Dear Kirsty I think your feeling were right I think most people's blood pressure would be elevated (including the obs) If we were in the same situation! Which reminds me I have not seen any continuos elevated BP in private practice/homebirth (another discussion).
Are you sure there is not a health fund in Qld which does not rebate midwifery care the ones who do here also accept transfers from funds like Medibank which do not!! Have you at least checked out/spoken with a local MIPP?? Please do it should help and she probably knows all your local options! Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phillip Fogarty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 8:01 PM Subject: Clarification of Recommendation (long) > Firstly, I apologise to everybody for failing to mention my living area. I > thought I sent another email following that one when I got the first "Where > do you live?" email response, but I mustn't have sent it. I actually live > in Ipswich, which is near (?!) Brisbane. I would be seeking someone in > Brisbane City. > > Ah Joy. Where do I start? > > With my previous pregnancy, I had 'problems' with high blood pressure, > though it never got so high that it required attention. I began going to > the ante-natal clinic at the Royal Women's Hospital in Brisbane at 12 weeks > and seemed fine until approx 16 weeks when my blood pressure began to rise. > I think from memory that the highest it ever got was 155/95, which I have > heard isn't great, but isn't a horrid case. > > I began the ritual of fortnightly appointments, where I had to see both an > Obstetrician AND a Physician (a little old man who never failed to say, "I > don't know why we keep seeing you - I'm not particularly worried about your > BP... better make another appointment for two weeks time..." The > Obstetrician that was assigned to me (or was I assigned to him?) seemed to > think that the baby was a bit on the small side (he was, but not anything > unusual) and sent me for regular ultrasounds. I think I ended up having 6 > including my routine 18 week scan. While this was fascinating to watch the > baby grow, I couldn't kick the feeling that I was being 'overwatched.' In > the end, the OB changed his tune to "I think there isn't enough fluid... > better send you for a scan..." And of course, there was plenty of fluid. > "But," said the radiologist, "the baby is a bit on the small side..." How > ironic. > > To cut a HUGE story (and such a wonderful one) short, Joshua James was > induced when I was one week overdue. I was 100% sure of my due date, > however, the registrar OB booked me in for the induction as soon as I hit my > due date. Fortunately for me, the induction worked first time and as I > said in my previous email (I think...) labour and delivery went without a > hitch. I was so happy with the way things turned out. > > I have to admit, I do not feel intimidated by a hospital environment, and I > suppose my previous experience draws me back to the place I went before. > Blindly hoping for a repeat performance, I suppose. Only this time I don't > want to feel so... public. I suppose that I feel that as a private patient, > I would have more courage to be more demanding if I wasn't happy with > anything. I wanted the choice to see the same person every single time > instead of rotating between the OB and his registrar's. > > Why an OB instead of a midwife? The impression that I have received through > reading and from conversation is that if I were to choose a Midwife to > assist at home, I would not be able to claim money back from my health > insurance company. Is this correct, or am I mistaken? I currently have > private health insurance with Medibank Private. Psychologically, I see the > insurance as giving me a demandable choice that I would not feel confident I > could make in the public system. > > I know what I want and I am quite scared about it all, to tell you the > truth. I know that things don't always go as planned, and I think I try to > plan too much. > > There are so many thing that I want to say, but I don't want to bore you all > (this is already long enough). > > Oh well... > Thanks to you all, > Kirsty. > AND PS... I cheat - this email address is my husband's - he attends > University of Queensland to study p/t commerce! I think that it's more my > email address now than his - I just end up forwarding his emails to him at > his work!! > > -- > 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.
