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2005-11-02 Thread Synnes
e - From: "Justine Caines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "OzMid List" Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 12:28 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today... Dear All Sage words Tania. May seem corny, but I always come back to the fact that midwife means

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2005-11-02 Thread Justine Caines
Dear All Sage words Tania. May seem corny, but I always come back to the fact that midwife means 'with woman' so if as a midwife you are 'with' hospital policies or 'with' pandering to Dr and non-evidence based protocols then where is the woman? Being 'with woman' is not utopia, it is appropriat

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2005-11-02 Thread Janet Fraser
I too wish for that unity you talk about, but I fear that until the woman, and her choices, no matter how safe or unsafe, well or ill advised, or absolutely for or against what we believe in, is the focus, we have a long way to go... Hear, hear, Tania. J -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE

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2005-11-02 Thread Dean & Jo
As a doula, I have noticed a huge difference in some hospital based midwives -the emphasis is on the word some in that sentence. I have witnessed women being manipulated by midwives because the midwife was unable to accept the woman did not wish to adhere to the unit policies...especially vbac rel

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2005-11-02 Thread Tania Smallwood
r 2005 6:25 PM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today... I have been a keen reader of the ozmidwifery site for some time, and have always admired and respected the dedication, knowledge, and passion for achieving a normal birth, that is continually portrayed on the si

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2005-11-01 Thread gch midwife
spital Based Midwife. From: Belinda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today... Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 18:00:33 -0800 not all midwives are oppressed or socialized unwillingly, they are often

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2005-10-31 Thread wump fish
ake up for a maternity system in need of change. Rachel From: "Janet Fraser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au To: Subject: Re: Re: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today... Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 23:30:06 +1100 In terms of different health care system

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2005-10-31 Thread Janet Fraser
In terms of different health care systems, it is important to note that any access women have to services can only be as great as women's standing in that community. Gven that Australia only ranks about 28th in the world for percentage of women in parliament, and our rape stats are some of the wors

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2005-10-31 Thread brendamanning
PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 31 October 2005 12:23 AM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: Re: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today... Hi Rachel, It is difficult practicing in a new country no matter what you do, culturally Aust & UK are so dissimilar it's even more frustrating. I am a Ki

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2005-10-31 Thread Ken WArd
graphics.com.au Subject: Re: Re: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today... Hi Rachel, It is difficult practicing in a new country no matter what you do, culturally Aust & UK are so dissimilar it's even more frustrating. I am a Kiwi & am used to the NZ system which is very different to here.

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2005-10-30 Thread B & G
Sorry Tania, I must have this reply to my email. I have concerns with the thinning or another layer of midwifery with Midwife Practitioner. To me a midwife is a midwife and a midwife. OK we can all develop other competencies but basically we should be able to care for birth women and their families

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2005-10-30 Thread BrendaManning
o > homebirths I > would have to be an independent mw. I don't feel that I know the system > here > well enough after only 9 months. Also I would have to practise without > insurance or back-up or a midwifery team. > > The hospital setting is very frustrating and I plan to

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2005-10-30 Thread Belinda
nd missing homebirth and midwifery. From: "Tania Smallwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au To: Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today... Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 21:06:12 +0930 Love that term, Macdonaldisation! I also get concerned when I h

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2005-10-29 Thread wump fish
> Reply-To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au To: Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today... Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:11:25 +1100 Rachel, Please don't 'shut up for now', as you know once you start 'not' saying things it becomes a habit that they never get said a

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2005-10-29 Thread brendamanning
ECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 1:26 PM Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today... Rachel, working in homebirths makes me very interested in risk management and education. I would appreciate "hearing" what you have to say, so rave on. Mary M There is kudo is be

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2005-10-29 Thread brendamanning
: "wump fish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 12:45 PM Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today... Tania - I didn't think you were having a go at all! In the UK I was lucky enough to gain experience of community based midwifery-led care (homebi

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2005-10-29 Thread Mary Murphy
Rachel, working in homebirths makes me very interested in risk management and education. I would appreciate "hearing" what you have to say, so rave on. Mary M There is kudo is being competent in the management of abnormal and emergencies. Unfortunately, there is not the same emphasis placed on

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2005-10-29 Thread wump fish
Reply-To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au To: Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today... Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 10:03:02 +1030 Agree with all of that Rachel, and sorry if it seemed I was having a go - not intended at all. What I feel is sad is that what you are talking about is not widely ack

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2005-10-29 Thread Denise Hynd
if by anyone, our bodies will be handled."   — Linda Hes - Original Message - From: Tania Smallwood To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 6:05 AM Subject: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today...   Could this be the thin e

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2005-10-29 Thread Tania Smallwood
om.au Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today... I think any midwife who has spent their career in a hospital setting would need 're-wiring' to attend homebirths. Hospital birth is so different to homebirth, and the danger is that midwives bring the hospital and it's guidelines

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2005-10-29 Thread wump fish
machines and missing homebirth and midwifery. From: "Tania Smallwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au To: Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today... Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 21:06:12 +0930 Love that term, Macdonaldisation! I also get concern

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2005-10-29 Thread wump fish
ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today... Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 20:26:43 -0700 a big part of it is the multi skilling crap which is just a way of getting constant work out an individual which i think is why so many places a

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2005-10-29 Thread Tania Smallwood
skilling to work in a tertiary institution with all those machines that go 'ping'! Tania -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Belinda Sent: Sunday, 30 October 2005 1:57 PM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] T

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2005-10-29 Thread Belinda
a big part of it is the multi skilling crap which is just a way of getting constant work out an individual which i think is why so many places are against direct mid entry midwives, they cant be used like slaves to work everywhere anywhere anytime. it is an evolving problem and much to do with

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2005-10-29 Thread Tania Smallwood
Title: Message   Not just a question for Barb, but anyone who knows about it, I’m curious to know about the Midwife/nurse practitioner that you refer to in Qld.  What exactly do they do?  How is this different to working within the scope of a registered midwife?  I’m aware that the college

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2005-10-29 Thread B & G
: Saturday, 29 October 2005 8:06 AMTo: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.auSubject: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today...   Could this be the thin edge of the wedge…do they see this as a way of banning independent midwifery too, or am I just being paranoid?     Tania (who is

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2005-10-28 Thread sharon
:35 AM Subject: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today...   Could this be the thin edge of the wedge…do they see this as a way of banning independent midwifery too, or am I just being paranoid?     Tania (who is aware that thankfully, we don’t have to train as nurses

[ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today...

2005-10-28 Thread Tania Smallwood
  Could this be the thin edge of the wedge…do they see this as a way of banning independent midwifery too, or am I just being paranoid?     Tania (who is aware that thankfully, we don’t have to train as nurses any more to become a midwife, but the reality is that many of us are…)   h