Thanks guys for your comments so far, the Dr who is making the
proposition is definitely one of the lower interventionist ones around
these parts and he supports most of the local women who choose to have a
homebirth. When I asked him how he thought it might work he didn't
really seem to have
Hi everyone, we have been approached by a doc here in the south west of
WA about establishing a public/private birth centre, I am not aware of
one in Australia but I could be wrong, if so could someone let me know
how it works and any suggestions or thoughts on how it should work would
be greatly
We are looking atlodging a submission/business case to establish a birth
centre in the south west of WA, this will cater for a rural regional
area, if anyone else had already had to do this in their area it would
be extremely helpful to get an electronic copy so that we don't have to
re invent
I tend to agree with Jenny, Community led birth centre would address the
potential for alienating other family members, particularly fathers who
at times need just as much support and understanding as the mothers, the
other point I like is that it literally throws it back onto the
community to
Sally I agree with what both you and Gloria are saying, with a low risk
women term and all progressing well in labour where is the evidence to
support any auscultation, I also believe that it can he horribly
invasive and could easily be construed as intervention. Surely as
professionals we can
