Jane Wines wrote:
Just stroke
the babys anus with a
thermometer do not go into the anus for a few minutes then
watch out for the production. Only used for maternal anxiety for lack
of stool
but better than adding foreign substances into babies gut. Its like
cats
licking
Kelly @ BellyBelly wrote:
Hello all,
A woman on my forums has
had two normal births of big babies
11lb3oz and 13lb5oz and had a PPH with both. Her Ob
is now recommending a c/s with her third bub and wants a scan at 34
weeks as a deciding
factor of this. She wants a
Sorry about that post. I just scanned it and saw it was all about
Australia so passed it along.
Won't happen again. Best regards, Gloria in Canada
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Hi Amy, Here are two articles you should read about Cholestasis. One
is off this list and the other is from
http://www.birthlove.com
Gloria in Canada
What Is Obstetric Cholestasis?
-by Natalie Forbes Dash
Homebirth Access Sydney
Blue Mountains Homebirth Support
CHOLESTASIS is a liver
This guy sounds like he's a few fries short of a Happy Meal. Gloria in
Canada
Please see:
http://www.northernstar.com.au/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3671261thesection=localnewsthesubsection=thesecondsubsection=
Or:
http://tinyurl.com/94n3x
Or read it here:
Brilliant, Andrea. Someone had posted the query on the Midwifery Today
forums so I have posted your reply. Gloria
Andrea Quanchi wrote:
Gloria
I just got the book out to re read the section you are talking about,
pg 45 in my book ofr anyone interested, but I think it just the name
they use
Thank you for letting us know about Joan's passing, Kirsten. She is
much loved in Canada, too. Gloria
One
of the most special woman I have ever met has left us. She was a role
model to
me and many others Im sure. I had the pleasure of meeting her when I
was
studying at AUT and talked
Janet, thanks for posting this. I concur, it's really beautifully done
and chock full of good info and new ideas. I highly recommend it.
Gloria in Canada
Janet Fraser wrote:
No one else has
sent it so I will. It's a lovely book, I've already read it.
: )
From:
Joseph, Utah
Jeannine Parvati O’Brien Baker
A beloved friend and teacher to many passed away on the new moon, first
of December, 2005, in Joseph, Utah. Jeannine was born in Los Angeles,
California, on June first, 1949. (A double Gemini, with moon in Leo). She and
her family moved
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
What I was told by a pathologist that I consulted for a 2 vessel cord
(many years ago so new research may trump this but it made sense to
me) is that 1. renal problems are the first thought but they would
result in the baby being small for dates 2. if the baby is a normal
size and urinary
Perhaps the headline should read :*Women who wait until their late 30s
to have children and then fall under the care of an obstetrician are
defying nature and risking heartbreak, leading midwives have warned. *
I have only observed one thing about older mothers in my 29 years in the
birth
There ARE some important things with breech. This is where your anatomy
and physiology of the newborn is very important. Understanding the
circulatory system of the baby, the way the bones in the head fold over
each other and the concept of creating an airway are some important
considerations.
Jackie, I love this story. I wonder if I could submit it to Jan at
Midwifery Today magazine for inclusion in one of their magazines? Let
me know. Gloria in Canada
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Maternity Ward Mareeba Hospital wrote:
The
discussion a few weeks ago about noises in labour started me
ople that save the babies! Just ask Andrew Pesce and
Pieter Mourik!!
Sonja
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New credentials give hope f
New credentials give hope for birth centre
EMMA SWAIN
Tuesday, 30 August 2005
New credentials for midwives assisting in low risk births may pave the way for a midwifery-managed birthing model to be established in Maitland, a young mother has said.
Maitland mother of two, Sarah-Jane Hazell, said
Sally Westbury wrote:
What I find
really interesting is that I can
see lots of obstetric guidelines but no midwifery guidelines.
Sally
Another interesting thing about taking fetal heart tones in ANY way is
that it's not an evidence based practise. It's
Yes, mistakes can be made by hosp labs on the blood typing of the
newborn. Happened to me. Two neg parents, first child neg. Normally I
wouldn't have even checked the bld type of the 2nd child but the parents
wanted the ABO group. Monogamous couple. Had to beg to have the lab
check again.
CHEMICAL
EXPOSURE IN UTERO
A new chemical study of umbilical cord samples from the American Red
Cross has found that babies have an average of 200 known toxic
chemicals in their blood, including mercury, fire retardants,
pesticides and a chemical used in the production of Teflon, even before
The other thing I've seen a lot in water is the baby stopping at the
hips,having a big moro reflex under the water and then continuing to
birth
the buttocks and legs. Anyone else see this much?
Hi Tania
This opening of the arms and baby flinging back the head is a subject
that has received
Thanks for posting these items Leanne. I've recirculated them far and
wide on my other lists. Funny how the AMA gets worried about private
operators making money off the things from which physicians are making a
fortune.
I guess the doctor who stated
And although there is no evidence to
One of the pitfalls in the birth of a large infant is urging the mother
to push a little more for the chin to be birthed. I'm talking about
those faces that creep over the perineum and stop with the upper lip of
the baby out of the perineum and the lower lip still inside. There's
something
I think it's erroneous to describe breaking the clavicle as a
"technique". It's always an accident when it happens and no one is
trying to break a clavicle. Those babies are slippery, pudgy and when
they're jammed in tight you have absolutely no room to flex them. I
think of it like trying to
The only one I've ever encountered upon placenta inspection was
originally attached to an 8# baby. The pathologist who checked over
the placenta said that if there were renal problems the baby would have
been small. He surmised that the two arteries had simply fused into
the appearance of one.
Denise Hynd wrote: 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!!
I particularly liked the tricky bit of mass hypnosis she did by saying:
If we called private
I think one reason why women fear the pain of childbirth so much is that they know that no one is being straight with them about Just how bad is it? I think that being descriptive about what I felt (like a molten hot basket ball being pressed down into my crotch every 3 minutes with just
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