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>From: Justine Caines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: OzMid List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] SMH article on labour pain
>Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 13:40:39 +1000
>
>Hi Andrea and all
>
>
>Just put a letter together
>
>JC
>xx
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>Labour Pain (SMH 6/9/04)
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>Australian women do not have choice in maternity care or pain relief.
>Despite research that shows the considerable benefits of deep water
>immersion for pain relief, the vast majority Australian women are refused
>this. Why?
>
>Birth is part of an industry; Warm water is free and is not supported by
>specialists who¹s living depends on injecting women with narcotics or
>anaesthetics.
>
>It is astounding that women are denied the use of water, a safe and
>effective method of pain relief.
>
>Women spend 9 months avoiding any drugs and then when in labour are offered
>and sometimes pushed into a smorgasbord of drugs, particularly epidural that
>can result in paralysis and has been proven to result in many other
>interventions in birth (forceps and caesarean section).
>
>Until women have access to a full range of choice in maternity care,
>particularly the support of a known midwife, and effective natural pain
>management we cannot say what women really want. In fact such high usage of
>dangerous drugs suggests women are not receiving adequate support and
>education for such a life changing event.
>
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