Re: [ozmidwifery] URGENT INFO NEEDED

[Judy Chapman]

Abby, I am sorry that you have only had negative from 'the system'. Midwifery is such a changing climate. I am tempted to say that Australia is going from the obstetric nurse system to midwifery and different hospitals are changing/not changing at different rates. There are some out there, the one I am in especially, who are really working hard to do the RIGHT thing by women and to really be WITH WOMAN and to use evidence based care. To the extent that we are starting to get a small trickle of women who have heard about it and who will travel just to experience it.

I hope that your sis is managing to hang in and I know that you will support her to the hilt.

All the best

Judy

Abby and Toby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I too was surprised about limiting the breastfeeding to four hourly. Is
it
> possible that they meant no less than four hourly ? Normally you would be
> going for third hourly if anything to push the bilirubin through and keep
> the baby hydrated under lights as you say Nikki.
> Helen

After much arguing, she breastfed every four hours and expressed every two!
They also kept telling her that if his levels didn't come down that she
would have to stop feeding him and put him on formula!
I am really angry at the lack of respect, care and knowledge at that
hospital! I really don't know how I will cut it as a doula in the hospital
system. The only experiences I have had with hospitals and birthing women or
new mums has been really negative all the mums, inc myself when I was at
Lismore base, have been treated like idiots a! nd it seems the staff have
acted like they care more for the babies than the mums.

If you work in the system, how do you cope?

Love Abby


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