) I think I have every article ever written on OP. Very little research has ever been done on the subject and what has been done is on very small numbers until Kariminia, Chamberlain, Keogh and Shea (2004) whose study was of 2547 women. This article quotes 10-25% of all babies in early labour are OP and 10-15% in active labour, and 6% persistant POP in second stage.Most of the research done has been to see whether getting the mothers to adopt hands and knees positions daily for eg 10 minutes twice a day reduces the incidence of OP at the onset of labour and the answer is no. The difference in what Sutton and Scott (1996) suggest is that they encourage a life style change and encourages the woman to adopt knees lower than hips/pelvis tilted forward positions all the time in their daily activities. I agree with Sue that I rarely see OP in woman who understand and adopt this practice. I have a couple of ergonomic stools ( similar to the rocker recommended by Sutton Scott but without the rockers) that I lend to women in the last weeks of pregnancy and find that with these they are so comfy they use them all the time in preference over other seating and dont have a problem. A lot of other midwives I know recommend to women that they sit on balls but I find that unless the balls are big enough / inflated enough the women are rocking away on them with their pelvis tilted back to balance themselves. I use my balls alot in labour but use the stools antenatally.My pilot study was not big enough to show results and thus I acknowledge that all recommendations to women are based on anecdotal evidence and not research. Andrea QuanchiOn 28/11/2005, at 9:42 AM, Janet Fraser wrote: I'm fascinated to hear you don't see any, Sue, because there seems to be an epidemic in the hospy system and it's rapidly becoming an excuse to c-sec like breech. Great work you're doing!: )J - Original Message -From: Sue Cookson To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 10:53 PMSubject: Re: [ozmidwifery] POP statisticsHi Brenda,Just been taught that 5% stay OP of the 10-15% that present as OP.NO research to support that, only texts.Other stats suggest that up to 20% births begin as OP - Jean Sutton's optimum positioning info.Hope this helps,I haven't seen an OP in 23 years of homebirths - pretty careful with positions in pregnancy and info to help mums to rotate their babies prior to labour.Sue Information seeking.. please ozmiddersDoes anyone have stats (or know where to access them)on the percentage of posterior babies who rotate during labour or whilst birthing ? Esprelevant toMg with SVDs previously ?How many babies actually remain OP do ore don'tobstruct how many rotate birth spontaneously ?Any help greatly appreciated.With kind regardsBrenda Manningwww.themidwife.com.au
Re: [ozmidwifery] POP statistics
In my experience, the vast majority of OP labours do rotate to OA eventually, especially in Multips. I used to see a great many more face to pubes births than I have in recent years - possibly due to denser epidurals in the past, in fact the only ones I can think of in the past 5 years or so have been forceps deliveries, even then they usually rotate them with Keillands forceps before bringing them out. My last 3 births have all been OP labours rotating to OA on the pelvic floor - the last one was a 10lb baby who you could actually see spinning as he advanced. I remember with amusement this being discussed at the homebirth conference at Yanchep some years ago and Ina May Gaskin was asked what they did on the farm with OP's She replied " Oh well, y'know, no-one ever told us this was supposed to be a problem"! Also watching an American TV medical doco some years back where the OB was taking the woman to theatre and he paused to explain to the TV crew why she could not deliver this baby vaginally as it was OP. While he was explaining this she gave an almighty yell and shot the baby out on the theatre trolley. Love it! Sue "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"Edmund Burke - Original Message - From: Janet Fraser To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 6:42 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] POP statistics I'm fascinated to hear you don't see any, Sue, because there seems to be an epidemic in the hospy system and it's rapidly becoming an excuse to c-sec like breech. Great work you're doing! : ) J - Original Message - From: Sue Cookson To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] POP statistics Hi Brenda,Just been taught that 5% stay OP of the 10-15% that present as OP.NO research to support that, only texts.Other stats suggest that up to 20% births begin as OP - Jean Sutton's optimum positioning info.Hope this helps,I haven't seen an OP in 23 years of homebirths - pretty careful with positions in pregnancy and info to help mums to rotate their babies prior to labour.Sue Information seeking.. please ozmidders Does anyone have stats (or know where to access them)on the percentage of posterior babies who rotate during labour or whilst birthing ? Esprelevant toMg with SVDs previously ? How many babies actually remain OP do ore don'tobstruct how many rotate birth spontaneously ? Any help greatly appreciated. With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.8/183 - Release Date: 25/11/2005
RE: [ozmidwifery] Definition of a Birth Centre
The NACC definition has been painstakingly developed over many years by Ruth Lubic and Kitty Ernst. I have personally spent several holidays with Kitty in Pennsylvania (since 1987) and discussed the absence OF true B.C's in Australia. We just don't seem to be able to embrace the woman centred-ness in Australia. MM The birth centre is a homelike facility existing within a healthcare system with a program of care designed in the wellness model of pregnancy and birth. Birth centers are guided by principles of prevention, sensitivity, safety, appropriate medical intervention, and cost effectiveness. Birth centers provide family-centered care for healthy women before, during and after normal pregnancy, labour and birth. (Adopted by NACC Board of Directors - New York - October 1, 1995). -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
Re: [ozmidwifery] Omeo midwife?
Hi Noah and Danika, I used to live and work in Omeo, some 16 years back. I still have contact with a midwife who still works at the Omeo hospital so will give her a call and find out if she knows of anyone doing homebirths in the area. There is a homebirth midwife near Wodonga, but I think Omeo would be too far to travel, especially at that time of the year. There may be someone in the Bairnsdale area, I don't know. I'll let you know what I find out. Best wishes, Joy Joy Cocks RN (Div 1) RM CBE IBCLC BRIGHT Vic 3741 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Noah Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 17:09 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Omeo midwife? Howdy, My wife and I are expecting our first child in June. We currently live in Melbourne but it's likely that we'll be moving to rural Omeo at the start of the year to take a teaching position. We hope to organize a home birth in Omeo, but we don't know if it's possible. The Omeo hospital no longer does deliveries - now they take place in Bairnsdale, 90 minutes away. We would prefer a home birth but we don't know if this puts obstetrical support too far away. If anyone knows of (or is) a good midwife in the area please let us know. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks! Noah and Danika Davis -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
[ozmidwifery] article FYI
Breast-Feeding May Lower Mom's Risk of Diabetes By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Breast-feeding your baby can cut your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, new research shows. We found that breast-feeding is really good for mothers. Each year she breast-feeds cuts the risk of type 2 diabetes by 15 percent, said study author, Dr. Alison Stuebe, a clinical fellow in maternal fetal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and an instructor at Harvard Medical School in Boston. Breast-feeding offers a host of health benefits for babies. Along with providing optimal nutrition, breast milk also provides compounds that boost babies' immune system and help protect against bacteria, viruses and parasites, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In addition, breast-fed children have lower rates of childhood illnesses and tend to be leaner than their formula-fed counterparts. And research has shown mothers benefit as well: Breast-feeding helps a mother's body return to normal faster after pregnancy, according to the FDA. Some studies have suggested that women who breast-feed for long periods of time may have lower rates of breast and ovarian cancer. But, no long-term studies had examined the effect of breast-feeding on maternal risk of diabetes, Stuebe said. Stuebe and her colleagues suspected breast-feeding might affect type 2 diabetes risk because it substantially changes a mother's metabolic requirements, and research has shown that breast-feeding improves insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance. The researchers used data from the Nurses' Health Study and the Nurses' Health Study II, which together included more than 150,000 women who had given birth during the study period. More than 6,000 of these women were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. After controlling for body mass index (BMI) -- because a high BMI is a known risk factor for type 2 diabetes -- the researchers found that long-term breast-feeding reduced a woman's risk of developing diabetes. The risk was decreased by 15 percent for each year of breast-feeding for women in the Nurses' Health Study, and by 14 percent for each year for those in the Nurses' Health Study II, according to the findings, which are published in the Nov. 23/30 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Stuebe said the researchers weren't able to determine how breast-feeding might offer some protection against diabetes, only that breast-feeding was associated with a drop in the rate of type 2 diabetes. However, she said, the researchers suspect that breast-feeding may help keep blood sugar in balance, or homeostasis. Breast-feeding mothers burn almost 500 additional calories daily, according to the study. That's equivalent to running about four to five miles a day, Stuebe noted. If done for a year, it's not surprising that it might have an effect on how the body takes care of insulin and glucose, she said. Dr. Loren Wissner Greene, an endocrinologist at New York University Medical Center in New York City, said the explanation for why women who breast-feed for long periods may have lower rates of diabetes could be a simple one: The small weight changes from lactation can make a significant impact on diabetes risk. In fact, Wissner Greene said, the best advice for anyone to avoid type 2 diabetes is to maintain a healthy weight, and lose weight if you're carrying excess weight. Another potential explanation could be that women who breast-feed for a long time are more health-conscious than other women, and may have a healthier diet, may exercise more and do other health-promoting activities that could reduce their diabetes risk. Stuebe said the researchers tried to take lifestyle factors into account and still saw an association between breast-feeding and reduced diabetes risk. The bottom line, said Stuebe: We're talking about an intervention that doesn't cost anything, has no side effects and has other potential benefits. SOURCES: Alison Stuebe, M.D., clinical fellow in maternal fetal medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and instructor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.; Loren Wissner Greene, M.D., endocrinologist, New York University Medical Center, and clinical associate professor of medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York City; Nov. 23/30, 2005, Journal of the American Medical Association Copyright © 2005 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. Leanne Wynne Midwife in charge of Women's Business Mildura Aboriginal Health Service Mob 0418 371862 -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
[ozmidwifery] article FYI - oxytocin
Early Neglect Can Hinder Child's Relationships By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Nurture may indeed be able to create a hormonal impact on nature. A study of adopted orphans suggests early emotional deprivation can lead to hormonal deficiencies. This, in turn, may undermine an individual's ability to form healthy relationships as he or she ages. Focusing on children raised in harsh orphanage environments in Russia and Romania prior to adoption by American families, researchers observed significant long-term drops in two hormones known to be key to regulating emotion. Previously, we haven't known very much about how the early social experiences we have in infancy may play an important role in later life, and this suggests that the kinds of social experiences we have in infancy really are important in configuring the human brain and influencing the social behaviors we exhibit as adults, said study co-author Seth D. Pollak from the department of psychology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The hormones in question -- oxytocin and arginine vasopressin (AVP) -- are believed to play an integral role from birth onward in priming children to communicate and bond with their parents, peers and other adults. The absence of such a hormonal safety blanket may explain some behavioral problems displayed later in life by kids initially exposed to poor caregiving, the researchers conclude. Pollak and his colleagues compared the hormonal levels of 18 children raised in orphanages shortly after birth with those of 21 children reared by their biological parents. Reporting in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the authors describe the orphanages as settings where a prominent lack of emotional and physical contact from caregivers was the norm. The children lived in these types of institutional environments for an average of about 17 months (ranging from seven to 42 months). At the time of the study, the children had been living with their adoptive families in the United States for an average of just under three years. Both groups of children in the study were of comparable age and physically healthy. The biological and adoptive families all lived in the Wisconsin area and shared similar well-to-do socioeconomic profiles. Over the course of a two-week period, all the children were exposed to an interactive computer game while sitting for a half hour in the lap of both their mother and, subsequently, an adult female stranger. Throughout each game session, the adults engaged with the children by means of tickling, patting, counting, and whispering. Prior to, and within 20 minutes of the interaction, researchers obtained urine samples to track changes in hormonal levels. The researchers found that while the amount of oxytocin among the children did not differ before the experiment, AVP levels were lower among those who had been raised in the orphanage environments. In addition, the orphans didn't experience the rise in oxytocin hormones seen in family-reared children following game sessions involving their mothers. But when the experiment was conducted with an adult the child didn't know, no differences in oxytocin levels were observed. AVP levels were comparable for both groups of children following sessions with either the mother or the adult stranger. According to the researchers, the observed differences in hormonal activity between the two groups of children points to developmental changes in the brains of the adopted orphans. Specifically, neurological mechanisms directing the activity of oxytocin and AVP may have been altered in children deprived of stable and nurturing family environments, they said. Pollak said further research is need to clarify the long-term effects of early neglect and to point to treatments, including medication, that might help these at-risk children. One of the most interesting things is that a lot of parents who've adopted children from these orphanages often talk about the children being anxious -- having temper tantrums, being nervous kids, having trouble dropping them off at school, noted Pollak. So it may be a biological mechanism that is not operating well that explains this. Dr. Bruce Perry, a senior fellow at the Houston-based nonprofit Child Trauma Academy, said the findings don't apply to adopted children in general, since most will have received adequate care from birth. And he said that, even for neglected children, behavioral problems aren't irreversible. We fully expect that when children who are neglected like this get care over time those parts of the brain affected are capable of changing, because the brain is malleable and capable of responding to a whole range of environmental experiences, both good and bad, he said. So now these children are in a position where we can be hopeful that they will get better.
Re: [ozmidwifery] Definition of a Birth Centre
Thank you Mary. With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: Mary Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 11:31 PM Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Definition of a Birth Centre The NACC definition has been painstakingly developed over many years by Ruth Lubic and Kitty Ernst. I have personally spent several holidays with Kitty in Pennsylvania (since 1987) and discussed the absence OF true B.C's in Australia. We just don't seem to be able to embrace the woman centred-ness in Australia. MM The birth centre is a homelike facility existing within a healthcare system with a program of care designed in the wellness model of pregnancy and birth. Birth centers are guided by principles of prevention, sensitivity, safety, appropriate medical intervention, and cost effectiveness. Birth centers provide family-centered care for healthy women before, during and after normal pregnancy, labour and birth. (Adopted by NACC Board of Directors - New York - October 1, 1995). -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
Re: [ozmidwifery] Omeo midwife?
Hello, doula in training and very concerned consumer - coming out of lurkdom to reply to a post! Check out the East Gippsland home birth group here: http://www.joyousbirth.info/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12 they may be able to help you locate a hb midwife. All the best! Cate Joy Cocks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Noah and Danika, I used to live and work in Omeo, some 16 years back. I still have contact with a midwife who still works at the Omeo hospital so will give her a call and find out if she knows of anyone doing homebirths in the area. There is a homebirth midwife near Wodonga, but I think Omeo would be too far to travel, especially at that time of the year. There may be someone in the Bairnsdale area, I don't know. I'll let you know what I find out. Best wishes, Joy Joy Cocks RN (Div 1) RM CBE IBCLC BRIGHT Vic 3741 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Noah Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 17:09 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Omeo midwife? Howdy, My wife and I are expecting our first child in June. We currently live in Melbourne but it's likely that we'll be moving to rural Omeo at the start of the year to take a teaching position. We hope to organize a home birth in Omeo, but we don't know if it's possible. The Omeo hospital no longer does deliveries - now they take place in Bairnsdale, 90 minutes away. We would prefer a home birth but we don't know if this puts obstetrical support too far away. If anyone knows of (or is) a good midwife in the area please let us know. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks! Noah and Danika Davis -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
[ozmidwifery] birth chairs stools
hi am looking for inspiration from wise and experienced women about birthing stools/chairs as we are looking at getting some for our unit and you cannot trial some of these items so any ideas/prices/australian distributors would be great.. thanks for your help in advance. Jenni * This email, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This confidentiality is not waived or lost, if you receive it and you are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/ received in error. Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of this email is strictly prohibited. The information contained in this email, including any attachment sent with it, may be subject to a statutory duty of confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have received this email in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by telephone collect on Australia +61 1800 198 175 or by return email. You should also delete this email, and any copies, from your computer system network and destroy any hard copies produced. If not an intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute or take any action(s) that relies on it; any form of disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this email is also prohibited. Although Queensland Health takes all reasonable steps to ensure this email does not contain malicious software, Queensland Health does not accept responsibility for the consequences if any person's computer inadvertently suffers any disruption to services, loss of information, harm or is infected with a virus, other malicious computer programme or code that may occur as a consequence of receiving this email. Unless stated otherwise, this email represents only the views of the sender and not the views of the Queensland Government.
Re: [ozmidwifery] birth chairs stools
Try the birthright birthing stool.many units use it. I use it and have found it wonderful. Monika Boenigk sells them. The only contact address I have is PO Box 27 Hamilton NSW 2303 R. Dempsey - Original Message - From: Jennifer Price To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: 29 November, 2005 3:32 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] birth chairs stools hi am looking for inspiration from wise and experienced women about birthing stools/chairs as we are looking at getting some for our unit and you cannot trial some of these items so any ideas/prices/australian distributors would be great.. thanks for your help in advance. Jenni*This email, including any attachments sent with it, isconfidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s).This confidentiality is not waived or lost, if you receive it andyou are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/received in error.Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution orreview of this email is strictly prohibited. The informationcontained in this email, including any attachment sent withit, may be subject to a statutory duty of confidentiality if itrelates to health service matters.If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you havereceived this email in error, you are asked to immediatelynotify the sender by telephone collect on Australia+61 1800 198 175 or by return email. You should alsodelete this email, and any copies, from your computersystem network and destroy any hard copies produced.If not an intended recipient of this email, you must not copy,distribute or take any action(s) that relies on it; any form ofdisclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of thisemail is also prohibited.Although Queensland Health takes all reasonable steps toensure this email does not contain malicious software,Queensland Health does not accept responsibility for theconsequences if any person's computer inadvertently suffersany disruption to services, loss of information, harm or isinfected with a virus, other malicious computer programme orcode that may occur as a consequence of receiving thisemail.Unless stated otherwise, this email represents only the viewsof the sender and not the views of the Queensland Government.
RE: [ozmidwifery] birth chairs stools
http://www.birthrite.com.au/ From: owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au [mailto:owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au] On Behalf Of Robyn Dempsey Sent: Tuesday, 29 November 2005 5:27 PM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] birth chairs stools Try the birthright birthing stool.many units use it. I use it and have found it wonderful. Monika Boenigk sells them. The only contact address I have is PO Box 27 Hamilton NSW 2303 R. Dempsey - Original Message - From: Jennifer Price To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: 29 November, 2005 3:32 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] birth chairs stools hi am looking for inspiration from wise and experienced women about birthing stools/chairs as we are looking at getting some for our unit and you cannot trial some of these items so any ideas/prices/australian distributors would be great.. thanks for your help in advance. Jenni * This email, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This confidentiality is not waived or lost, if you receive it and you are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/ received in error. Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of this email is strictly prohibited. The information contained in this email, including any attachment sent with it, may be subject to a statutory duty of confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have received this email in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by telephone collect on Australia +61 1800 198 175 or by return email. You should also delete this email, and any copies, from your computer system network and destroy any hard copies produced. If not an intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute or take any action(s) that relies on it; any form of disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this email is also prohibited. Although Queensland Health takes all reasonable steps to ensure this email does not contain malicious software, Queensland Health does not accept responsibility for the consequences if any person's computer inadvertently suffers any disruption to services, loss of information, harm or is infected with a virus, other malicious computer programme or code that may occur as a consequence of receiving this email. Unless stated otherwise, this email represents only the views of the sender and not the views of the Queensland Government.
