What about the labour ward -doctor led care- that augmented a vbac
without checking her dilation and caused a rupture that resulted in the
woman dying...talk about taking things out of context!
Great to hear such honest raw defense of midwives!
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Hi all,
Justan observation to the reported comments
in the 'killing fields' article belowabout ACMI Vs AMA !!!
"The college's Queensland
President Jenny Gamble said the Birth Centre atthe Royal Brisbane Hospital
was being used as a scapegoat and was at thecentre of "a turf war" between
i can really see what a difficult position it must be to teach child birth
classes in an Australian hospital but I still felt there were huge problems
with the classes we did at the hosptial we attended 3 years (which we chose for
their low intervention rates, and where we had a WONDERFUL
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
Dear Sue and others
Another way to deal with the conflicts is to give
the women information about other consumer groups or resources where they can
find access to other information or options.
Being in Perth you can let them know about the
Resource centres ofCommunity Midwifery WA which
This Qld debacle has been report on the ABC (radio) here in Perth
Denise Hynd
Let us support one another, not just in philosophy but in action, for the
sake of freedom for all women to choose exactly how and by whom, if by
anyone, our bodies will be handled.
Linda Hes
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Hi all,
Haven't posted for a while although I read everything! Am trying to survive my
first semester of bachelor of midwifery - I am just starting to see the light
at the end of the first semester tunnel, lol. Just wondering if you ladies in
the know are aware if they'll be taking DEM's in
The evidence is clear that the person with the greatest influence on birth
outcome is the care giver in charge at the time - it is their attitudes,
practises, philosophy, habits and routines that will shape the birth
experience, regardless of what the woman may say or want.
Given this fact,
