http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12519357%255E601,00.html
Fetal test takes needle blues awayClara Pirani, Medical reporterMarch
12, 2005
SCIENTISTS have developed an alternative test to the
amniocentesis procedure which means older women will be
A good news story about the value of
breastmilk...
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=3386
Helen
This is just a bit of
light humour - but could still offend some.
Wish they'd been around a few years ago!
I tried to send this once already but it didnt appear to
work - sorry if there is a double up.
Helen
Bringing up the
prematurely hip
March 19, 2005
Parents raised on
Found this online whilst surfing and
wondered if Australia is looking to implement this kind of idea too (or an
adaptation of same). I have only heard of the WHO/UNICEFBaby
friendly Hospital Initiative which is very much in use in Australia. Can
anyone fill me in? It sounds like a great
Hi Kerreen
As per my earlier email I love the idea as being a concrete platform on
which to develop policy. I also like the fact that the initiative is woman
focussed and not midwife/health professional focussed as once the parameters
are set into place, the assessor evaluating the health
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test email again.
I seem to be able to receive from but not send to
the list.I have contacted the list administrator but haven't heard
anything back yet
address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website:
www.midwiferyeducation.com.auOn
27 Mar, 2005, at 17:13, Helen and Graham wrote:
I seem to be able to
receive from but not send to the list.I have contacted the list
administrator but haven't heard anything back yet
Kind Regards
Sally-Anne
- Original Message -
From:
Helen and Graham
To: Ozmidwifery
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 5:13
PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Re: testing
my email again as I am receiv
that a midwife who is also a RN
will be the one to get shifted and this will lead to frustration (because it
already does) which will be blamed on DEM when in reality it has nothing to do
with how they trained. Andrea QuanchiOn 31/03/2005, at 7:50 PM,
Helen and Graham wrote:
Hi KimYour
Good on you Samantha Leary and Barb Vernon for telling the
facts...
Helen Cahill
Midwives doing it tough in Country NSW
Friday, 6 May 2005
Presenter: Samantha Leary
Midwives are vital in the
country
Thursday the 5th of May
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4572185.stm
Breast milk lowers blood pressure
Jo
Were you responding to my email about the article on breastfeeding lowers
blood pressure sent to the ozmidwifery list?. It didn't turn up in my own
ozmidwifery email list so I am wondering did you receive it or did it turn
up on the ozmidwifery list too?
Helen Cahill
(wondering if there
: Helen and Graham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] breastfeeding lowers blood pressure
Jo
Were you responding to my email about the article on breastfeeding lowers
blood pressure sent to the ozmidwifery list
ely supporting
the ACMI/midwife led
care in this unit by the RBHCEO, senior
management or the hospital Board???
If not, why
not?!?!?!
There should also be a comment rebuking such
behaviour by any AMA office bearer.
Helen and Graham
- Original Message -
From: "Dean Jo" [EMAIL P
I have a more general question about caseload midwifery and midwifery led
care. Do all of you who work in team caseload, midwifery led situations,
perform the perineal suturing yourselves when it is required?
Does this need to be a prerequisite for working in a midwifery led care
situation?
My husband is a sonographer and he says he
routinely does a transvaginal ultrasound to diagnose this accurately. As
to treatment of this...you would have to be guided by your
gynaecologist.
Regards
Helen
- Original Message -
From:
Tania
Smallwood
To:
Thanks for your prompt replies Andreas x 2.
I agree that not performing perineal suturing shouldn't hamstring
provision of midwifery led care.
I can however, imagine, some non-supportive doctors trying to say, well if
you want to lead the care then you can't expect us to come and 'pick up
Dear ozmidder midwives and doulas,
I am interested in hearing from you about your
labour coaching techniques. I am specifically interested in your words or
phrases of encouragement to help a woman through contractions and provide a
positive influence on the labour/birth outcome. This mind
Hi Lynette and others,
Thanks for your response and support, you have
given me food for thought. I am actually aware that it ismore useful
to keep quiet a lot of the time and feel that I am quite intuitive in this
regard. I am also aware that my job isn't to be "in charge" of the
This has reminded me of a very stressful incident I had a couple of years
ago. I was relieving in a busy horrible birth suite and had a woman in 2nd
stage with mec. liquor. The head was born and then nothing - no
contractions for about 4 minutes. Finally a contraction came but the
woman's
I stumbled across this excellent article and
wondered how it hadn't made it's way onto the list before now. I have
included two different versions, one in PDF format and one in HTML
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/182_09_020505/wea10122_fm.pdf
Could anyone give me an update on how the publicly
funded Homebirth system in NSW is going? Haven't heard anything about it
on the list lately
Helen
Does anyone know how the Breastmilk bank in
Melbourne is going?
Helen
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/19/earlyshow/health/main787763.shtml
Is Buying Breast Milk Safe?
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19,
2005Cynthia Dewey
and her husband knew, even before adopting their son Alex, that she
This was on the list earlier this
year.
Helen Cahill
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/12/1092102573402.html
Australia's first milk bankAugust 12, 2004 -
1:06PMAustralia's first milk bank is to start offering breast milk to
newmothers in Victoria from the beginning of
Does anyone have research to support the
discontinuation of weighing placentas as a routine practice? I have worked
in places that stopped doing it years ago and feel anecdotally that weighing
placentas has no clinical benefit.However, I don't know if it has
been discontinued as a result of
argument that weighing
should stop.
RegardsAnne ClarkeQueensland
- Original Message -
From:
Helen and Graham
To: ozmidwifery
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 4:24
PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] not weighing
placentas
Does anyone have research
I have another question, this time regarding the
routine collection of cord blood. In previous places I have worked, we
only collected it for RH negative women or those with no antenatal blood results
available. Even if the woman was RPR positive, the doctors would still
bleed the baby to
I have a good breastfeeding story to tell too - I went to work in a
maternity ward when my son was 2 - 3 years old (can't exactly remember). My
husband rang me at work, distraught, to say that Richard was fretting for me
and when he put Richard on the phone, he said Mummy I want some booby.
I had a friend about 8 years ago who was a primip breech and desperately
wanted to give birth naturally. She managed to convince her ob to try
cephalo-version on the operating table (on a weekday when all the staff were
there anyway) so that if there had been a placental abruption or some
Title: Bericht
Hi Lieve
Haveall of your other womenbeen
testedfor HepC and HepBbefore you accept them for
homebirth? What I am getting at is that you/they have more than
likelyalready (unknowingly) looked after other women who are Hep C or B
positive. Do they discriminate against these
This happened to me once and I deleted the name out
of my address book and re-entered it. Some emails were coming up to
"ozmidwifery" and some were coming up to ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au.
I was sending OK but they didn't come back to my inbox. Never really understood
how I got it to
test email - now mine is playing
up!
test email
- Original Message -
From:
JoFromOz
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:17
PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] cow
colostrum
Larissa Inns wrote:
Well I think I've seen it all now - just
Do the women need something softer to kneel on
when in the bath and if sowhat doyouuse for this?
Helen
Thanks for those suggestions from
everyone. I have also had trouble with the folded towels floating up and
not staying in position.
I contacted the waterbirth international website
about this and received the following information if anyone is
interested.
Helen
Hi Helen,Thanks for your
That's a great letter - well done Janet.
If that doesn't make them sit up and listen I don't know what will.
Helen Cahill
- Original Message -
From:
Janet
Fraser
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 3:22
PM
Subject:
I have just had the opportunityto attend
an education session on the use of intradermal sterile water injections for back
painin labour.It has come up on this list in the past
and I am surprised at how slow it has been to take off in Australia.
Goodness knows, we need all the armoury we can
There is a show on the ABC right now 1130 - 1200
called Girls in Love which I think is going to show a homebirth. I switched it
on and they were at a babyshower and the girl was stating she was a having a
homebirth..for those who get this email in timedon't know if it is in
today's
The show is called DeGrassi: The Next Generation
- it was on at 11.10 today and didn't show the homebirth after all. Maybe
it will in Part 2 next Saturday.
Helen
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200510/s1479154.htm
Doctors' group backs maternity service trial
The Rural Doctors Association is pleased the Queensland
Government has agreed to trial a new service for pregnant women.
State Cabinet has endorsed most recommendations from an
independent
http://www.abc.net.au/health/minutes/stories/s1480474.htm
Caesarian section and respiratory distress
12 October2005
Caesarian section rates in countries like Australia are soaring. Once maybe
one in 10 babies were born by section whereas these days it can be as high as
one in two. There are
Title: Infant Sleep
Joe
I only have the one child who was fully
breastfed for ..years. I couldn't see anything particularly different
in your story to what my son was doing at that age either. That is meant
to be reassuring that you know he is OK. The worst thing for me was people
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200510/s1487984.htm
Friday, October 21, 2005. 6:00pm
Gillard calls for Medicare numbers for
midwives
Labor's health spokeswoman Julia
Gillard says it is time for the federal Government to get on with introducing
Medicare provider numbers
Lizard Birthing
StoryIf you have raised
kids (or been one), and gone through the petsyndrome including toilet-flush
burials for dead goldfish, the story below will have you laughing out
LOUD!Overview: I had to take my son's lizard to the vet.Here's what
happened:Just after dinner one
! Thanks for sharing this gem. Cheers
Jenny
Jennifer Cameron FRCNA FACMPresident NT
branch ACMIPO Box 1465Howard Springs NT 083508 8983 19260419
528 717
- Original Message -
From:
Helen and Graham
To: ozmidwifery
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005
I have been thinking about the value of online
lists/forums lately ( having been a lurker both on ozmidwifery andC-Aware
for a few years now), and wondering how many midwives routinely give out a list
ofavailableforum websites to the women in their care. I think
it would be extremely
FYI
Helen
ALL IN THE MIND: Getting the Regional Blues - post natal depression and
therural mumSaturday 5 November, 1.30pm, Radio NationalNambucca
Heads is a beautiful seaside town on the mid north coast of NSW.But despite
the tranquil environment, figures for post-natal depression innew
FYI
Helen
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8247179/
When Debbie Cargile became pregnant with her first child
in 1999, she very much wanted a natural childbirth. After seeing a Seattle
obstetrician for the first few months, she decided to switch to a midwife for
the rest of her prenatal care to
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] question
Your sense of frustration is palpable
Justine. I totally agree with you butwhen youhave
workedthat hard to get your qualifications, youhave a livelihood at
stake,and you also have "the Bolam test" that you mentionedthe risks
of non conformance or stepping
to
know fewer women and being able to provide better care!!!
It was actually this list that helped me decide
that caseload was worth a try so there's one success story.
Helen
- Original Message -
From:
Helen and Graham
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Saturday
Here is another version of the Sydney Morning Herald article which seems to
have distorted some of the facts where it states New research published in
the Medical Journal of Australia has found these women [first time mothers
having a caesarian] are more vulnerable to uterine ruptures during
?
Thanks
Kate
- Original Message -
From: Helen and Graham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Another blow for VBAC
Here is another version of the Sydney Morning Herald article which seems
to
have
Hi everyone
I have a question regarding midwives performing
the newborn examination postnatally prior to discharge.
Having worked in several hospitals, I am used to
this exam being performed by a doctor/paediatrician. The midwife does an
initial check atbirthbut on about day 3 or 4, or at
He really has lost the plot!
Helen
http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/74212004.htm
TOM CRUISE has been slammed for buying a sonogram machine for his
pregnant fiancee KATIE HOLMES, with health experts warning that he's
putting his unborn
the newborn examination at my
current workplace but we don't currently perform fundoscopy.Thanks again for your responses.
Helen
- Original Message -
From:
Helen and Graham
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 3:24
PM
Subject: Re
http://www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/s1520191.htm
Screening for cystic fibrosis carriers
by Peter
LavellePublished 01/12/2005
Every year 70 babies are born in Australia with cystic fibrosis. The child
suffers serious lung and digestive problems - they don't manufacture a vital
protein,
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17432980%255E23289,00.html
Print this page
Fetal path to adult
obesityClara
Pirani02dec05PREGNANT women who gain too much weight under the guise of "eating
for two" may
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/babys-sex-test-offers-new-hope/2005/12/06/1133829597883.html
Baby's sex test offers new hope
By Julie Robotham Medical
EditorDecember 7, 2005
AUSTRALIAN doctors have identified the sex of 22 foetuses as early as five
weeks into pregnancy from cells
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200512/s1527271.htm
Caesarean sections up 40 per cent
A new report on the birth of Australian children shows the
rate of caesarean sections has increased nearly 40 per cent over the past
decade.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare study
A rising tide of water births
From:
By Ellen ConnollyJanuary 08, 2006
UNDERWATER births have risen
by nearly 40 per cent in the past five years as women aim for more natural
delivery, Homebirth Australia has found."More and more women are using water
as a pain reliever, either at
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17776253%255E601,00.html
Sin bin for rogue witnessesAdam
Cresswell, Health editorJanuary 10, 2006
A SPORT-STYLE system of red and yellow cards is being
considered to deal with rogue expert witnesses whose eccentric or irrational
http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Breastfed-babies-may-become-lean-teens/2006/01/11/1136863263864.html
Breastfed babies
may become lean teens
January 11, 2006 - 7:49AM
A new study suggests that the longer infants
are breastfed, the lower the likelihood they'll be overweight as
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200601/s1547238.htm
Caesarean rate increase 'alarming'
New South Wales Health Minister John Hatzistergos says a
special task force will investigate why an increasing number of women are having
caesareans.
A new report has found the state's caesarean rate
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17804389%255E7583,00.html
Editorial: Condition criticalHave
your say, email The Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED]January 13, 2006
The Prime Minister
must move to fix the health system
BARELY a day passes without news of a breakthrough in
Title: Two Great Conferences
Two Conferences To
Put on Your Calendar
Upcoming
Events
CIMS Fourth Annual Mother-Friendly Childbirth Forum
and Meeting
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,17866415,00.html
Print this page
Health plan calls for
bypass of GPsAdam
Cresswell, Health editor19jan06MEDICARE could be thrown open to health workers such as nurses,
physiotherapists and speech pathologists to ease pressures on
Our son is 8 and has only just graduated onto a
mattress on the floor next to our bed. This was with much coaxing and he
still tries to convince us to let him get in with us but seems to gradually be
accepting the idea. Goes to sleep with all lights on if he goes to bed
before us.
Helen
My cogs have been turning about why "active
management" of labour came about. I presume it was to do with the idea
that prolonged labour can lead to cerebral palsy...preventative
measure???!!! Well shouldn't that be rethought now in light of the
new research that dispels the idea? I am just
I totally agree with all of your comments
Janet. My original bone of contention in this case however, is the "time
line" approach where if the cervical dilatation is slower than everyone thinks
is "normal" then the woman is whisked off for a caesar. This seems to
happen far too much still
... and he was happyso happy
Helen and Graham
- Original Message -
From: Megan Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 8:37 PM
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Babies Sleep Again...
After 7 1/2 years and 4 children, I know
I think it is important to also add that the
risks of repeated vaginal examinations are increased in the presence
ofruptured membranes(for obvious reasons).
Helen
- Original Message -
From:
Janet
Fraser
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Wednesday, March
Home »
National »
Article
Netballer allowed to use breast pump
By Dan HarrisonMarch 1,
2006 - 5:31PM
Australian netballer Janine Ilitch will be able to breastfeed in the
Commonwealth Games village, after Netball Australia threw their support behind
her, and the Commonwealth Games
http://www.gynob.com/previa.htm
I did a quick search on this topic to update myself and
found this reference - can't say how reliable it is. Helen
Placenta previa in the 2nd TrimesterI'm in my second trimester and I have a partial
placenta previa. Will this problem go away? Will I need a
What a lifesaver.!!!???
ABC Online
The World Today - Retired obstetrician returns to
work due to doctor shortage [This is the
print version of story http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1592423.htm]
The World Today - Wednesday, 15 March, 2006
12:38:00
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/feed-time/2006/03/26/1143330931915.html#
Mothers' milk in a bull market
By Marsha Austin,
DenverMarch 27, 2006
You won't find it on any commodities
exchange, but there is a booming trade in mothers' breast milk.
The United States' largest non-profit
Does anyone know off the top of their head what
the perinatal mortality rates in Australia are doing with the rising caesar
rates??? I could look this up myself but thought someone may already
know.
Thanks
Helen
Yes me too! It might have been Channel 7's
idea thoeither way it is tragic!
Helen
- Original Message -
From:
Alexandra
Gosden
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 3:28
PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Sunrise
I thought itwas
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20876,18787989-28737,00.html
Healing hand extendedAllowing nurses to perform
tasks now handled by doctors would save money, but it is likely to be fiercely
resisted by the medical profession, write Adam Cresswell and Patricia
Karvelas
Or is it Kangaroo Care
Helen
- Original Message -
From:
Julie
Clarke
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 6:07
PM
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] BF
videos
Could it be
Breastfeeding: Babies Choice
http://www.orgyn.com/en/news/2006/Week_17/Day_1/Delaying_cord_clampi.asp?C=17447388334892708333
Delaying cord clamping reduces
anemiaSource:Pediatrics 2006; 117:
e779-86
Investigating the effects of the timing of cord clamping on neonatal
venous hematocrit.
Delaying cord clamping may
This was a blog in the Sydney Morning
Herald
http://blogs.smh.com.au/dissection/archives/2006/05/haunted.html
HAUNTED
Taiwanese mothers-to-be avoid caesarean section births during the lunar month
of July - because of a belief that this "ghost month" is inauspicious for any major
e hospital or the birthing centre - I would guess it is the private
hospital as I don't think the birth centre has been open for that long (correct
me if I am wrong).
Helen
- Original Message -
From:
Helen and Graham
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; ozmidwifery
Sent: Monday, May 15, 20
Have just finished watching Superbrats.
What struck me was the calm behaviour of the children belonging to the
"attachment parenting" advocates. I am probably biased but I couldn't help
but notice their contentment whenthe cameraperson wasfocused on
them.
Helen
From: Kelly @ BellyBelly
Just to add to the debate the NHMRC immunization handbook does recommend it
be given as soon as the baby is physiologically stable and preferably
within the first 24 hours. Rationales for giving it included preventing
vertical transmission from the mother (recognizing that there may be errors
I have also heard of fish soup being used by
Fijians forincreasing milk supply. It would be great if someone
could do some research into it
Helen
- Original Message -
From:
Alesa
Koziol
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 12:16
There are all sorts of people contributing to
this list, some are pro abortion, some are anti-abortion, some are pro
immunization some are anti-immunization, some are pro homebirth and some are not
etcand all along the spectrum in between. I think it is what
makes this list interesting.
Title: Midwifery Strengths
Just wondering if there are any midwifery
models within a hospital settingin Australia offering 1-2-1 care, apart
from"team midwifery" models where theremay bea primary midwife
but a team approach to after hours on-call.
Helen
- Original Message -
and clearly there isn't a one size fits all.
Helen
- Original Message -
From: Helen
and Graham
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Midwifery Strengths
Not exactly Brenda. The idea of
antenatal, birth and postnatal care all
Strengths
Dear Helen,
Yes, the Birth Centre and the RWH in
Brisbane. We offer caseload i.e. 1-2-1.
Regards,
Anne Clarke
- Original Message -
From:
Helen and Graham
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 10:18
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606687047/abstract
The
Lancet2006;367:1819-1829
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68704-7
Caesarean
funded. If the mother follows-up with their own Midwife at 6 weeks this
would be State funded.
Regards,
Anne Clarke.
- Original Message -
From:
Helen and Graham
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 9:42
PM
Subject: Re
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1655871.htm
Genital mutilation leads to more child birth deaths, study says
A new Australian study has shows female genital mutilation
leads to an increased risk of death in newborn babies.
The study has been published in medical journal, The
I think the bit about medically required was referring to the formula not
the consent.
- Original Message -
From: Lisa Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] consent to formula feed?
previous
Note the statement thatclassify fullterm pregnancy as being from 37
weeks onwards!
http://www.webmd.com/content/Article/123/115026.htm?printing=true
June 2, 2006 The notion that having sex late in pregnancypregnancy will hasten labor and
deliverylabor and delivery is among
the oldest of
Some other invalid reasons for deciding to
introduce solids earlier than six months from my experience are
1. The pressure to get a baby to sleep through
the night. If I feed the baby solids I will fill him/her up and he won't
wake at night! Sleep deprivation contributes to this
decision.
Some other invalid but commonly
cited reasons for deciding to introduce solids earlier than six
months from my experience are
1. The pressure to get a baby to sleep through
the night. If I feed the baby solids I will fill him/her up and he won't
wake at night! Sleep deprivation
http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1657819.htm
ABC
Online Father forced to deliver
stillborn baby on roadside. 07/06/2006. ABC News Online
Last Update: Wednesday, June 7, 2006. 6:21pm
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