I'm actually run CARES with Jo, so am involved with this research crisis!(tearing our hair out and wondering where to go/move next - we are 2 mothers with 5.5children between us all under 6 so it is a challenge timewise). I was forwarding on the research query as a help for support for Robin Henrikson at Monash Uni. But that is a great idea to give her some ammo to fight for her proposal - I'll pass it on.
Carolyn
CARES SA Inc
www.cares-sa.org.au
Deliverywoman wrote:
This must be extremely frustrating for you Jo, but I must say isn' it interesting, for those that read Carolyn Donaghey posting in relation to her research being knocked back by the ethics committee.Maybe Carolyn, you might be able to show your ethics committee Jo's "research invitation" and say surely this is worse ????????? The red tape we all have to deal with in this hierachial society, something has to give sometime.................. -- Yours in Childbirth and with the Love of Friendship Rita «¤†¤ÐÈ£ÏVÊR¥·WÓMÄѤ†¤» Mother of David – 13, Haydie – 11, Alysha – 10 and Baby Tyler 8 months Registered Nurse, Student Midwife (currently in hiatus – due to injury), Aspiring CBE and Doula --------- Original Message -------- From: Jo & Dean Bainbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ozmidwifery] I am back! Did ya miss me? Date: 04/02/03 05:12Hi everyone, I am back with a newly polished soap box and a major thing to be yelling about! I am going to jump straight into it with the stress that I am not going to stay on the list for long (a few weeks perhaps) soyoumay have to contact me off list for further details. Okay, everyone sitting down??? Guess who is doing an Australian/New Zealand multi-centred study called ACTOBAC A Controlled Trial Of Birth AfterCaesareanwhich (wait for it) is a randomised controlled trial involving 2000women. The study is being conducted by Professor Caroline Crowther. Itinvolveswomen with one previous cs and they will be randomised at 34 weeks. Thosewho are designated the vbac option will have mandatory continuousmonitoring andall the other woman unfriendly policies imposed on vbacs, inductions or augmentations will not be excluded. The unfortunate womenwho areallocated to the cs group, if they (inconveniently) go into spontaneouslabourthey will be given an emergency cs. How do I know all this?? CARES was contacted after Crowther read my article in Birth Perinatal Issues Journal (Sept2002) andasked us to make some comments on the trial....we made comments alright! 5 pages worth for starters. The issues andcriticismsare many and varied. the language used is appalling, the information biased and the methodology dubious. An then there is the littleissue ofit being completely unethical! we got a reply after almostthreemonths with a "thanks for your feed back. We are proud to announcethetrial has been approved for funding". this is an unacceptable and insulting response to say the least. we have had no further comment from them. So how annoyed are you so far?? it gets better. As this is a long posting as it is, (typical for me huh?) Ifyouwant to know more please let me know. To end this email I will giveyouthe first paragraph from the information pamphlet provided to us by theresearchteam in November: "For someone like yourself who has had a previous caesarean section a decision needs to be made as to whether your baby isbestborn by allowing a vaginal birth or whether a repeat caesarean sectionshould beundertaken" and it gets so much better!!!! hope to hear from interested parties as soon as possible as I am writing to the ethics committees and need as much weighttosupport our objections. (ACMI National level would be appreciated ifyouare listening!) Remember that this is going to recruiting women fromeverymajor women's & children's hospital in every capital city around this country. cheers for now Jo Bainbridgefounding member CARES[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 08 83886918birth with trust, faith & love...-- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
