i applaude you for doing what u want to. but
however in the current climate bieng a bach of mid grad we are still un accepted
by some midwives who have years of expereince or rather indocrination of working
in hospitals. one day hopefully we can be accepted more by our collegues as
being their equal. shift work can be frustrating but at the hospital where i am
they gave us the choice of what we wanted to do ie 3 days to 5 days per week and
all the interim.
cheers sharon
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Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 2:12
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Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery]
waterbirth
In a message dated 3/14/2005 1:52:01 PM AUS
Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
It concerns me that Australian midwives are so slow to see the
advantages in forming partnerships with women, listen to them and work
with them to provide the types of birth services women want. It is
difficult in many areas to convince midwives to even contemplate taking
on their own caseload. Perhaps time will alleviate my concerns.
I hope I see all Australian midwives working 'with women' before I
die.
Jan
Hello Jan and everyone. Jan I couldn't
agree more!! As a recently graduated midwife, educated via a Bachelor of
Midwifery (predicated on continuity and woman-centred care) I am now working
fulltime shift-work across my scope of practice (rotating thu pregnancy, birth
and after birth care) and I can't believe that midwives feel that full-time
shift work is a wonderful way work!! Having just completed my midwifery
studies with full time uni and a caseload of between 10-15 women a year across
the 3 years of the B Mid...I was NO WHERE nearly as tired I am now with doing
the full-time shift work.....it sucks big time!!!
Where I work is a
large regional midwifery unit in Victoria, and the move is towards
implementing one-to-one midwifery care for women, with a known midwife
throughout their pregnancy, birthing and early parenting journey - caseload.
However, this move is being met with strenuous opposition from many of the
midwives who WILL NOT even contemplate that perhaps there is another way to be
'with woman' than the current fear based, institution focused, inflexible
rostered based system of maternity care. So like Jennifairy, I too am also
working with a MIPP to keep my skills up of supporting women in their on own
power to birth at home on a partime basis where I am sharing a small caseload
of women with another midwifery colleague, while continuing to work to educate
midwives on the benefits of one-one midwifery care with known
women....whilst continuing to practice the bulk of my midwifery in what now
seems like on planet Mars!!
Yours in reforming midwifery Tina
Pettigrew.
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