You'll have to excuse my ignorance butt...... what is a
telemetric CTG compared to the standard contraption?
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Date: 02/12/05
15:39:09
Subject: Re:
[ozmidwifery] Student's support role
well, ours doesn't which I think is a shame, so that's why I am
asking.
marilyn
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Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Student's support role
> most hospitals have the telemetric ctg
available it is just the staff
> which dont tend to use this as it can be a bit fiddly.
> ----- Original Message -----
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 12:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Student's support role
>
>
> > Just a question of interest: how common are telemetric
ctg's here in
> > Australia??
> >
> > marilyn
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> > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 2:01 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Student's support role
> >
> >
> >> Kirsten as a newly qualified midwife who has
supported women during
birth
> >> when a student I wish you luck. You need to be very
strong for both the
> >> woman and her partner in what she wants to get out
of her birth. I
> >> suggest
> >> that when you are with the woman and her partner
during the birth you
act
> > as
> >> her advocate and speak up for her but at the same
time ensure that both
> > the
> >> wom,an and the unborn baby are not in any danger
from what you are
> >> suggesting. A woman will adopt a position which she
feels comfortable
and
> >> safe in. There are ways around monitoring such as
intermittent
monitoring
> > of
> >> the fetus using Doppler or using the telemetric ctg
instead of forcing
> >> the
> >> woman to lay on the bed. Good luck with your role
as support person.
You
> >> could try reading some of the birthing books that
women read to find
out
> >> positions act or speak to the midwives at the
clinic when you attend
with
> >> the woman they are a invaluable source
of information.
> >>
> >> Enjoy your time as a student
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 9:17 AM
> >> Subject: [ozmidwifery] Student's support role
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> As a 2nd year BMid student with very limited
experience of being
present
> > at
> >> births, I wonder if I may ask for some tips on how
to support women in
> >> labour. I have attended only 3 births, and have
contributed to some
> >> degree
> >> by being there to hold a woman's hand or bring her
ice or a cool cloth,
> >> or
> >> speak an encouraging word - very much been working
on the 'less is
more'
> >> basis and being a quiet support
presence. I have one woman now who is
> >> planning a VBAC and has some specific requests
regarding my support
role,
> >> but I don't know where to start, and I don't want
to go in there
feeling
> >> nervous and tense! Her first birth was
long and painful, ending in an
> >> emergency c-section following a 'failed' induction.
She remembers
> >> essentially lying in the bed the whole time, not
walking around, and
> > having
> >> several doses of pethadine. This time
she wants to stay active and
> > upright
> >> and would rather have limited/no
drugs. She says that she knows she
will
> >> not want to walk once she is in labour and wants
her husband and I to
be
> >> strong and 'make' her. She also wants me
to think about ways to
> >> encourage
> >> her, or positions that may help. I don't
have any idea how to
> >> start...any
> >> pointers? Articles, texts,
experience? I will do web research and
look
> >> through my uni texts, but I know there will be an
awful lot out there -
> > some
> >> pointers which will help refine the search would be
really appreciated.
> >>
> >> Many thanks,
> >>
> >> Kirsten
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