[ozmidwifery] obstetician recommendations needed

Dear Listers Just need a little help choosing an obstetician. And no, I do not actually want one one but let me explain a little of my story. I'm a 41 year old, who has hadPCOS for 15+ years, along with its associated impaired glucose tolerance, hyperinsulinaemia, obesity, long anovulutory

Fw: [ozmidwifery] Midwifery Strengths

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RE: [ozmidwifery] students learning

I can back up Kate, (as we attend the same uni!) I have only ever been encouraged and supported to attend births with independent midwives by our uni. Kirsten -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kate and/or Nick Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006

Re: [ozmidwifery] students learning

Kirsten Dobbs wrote: I can back up Kate, (as we attend the same uni!) I have only ever been encouraged and supported to attend births with independent midwives by our uni. Kirsten My apologies to all for casting aspersions on both uni's when it is one that is forbidding students to work

[ozmidwifery] informed consent

Now this is a situation that I am becoming increasingly familiar with. MM Di wrote: Its a frustrating situation, to be criticised for empowering women to make these decisions about themselves.

Re: [ozmidwifery] students learning

I think perhaps you women are the lucky ones; I only recently had an email from a student midwife in SA, lamenting that she is unable to attend homebirths unless the midwife is publicly employed (ie: not a MIPP). Since the only homebirth midwives employed by the Government in SA are part of

[ozmidwifery] Doctors campaign to keep lawyers out of maternity wards.

Interesting ! http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/sa/content/2006/s1649952.htm With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:;[EMAIL PROTECTED] FN:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG:themidwife TEL;HOME;VOICE:0359862535 TEL;CELL;VOICE:0409194623 TEL;HOME;FAX:0359862535

Re: [ozmidwifery] students learning

If the woman invites the student to be there and the MIPP is happy what prevents them from being there. Surely we are letting them know what the real world is like and the reality is that MIPP are working uninsured and having to cope with what that means in reality. This is no different

[ozmidwifery] degrees of high BP in preg

wise women... At what point does high blood pressure become an issue in preg? what is a 'normal' reading for a healthy preg woman? What reading is considered 'high-risk' or requiring action (without proteinuria)...? Big thanks From: Andrea Quanchi [EMAIL PROTECTED]Reply-To:

Re: [ozmidwifery] degrees of high BP in preg

Generally speaking High blood pressure that develops  before 20 weeks gestation is considered essential hypertension ( not pregnancy related) and if it develops after 20 weeks it is considered to be pregnancy related.  What is considered is not the number itself but the rise from the womans normal

[ozmidwifery] informed consent

At the moment I am reading a book around this subject called Birthing Autonomy, Womens experiences of planning home births. by Nadine Pilley Edwards. (2005) Routlege, London. Purchased from Birth International. It is written about homebirths, but this doesnt mean it is not applicable to

Re: [ozmidwifery] Fw: E-News 8:11 - Postdates Pregnancies (May 24, 2006)

Keep on truckin' Di, I know its really hard copping the heat when what you are actually doing is doing your job really well...there's lots of us chipping away out here, all over the country (world), its good to remember by hearing the comments on the list that were are not alone with our