Hi Joy, could you also send me a copy of this? Cheers Leigh Pettingill ----- Original Message ----- From: Darren and Lorraine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; ozmidwifery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 5:00 PM Subject: Re: activism
> Dear Joy > > Is it possible for you to also forward to me a copy of the draft of the > National Plan for Community Based Midwifery. > > Thanks alot > Lorraine Sharpe > 'Goldfields Birthplace' > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: ozmidwifery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 5:56 AM > Subject: RE: activism > > > > Dear Macha > > It's music to an 'older' activist's ears to hear you say "I'd love to > start > > a natural birth and child care movement where I live!!!". You have taken > > the first step. Please keep going. This group has the people and > > knowledge to help you do just that. > > > > It is truly reprehensible that small community hospitals are closing > > maternity services, and this has been happening for years. It goes > against > > world standards for best practice: > > "The district is the basic unity for planning and implementing [maternity] > > care" (WHO 1994 Mother-Baby package. Implementing safe motherhood in > > countries.) > > > > You are correct in suggesting that midwives should be able to provide the > > basic service for the majority of pregnant women throughout pregnancy and > > birth and thereafter. That's what midwives are supposed to do. The women > > who develop medical or obstetric complications may need to be transferred > > to a bigger unit, and most of them will know that in advance of labour. > > Closing local maternity units means that ALL women are treated as if they > > have complications. Inductions for reasons other than acceptable medical > > reasons become more common, often because distance of travel becomes an > > issue, and the cascade of interventions sets in. > > > > If you are serious about starting a natural birth and child care movement, > > see if you can find a couple of other women (consumers), a couple of > > midwives who know how to practise under their own responsibility, and > other > > interested people who bring useful skills, and get a little community > > action group going. You need to develop a plan to establish a midwife > > managed unit, similar to a birth centre, with midwives taking caseloads. > > Get someone to manage media exposure. If there are supportive doctors, > they > > can help, but you don't need them necessarily. (I'm sticking my neck way > > out, but I stand by that statement!) Find support in the rural section of > > the Health dept, and in Community Services. Make it a community issue. > > Expect opposition, and plan ways to overcome it. Use the term 'Community > > Based Midwifery', and get your community to own it. > > > > Link in with Maternity Coalition. We can't do it for you, but we can > > support you. You may have read on this list of the National Plan for > > Community Based Midwifery that is being developed - if you want to see the > > draft, please contact me, or Barb Vernon. > > > > My advice is, GO FOR IT! > > Joy Johnston > > 25 Eley Rd Blackburn South Vic 3130 > > Tel: 03 9808 9614 > > Fax: 03 9808 3611 > > M: 04111 90448 > > www.aitex.com.au/joy.htm > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Macha McDonald [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 8:15 PM > > To: ozmidwifery > > Subject: activism > > > > << File: ATT00003.htm >> I'd love to start a natural birth and child care > > movement where I live!!! > > They may stop delivering at our local hospital (Cobram) because the obs > > cant > > afford the leap in insurance. I wander if people resorted to our many > > midwifes, they could still deliver here. The problem is information. I > > liken my learning of birth options to picking subjects in my final years > of > > school. "You have 10 minutes to submit your subject requests". > > Essentially, 10 minutes to decide what you want to do with the rest of > your > > life. The GP said to me when I found out I was preg, "Which hospital will > > you deliver in". Hold on. I haven't even come to terms with being preg > > yet. So, I picked the nearest womens and childrens. And I regret it so > > much. I wish I had said, I'll tell you in the next visit. I thought I > was > > expected to decide then and there. Unfortunatly, this is how many women > > are learning about birth options. Going through awful invasive > experiences > > before they learn that they have choices. > > Regards, Macha. > > > > -- > > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. > > > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
