doing the grad program.
As far as the work. there is alot of high risk as alot of the women
who birth there are indigenous, and many have underlying health problems.
You definitely get to see and learn new things. A doctor I was recently
working with in Katherine (NT) from Zimbabwe said
heersDavid David Vernon, Editor and WriterHaving a Great Birth in Australia, Men at Birth, With Women - Shiftwork to Group Practice and The Hunt for MarasmusGPO Box 2314, Canberra ACT 2601, AustraliaEm: Click here to email meMy other websites:K
wrong.What test can be used to determine whether a request is met or not?David _David Vernon, Editor and WriterHaving a Great Birth in Australia, Men at Birth, With Women - Shiftwork to Group Practice and The Hunt for MarasmusGPO Box 2314
I hope to hear from you soon.Cheers,David _David Vernon, Editor and WriterHaving a Great Birth in Australia, Men at Birth, With Women - Shiftwork to Group Practice and The Hunt for MarasmusGPO Box 2314, Canberra ACT 2601
What a neat assessment Jo! _David Vernon, Editor and WriterHaving a Great Birth in Australia, Men at Birth, With Women - Shiftwork to Caseload and The Hunt for MarasmusGPO Box 2314, Canberra ACT 2601, AustraliaEm: Click here
G'da Denise, Andrew Bisits is an obstetrician. He wrote the afterword of my book "Having a Great Birth in Australia" which is available from Birth International. www.birthinternational.comCheers,DavidOn 05/05/2006, at 5:52 PM, denise thomson wrote:Hi there, Is Andrew Bissits a book or
Dear Folks,Apparently last Sunday (26 March) in the Sun-Herald (Sydney paper) on page 76 there is an article called "Lonely beginnings for fathers of the revolution." I provided some material for this article and the journalist was going to let me see it before it went to print. Unfortunately
/03/2006, at 1:11 AM, Susan Cudlipp wrote:Have you tried a library? Most of them keep copies of papersSue"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"Edmund Burke- Original Message -From: Great Birth Men at BirthTo: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.
read) was a strong belief in women's ability to birth, plus one-to-one care while in labour. When many others around the world decided
to take on active management they left these two vital things out. The
thing that amazes me is that this originated in the 50's...time to move
on to current
In the latest MIDIRS there is an article that says women in
Kenya boil the leaves of avocardo trees and drink the juice to bring up their
iron levels.
Cheers
Michelle
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You probably know our details, but just in
case...
Mackay Birth Centre opened in June 1994
Cheers Sue McPherson
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11:00am Dear All,Trying to find out how many Birth Centre's there are in each State and how long they have been operating for?RegardsAnne
Thanks for posting this, Mary. Again, I find these blurbs about research rather
confusing. In this study, I wonder if they are talking about spontaneous onset
of birth prior to 40 wga, or induction? I can't believe induced births just
prior to 40 wga result in more successful VBACs?? It's like
I too agree that a midwife should be fully qualified and
capable of looking after normal pregnancy and birth. Having said that, I
have to say that my university based training (grad dip)in no way prepared
me to give complete holistic care.At 4 years post-grad I started
working at the birth
Strange how quick they are to blame women's incontinence on
childbirth. What about incontinence in men
Michelle
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Yeah,
There are a lot of women out there who have never birthed
vaginally who also have poor bladder control.
Noticed that the
ad so much faith in everyone..
((anyway after all that she was very satisfied with her birth,
had 8 of her family including her grandfather with her and a lovely baby
girl.)) love emily --- jo wrote: InterestingI work with our local homebirth midwife as a doula and we had a client a
,
insurance etc (???) We aren't happy about it as we feel that the birth
centre has so much to offer in terms of students really seeing what normal birth
is about. Like I said I don't know all the details but our NUM used to be
a homebirth midwife as well as work here at the BC and I'm sure she is doing
). Apparently we can have work experience students in the
unit, as well as student nurses and medical students who are unpaid, but not
student midwives. Supposedly it has got something to do withlitigation,
insurance etc (???) We aren't happy about it as we feel that the birth
centre has so much to offer
Congratulations, Andrea, way to go! What's that old quotation? ? A good ob has
a big broad behind and knows how to put his hands under it and sit on them! We
could apply that to mws, too. Love Gloria
Quoting Andrea Quanchi [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Threads like this come back to haunt you. Last
I'm glad that you are using my article. I just sat down and wrote it out one
day in a fit of impatience at hearing another story about a primip section with
a swollen lip. I get email from U.S. physicians on a pretty regular basis that
they are working with the article and having great results.
of time that they work in a group practice of 10
other doctors. The woman doesn't stand a hope of getting the one that she sees
regularly so why pretend? Birthing women deserve to be informed of these silent
peculiarities so that they're not ambushed on the day the birth begins.
Gloria
Quoting
of
pushing can be used. -Clara Yochem Zuxley, RN in Midwifery
http://www.efn.org/%7Edjz/birth/MT/tricks/tricks1contents.html Today's
Tricks of the Trade Volume 1
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When professionals disappoint and defraud their clientele, they have only
themselves to blame for the lack of respect and mistrust which arises in the
public.
Giving prenatal care to a woman when one is planning to be away at the time of
her birth is simply lying. This kind of lack
1. immersion in water tub
2. remove her from water tub
3. ask her what's your biggest fear right now? and really listen.
4. hot compresses on her sacrum
5. lying down on side with upper leg well supported on pillows
6. clear the room of people, give her complete privacy
Quoting Dorothy Thomas
to ligate the
vessels after birth by tying cord tape or dental floss around it, we have to
really put our whole body weight and strength into getting it tight enough to
stop blood flow through those vessels EVEN WHEN THE PULSE HAS STOPPED in the
cord for many minutes. So, although no one wants
I remember asking Anne Frye what she thought about this and she said Second
stage heart tones are the insanity of N. American midwives. It is completely
disruptive of the trance state in second stage to be poking at the mother with
a fetoscope. In a woman with normal BP, cephalic presentation
nipples and 3.
work on her uterine points on her ankles (reflexology).
The babies seem to withstand those purple head waiting periods quite well but
it produces premature aging for the birth attendants.
Gloria
Quoting Andrea Quanchi [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
just recently I have been with several women
Yes, Mary, Congratulations, especially for thinking outside the box! We had a
young woman here in Canada who wanted a home birth. She was transferred to
hosp and gave birth vaginally AND got her lotus birth with her midwives. I
remember hearing the story and just being amazed because I would
TO BE A PILOT SITE IN QLD FOR A LOW
RISK FREESTANDING BIRTH CENTRE.
Thanks to the brilliant work done by the staff, the women, the
community and MC, ACMI etc.
Apparantly we can start 1 July. Policies are being madly
written and all sort of paperwork produced as we will be under a microscope
CONGRATULATIONS to the RWH Brisbane Birth Centre. Having
celebrated our 10 years last year, we know how exciting it is to celebrate such
a milestone. It makes all the battles fought worthwhile, to still be offering
QLD women a birthing option. We're (Midwives Friends of the Mackay Birth
Thanks to those who reponded. We have since discovered the
reason no students are getting through to us is that our health service is worried about insurance and wont have suppernumery students.
We are extremely disappointed with this decision. We are a
group of midwives wanting to share our
Midwifery students, looking for midwifery model experience? Try applying to the Mackay
Birth Centre. PO Box 5580 Mackay Mail Centre, 4740.
We offer limited student placements. Students must be prepared to come for 4 weeks and
be on call during that time. We are a small Birth Centre booking 14-16
We haven't had any BMid students yet.
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10 years ago today the Mackay Birth Centre was officially opened. We were Queenslands
first Birth Centre still only one of 2 in the state. It's been a bumpy road at
times, but with passionate midwives and passionate and active consumers we've made it.
The Friends of the Mackay Birth Centre have
Hi Jill,
I guess I'm one of the Independent Midwives working
in Hobart area.
contact Ph 03 62235348 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Terry Stockdale
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position and
less likely to go transverse or breech?
This has been very much a learning experience
for me and thanks to you guys I have a much better understanding of twin
births now. The Ob was saying that there are only 6 Ob's in Melbourne that
will "allow" a nat
Birth Information ServiceSent: 27 August 2003 12:04To:
Ozmidwifery mailing listSubject: [ozmidwifery] Noosa area
midwife
Hello,
I'm coming up to Noosa for a holiday on the 10
September and wish to catch up with midwives around that area and find out
what is happening
, August 28, 2003 7:08
AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Noosa area
midwife
Hi Terry - when you arrive call me on 0411 500
601, or at Selangor on 07 5450 4359- love to catch up
Regards, Lynne
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Birth Information Service
Morning, Mackay Nth Queensland has a birth Centre and is currently prepareing their
10th Annual report. Also our Friends of Mackay Birth Centre (FMBC) are currently
organizing a web page and link up with the Brisbane Birth Centre. The ACMI Darwin
conference our NPC Mackay Womens Health Unit
Hello,
I'm coming up to Noosa for a holiday on the 10
September and wish to catch up with midwives around that area and find out what
is happening to midwifery and homebirths and just talk little shop and exchange
info.
Terry Stockdale
Independent Midwife
Tasmania
It worked
Hi,
At present I am the manager of a Women's Unit at Mackay Health Service District,(1000
birth per year) which includes a birth centre. I have a clinical background as a
tertiary centre birth suite midwife (Townsville), homebirth midwife, (Townsville and
Mackay, for 10 years
pLEASE read attachment
cheers
Rymer
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Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] National Register of ALL Independent Childbirth Educators (NICE)
Hi julie,
I came across someone on the chat line who had
requested business cards be sent to heras part of her course of studies. I
thought to my self that she should have a nice list of midwives because
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Antenatal Care
Hi,
In Tassie we are Registered Nurse with a licence to
practice midwifery. We can give full care without the authority of a Doctor but
many will see a Doctor or hospitalfor bloods scans etc
Terry
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Jan
' permission to post this story. It is quite long but worth the
read!
Jo
Caesarean, Caesarean, Caesarean, Natural Birth
By Clare Colman
I was 24, healthy, a newly admitted lawyer. I booked in to see a private
obstetrician in a large maternity hospital. I read pregnancy books. I
attended
Title: NSW Postcard Campaign
Hi,
Is it of any value for us in Tasmania to send these
cards as well, if we can assist send us a pile.
Terry Stockdale
Independent Midwife
Hobart
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afterbirth pains that often seem worse than the
labour. For this birth I am attending the Birth Centre here in Brisbane
am planning to birth in the water birth my placenta
physiologically. I have not had a physiological third stage in the past
(nor a water birth) I was hoping
, January 29, 2003 6:35
PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] homebirth
hi.
i'm inbayside brisbane
area and looking for a midwife to deliver my first child. I wish to avoid
hospital birth and I don't know whether midwifes do homebirths in
Australia due to insurance.
can anyone give me
Hi Andrea,
Did your mother to be find a midwife, I have just had a birth and I am free
now, but maybe she has birthed already or found a midwife, and I'm in
Hobart, maybe just too far. Any way I'm free if required.
Terry Stockdale
Independent Midwife Hobart
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if anyone out there might have some home birth mothers who
are willing to participate in my research. I am currently interviewing
women who give birth through the private system, the public/tertiary led
system and the public/midwifery led system. I feel that the women who
seek
out a home birth
ill be "ducking"!! I
had a "dodgy" result a couple of years ago which resulted in a biopsy with
breast in vice as they Xrayed to make sure they had the right piece - they can
have the whole tit next time. I have NEVER felt so powerless and panicky -
stirrups at bi
Pinky may I put this in our newsletter "Concept"
Natural Birth Association in Hobart for December issue. I found it a great
hoot, and think other may as well.
Terry Stockdale
Independent Midwife/Volunteer Co
ordinator
Childbirth Information Service
156 Warwick Street
West Hobart 7
May be mother is using a different brand of soap or
shampoo this maybe tainting the taste or smellof the breast.
Please do not use soap on the breast and not use
any deodorant if possible, baby likes the smell of mother.
Garlic is good, maybe see if you have been eating
different food, or
I haveused Sage capsules in the passed and
other stuff suggested by a herbalist, one lady used acupuncture with success,and
lots and lots of love.
Terry Stockdale
Independent Midwife Hobart
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Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 4:12
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Subject: [ozmidwifery] Poster...for
better birth!
Dear
All
Nic
Edmondstone and I have developed a poster which supports the right of every
woman to choose a midwife as her lead maternity carer...If you wish to see
Hi,
Maybe an osteopath may relieve any pressure that
may be present its worth a try.
Terry Stockdale
Independent Midwife
Hobart
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From:
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Sunn
To: ozmidwifery
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 7:42
PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Premature
of women and birth them in the setting of their choice or
appropriate to them. Home or hospital. This should be paid for by the health
system, we are still working on the proposals to take to the numerous committees
to be considered, may be your group can help us, as we may be able to help you
a
vision to reactivate and revitalise midwifery modelsfor
whichtheJohn Hunter Hospital was once famous).
We will be coordinating our efforts in line with the National Maternity
Action Plan. The daywill be facilitatedby Justine Cain a
mother of 3 under 3 and a birth activist
Six or seven year ago I read some research I
believe from the lancet but I'm not certain, outcome was, to increase calcium
and Vit C was thought to be of benefit.
Maybe a visit to a homeopath might be valuable,
trace minerals maybe helpful.(My personal
suggestions.these things seem to work,
For those of you who may be interested! In an attempt to update information I offer
to Families today I had a lenghty discussion with a chap from the Neonatal Screening
Department in Brisbane. My intention was for some accurate statistics of the
"routinely" tested metabolic disorders in
Dear Mary,
Hi, I sent a response for you last week Wednesday ( I think). I'd love to share
accommodation with yourself and Carol. Mary if you could please send a reply as now
I'm not sure our e-mail is working as we've recently had major servicing.
Cheers
Katrina
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For those interested GBS-Group B Streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae) is a
bacterial organism that normally resides in the vagina or lower intestine of "up to
one third of healty women". Many people carry GBS in their bodies but do not become
ill ( they become carriers).
Babies born
As previously mentioned this is written in an information sheet for Families- from the
MMH ( Brisbane). Title- Information for women and their families on: Group B
Streptococcal infection in pregnancy and Prelabour rupture of the membranes at or near
term (TermPROM). (the quotes I chose to
The Mackay Birth Centre has recently celebrated a 5th Birthday!
We are situated on hospital grounds- not within the hospital- our home has moved to a
temporary location whilst we await the redevelopment of Mackay Base. The building
itself was originally a 2 bedroom house where doctors lived
Would love to share accommodation! Are you travelling form Brisbane or do you know of
any possible car pooling. Look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks
Katrina Corcoran
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Hi Susan,
In response to your request for a reference try ' Wise Woman Herbal For The
Childbearing Year' by Susun Weed -Ash Tree Publishing'86. Discussions include -'
Nettle or Alfalfa leaf infusion or tea taken throughout the pregnancy will increase
available vitamin K and hemoglobin in
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