One of the most moving father involvements I have seen was many
years ago. Their first baby, she was sweaty and untidy and in
pain etc and he just kept whispering in her hear You're
beautiful, I love you. Tear making stuff. They are still a
happy couple after another three children and 20 years.
Dear Midwives,
Are there any midwifery/lactation conferences, seminars
between 11th September and 27th September2005?
I am visiting from NSW for the Annual Lace Week of Workshops
at that time.
Barbara Stokes, Parkes NSW
OK, I found it: Its
a combination of gob, mouth, and smacked. It means utterly
astonished, astounded.
These stories makes me so sad.
How nice that they can get some support.
Vedrana
From: Vedrana Valčić
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005
11:02 AM
To:
What does gobsmacked mean?
Vedrana
From:
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Janet Fraser
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005
12:45 AM
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Men at
births
I wonder
if anyone does these or
Yes it was Brenda who wrote that, but I have also been a midwife long enough
to have seen many breech births - back in the UK, and delivered a few
myself. Not all good, mostly quite 'managed' but at least they were mostly
seen as being manageable vaginally! My own elective C/S (nearly 21 years
Ah but they don't think that sex and childbirth are related!!
Thanks for making me smile
Sue
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing
Edmund Burke
- Original Message -
From: Dean Jo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent:
Can I please have some
thoughts on where to look for info on this? This young woman was admitted to
hospital with a suspected clot on the lung and suspected pneumonia. She is
really freaked out and I'd love to direct her somewhere specific for
information.
This is direct from
her.
Cheers,
PS
I have a very dear friend who says that her labour WAS orgasmic - while I
can't (unfortunately) claim the same, there was definitely a sexual/sensual
aspect to it
Sue
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing
Edmund Burke
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New credentials give hope for birth centre
EMMA SWAIN
Tuesday, 30 August 2005
New credentials for midwives assisting in low risk births may pave the way for a midwifery-managed birthing model to be established in Maitland, a young mother has said.
Maitland mother of two, Sarah-Jane Hazell, said
I think the utter relief after giving birth and the euphoria and oxytocin
running through your body with a wet warm baby on your belly can be likened
to orgasm - except BETTER!
Cheers
Jo x
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Cudlipp
Sheesh..
The old credentialing crap. Midwives do not need to be credentialed to
provide care for low risk women. That is what we are trained to do.
Credentialing should be for things that are outside the scope of normal
midwifery care. Things like epidurals, interpreting electronic fetal
Oh.. and just to dig the hole for myself deeper. I believe that
accreditation for independent midwives has not supported independent
practice but is a way to control and punish midwives who wish to work
within their full scope of practice.
Sally Westbury
Homebirth Midwife
Learn from mothers and
Hi all,
On this thread of men at birth, see below
an email I received asking for men to write their experiences of birth for an
upcoming book written for men by men!
A much needed resource. Please ask your
male partners, clients and friends to write their story.
Im not sure
I agree with you Sally, but midwives in the new midwifery led models would
probably need case loading skills and the truth is that many midwives work
in the current fragmented system that is doctor oriented. They probably will
need Upskilling in woman centered holistic care. MM
Sheesh..
The
I tend to agree with you Sally!
I would be interested to read the ACMI's ratiionale behind credentialling
for midwives. I too believe that a qualified midwife should be fully capable
and responsible to care for normal pregnancy and birth.
I guess it comes back to old arguement: A midwife is a
I also agree with you that this is not turned out as it was originally
intended. It was supposed to be a benchmark for ALL midwives to aspire to.
It now is something that only independent midwives use to conform to
certain rules in some workplaces. It certainly doesn't support us.A pity
that this
These two stories are in the Sydney Morning Herald today, along with a big
colour photo, on page 3:
Pregnant pause as birth program gets the push
By Ruth Pollard, Health Reporter
September 2, 2005
No continuity
Lisa McLean, with son Luke, two, has lost her midwife.
Photo: Peter Morris
The
THought this may be of interest,
Kylie
C-section linked to cavity-causing bug in infants
Last Updated: 2005-09-01 16:44:08 -0400 (Reuters Health)
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some infants delivered by cesarean section may have a higher risk of developing cavities later in life, a new
Hello listers,
Yesterday I was talking to Maggie Banks about scheduling some more of her
wonderful Birthspirit Intensive workshops for 2006. We hope to take in
Adelaide and Brisbane as well as Sydney and Melbourne next year, given
their enormous popularity (still a few places left in the
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
Hello All
What she may like to do is write to the CEO of the
hospital in question and tell the story. This is appalling and should not happen
in today's health care system. This woman is entitled to a full explanation of
her procedure and given that her consent was obtained under less than
Well, you women in Oz are certainly the media darlings these days! Keep the
ball rolling by phoning your local papers and asking if they'd like to do a
feature on midwives, waterbirth, homebirth, birth centres or whatever you've
got going. The little papers like to be led by the big ones and
I totally understand, Susan about the whole fear of
breech birth. We have a couple of OBs who will 'let'
women birth a breech babe vaginally, but fully
managed, IOL, 16 gauge bores in both arms, hartmann's
up, McRoberts, episi, full extraction. To me this
seems torture. I am a second year Bmid
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