RE: [ozmidwifery] Privacy, comfort and dignity during birth

[Barbara Stokes]

Dear Alison, I am a midwife in small public hospital.  It is important to maintain privacy to mothers in labour, quietness and I like to have soft lights.  Reduce the support teams chatter to minimal.  This is sometimes difficult when you get both mother/mother-in – law present, plus sisters and partner:  they all want to chat about everything else in their lives.  The use of a sheet as a birthing cape can help mother form her own world. With the birth of my own babies, I felt the “all fours” position disempowering. However I let mothers chose their own positioning. Barbara   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of AlisonThrum Sent: Wednesday, 20 July 2005 6:53 PM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: [ozmidwifery] Privacy, comfort and dignity during birth   Hi I am a midwifery student in Perth WA. I am keen on finding information/personal stories about issues surrounding privacy, dignity and comfort during labour and birth, which may be more an issue in hospital births. If anyone would like to share information, it would be much appreciated. Thanks, Alison