Re: [ozmidwifery] cow colostrum

2005-09-15 Thread Kate /or Nick
My sister was on about this stuff a few years ago - she paid something like $60 for a bottle of capsules, lasting a month. I always knew she was mad... ;) H. Mad cow disease? Kate

Re: [ozmidwifery] cow colostrum

2005-09-15 Thread Janet Fraser
Really brings home to me why my son has a tshirt that says "I love my mummy's milk - not just milk from any old cow!" J - Original Message - From: Larissa Inns To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:00 PM

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2005-09-15 Thread Helen and Graham
test email - now mine is playing up!

Re: [ozmidwifery] cow colostrum

2005-09-15 Thread JoFromOz
Kate /or Nick wrote: My sister was on about this stuff a few years ago - she paid something like $60 for a bottle of capsules, lasting a month. I always knew she was mad... ;) H. Mad cow disease? Kate LOL!! Oops, William gets disracted if I laugh while I'm feeding

RE: [ozmidwifery] cow colostrum

2005-09-15 Thread Megan Larry
Was being told about a similar product from a Neways person, and had a lovely time feeling her ears with how feeding really works. Explaining how our milk and no doubt cows, changes constantly to meet the needs of the infant feeding and so by taking colustrum at one particular time makes me

[ozmidwifery] Homebirth friendly GP

2005-09-15 Thread Tania Smallwood
Anyone know of one in the Croydon,ashfield,strathfield or even the city area of Sydney? Just enquiring for someone on another list Tania

Re: [ozmidwifery] Homebirth friendly GP

2005-09-15 Thread Janet Fraser
I think my sister's is ok and she's in the inner west so near to where you've posted. Is it just for bloodwork or the like?J - Original Message - From: Tania Smallwood To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 5:56 PM Subject:

Re: [ozmidwifery] Homebirth friendly GP

2005-09-15 Thread Janet Fraser
Try Lucy Balin, Stanmore, cnr Trafalfar and Holt sts. Does shared care and is jiggy with home birth. My home birthing sister has seen her for a while. J - Original Message - From: Tania Smallwood To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Thursday, September 15,

Re: [ozmidwifery] cow colostrum

2005-09-15 Thread Helen and Graham
test email - Original Message - From: JoFromOz To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] cow colostrum Larissa Inns wrote: Well I think I've seen it all now - just

[ozmidwifery] baby poo

2005-09-15 Thread Mary Murphy
Hi all. An enquiry from a mother of a 3 week old baby re the colour of babys poo. Baby has never had yellow breast milk poos. He has always had greeny brown poo, a good one every day, the same consistency of newborn yellow poo, but just never yellow. He breast feeds frequently, seems

Re: [ozmidwifery] baby poo

2005-09-15 Thread JoFromOz
Mary Murphy wrote: Hi all. An enquiry from a mother of a 3 week old baby re the colour of babys poo. Baby has never had yellow breast milk poos. He has always had greeny brown poo, a good one every day, the same consistency of newborn yellow poo, but just never yellow. He

RE: [ozmidwifery] baby poo

2005-09-15 Thread Sally Westbury
I think that I would be trying to get more hindmilk into the babe. Do you think it is a lactose intolerance? Sally Westbury Homebirth Midwife Learn from mothers and babies; every one of them has a unique story to tell. Look for wisdom in the humblest places - that's usually where

RE: [ozmidwifery] baby poo

2005-09-15 Thread Vedrana Valčić
http://www.kellymom.com/newman/04enough_milk.html Handout #4. Is My Baby Getting Enough Milk? Revised January 2005 Written by Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC. 2005 Breastfeeding mothers frequently ask how to know their babies are getting enough milk. The breast is not the bottle, and it is

[ozmidwifery] I am steaming mad

2005-09-15 Thread Judy Chapman
Have just heard from my brother. One of his daughters has just had her second baby, somewhere Melbourne way. First baby, normal birth, not small but I don't know the weight. She was told this one was big, probably over 11 lbs so she was scared and had a CS. Came out less than 9 lb. Child is in

Re: [ozmidwifery] perinatal stats

2005-09-15 Thread Jan Robinson
Hi Andrea Yes it is a huge discrepancy but the law only relates to births attended by registered doctors or midwives. Registered health professionals have an obligation to report the details of each birth they attend whether they occur at home or in a hospital. They have to provide the

[ozmidwifery] mail

2005-09-15 Thread Fiona Rumble
I seem to be getting only some postings as my inbox is very empty and the threads start in the middle. Is anyone else having this problem? Cheers Regards Fiona Rumble

Re: [ozmidwifery] baby poo

2005-09-15 Thread Barbara Glare Chris Bright
Hi, If the baby is gaining weight well, feeding wel and is happy and content (to the extent normal for a baby!) does it matter? Stay tuned for the Australian Breastfeeding Association's "poo chart" Baby poo revealed. It is a full colour sheet with information ic photos of nappies on one

[ozmidwifery] FW:Ina May and Cytotec

2005-09-15 Thread Honey Acharya
FYI Honey Sorry for the cross-post but thought that this was important enough to pass on to all of you involved in any way in the birthing field... -Jen Hello, I'd like to announce that I've finished a summary of all of the medical articles that I could find in English on the subject of

Re: [ozmidwifery] perinatal stats

2005-09-15 Thread Sue Cookson
Hi Jan and Andrea, Hate to disagree Jan, but up this way at least it's the registered midwives who are not putting in their stats. That's about laziness and an unwillingness to be involved in the 'politics' of birth. Seems to me it creates the opposite effect - full ability of political

RE: [ozmidwifery] perinatal stats

2005-09-15 Thread Tania Smallwood
What actually happens when women choose to birth unattended? Are their stats just lost, or never reported? Surely a woman could do her own stats and post them in without the fear of being punished for holding herself out to be a midwife? I have been wondering about that here in SA, where

[ozmidwifery] Re: ] Friend with breach baby...told CS only options.

2005-09-15 Thread G Lemay
There ARE some important things with breech. This is where your anatomy and physiology of the newborn is very important. Understanding the circulatory system of the baby, the way the bones in the head fold over each other and the concept of creating an airway are some important considerations.

Re: [ozmidwifery] baby poo

2005-09-15 Thread Michelle Windsor
Hi Mary, Was talking to a friend of mine recently who is a midwife and had twins. Her boys were fully breastfed and absolutely thriving one always had the typical yellow breastfed poos and one always had green poos! So perhaps it has something to do with the baby's own digestion? Cheers

Re: [ozmidwifery] perinatal stats

2005-09-15 Thread sally tracy
Dear all Jan has summed it up in a nutshell - both the discrepancies and the reasons why many home births go unreported.. we did a 'run' with the national data a couple of months ago - and we were suprised to find an even geater difference than this one you report Jan. The most difficult

Re: [ozmidwifery] perinatal stats

2005-09-15 Thread sally tracy
Dear all Jan has summed it up in a nutshell - both the discrepancies and the reasons why many home births go unreported.. we did a 'run' with the national data a couple of months ago - and we were surprised to find an even greater difference than this one you report Jan. The most difficult

Re: [ozmidwifery] mail

2005-09-15 Thread Andrea Robertson
HiFiona, It is a problem with Bigpond customers. Kim, our website manager, has been helping a number of listers with similar problems. The list is OK - you need to take it up with Telstra. You probably won't get this message, however Cheers Andrea At 06:37 AM 16/09/2005, you wrote:

Re: [ozmidwifery] Re: ] Friend with breach baby...told CS only options.

2005-09-15 Thread Judy Chapman
Thanks for this Gloria, It makes things a lot clearer. Cheers Judy --- G Lemay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There ARE some important things with breech. This is where your anatomy and physiology of the newborn is very important. Understanding the circulatory system of the baby, the way the

Re: [ozmidwifery] baby poo

2005-09-15 Thread Catherine Allgrove
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] baby poo On 15/9/05 6:19 PM, Mary Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. An enquiry from a mother of a 3 week old baby re the colour of babys poo. Baby has never had yellow breast milk poos. He has always had greeny brown poo, a good one every day, the same

Re: [ozmidwifery] perinatal stats

2005-09-15 Thread Andrea Quanchi
I guess I was just asking for an opinion as to who was not sending in the stats. It doesn't really matter who it is the aim needs to be the same. Get the two departments to get together and find out who is not doing it and approach them. Surely the aim needs to be to get the job done so that we

[ozmidwifery] Are we professional specialists or not?

2005-09-15 Thread brendamanning
Read this today, perhaps midwives could classify themselves as Allied Health Professionals instead of the uneducated mass we are obviously lumped in with ! Perhaps our Uni quals are less prestigious than theirs but the Govt recognise that these folksactually know what they are doing, we

RE: [ozmidwifery] Re: ] Friend with breach baby...told CS only options.

2005-09-15 Thread Vedrana Valčić
Wow, thank you! Vedrana From: owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au [mailto:owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au] On Behalf Of G Lemay Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 1:22 AM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: [ozmidwifery] Re: ]

[ozmidwifery] Advice on positions for sleeping while pregnant

2005-09-15 Thread Ilana Solo
I am wondering if anyone can give me some advice. I am 31 weeks pregnant and my baby has been lying head down with it's back on my right hand side for about a month. I have heard that it is good for me to lie on my left side to encourage the baby to move to the left side to reduce the chance of

[ozmidwifery] another GP enquiry

2005-09-15 Thread Tania Smallwood
Anyone know of a good GP in Paramatta or Ryde? Cheers Tania