Re: [ozmidwifery] Scottish dads push wives toward C-sections? I don't think so

I just wish we had their C/S rate!! Ours is about 5 times that lately. The other week I counted 18 out of 30 women on one ward had had the chop - there were also a few antenates, believe it or not! We're a major tertiary hospital, I know, but they weren't all fulminating P.E.T's, or grade 34

[ozmidwifery] Recurrence of Pre-eclampsia

Dear Listers, I apologise for not recalling who initially made the above enquiry, as my emails were all inadvertently deleted, and also if it has been already well-answered by others, but I had occasion to do a similar search myself for a friend. Anyway here's my two bobs worth too: We already

[ozmidwifery] Antenatal Screening/Informed Choice Agreement. Vitamin D supps.

Hi All, Just hoping some of you wonderful Homebirth midwives out there can enlighten my ignorance regarding what "routine" antenatal investigations you order for or recommend to your clients, as part of your initial consultation. Is there a standard guideline that you must adhere to?(Apart from

Re: [ozmidwifery] nifedipine

All tertiary centres seem to have their own protocols for Nifedipine in prem. labour, but thanks for the new perspective, i.e. crushing the 1st dose - sounds perfectly sensible, eh! I gasped at first at the thought of crushing anything entericly coated. Our tertiary centre wouldn't hear of it

Re: [ozmidwifery] Epidurals

Hi Everyone, Out of interest to you all I work in a large tertiary hospital where 2-4 inductions/day are booked, mainly due to post-dates ( Term + 10 -14/7 ), but also obstetric complications of maternal and fetal origin, and Term PROM. Both Prostins and ARM are used based on the Bishops score.