Beautiful JC...you are amazing with words ;o) Jo SA -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Justine Caines Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 2:05 PM To: OzMid List Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Indigestion at breakfast....
Dear All My response to Miranda. JC xx Dear Miranda Your headline today was perfect. It is unfortunate that the story did not follow. I am a Mother of 4, with twins due in November (yes I know what contraception is!). I live in rural NSW and have been without a maternity service for 15 years (long before I had my babies). We have no specialist Obstetrician nor a GP with obstetric training and probably never will. We do however have 3 local midwives who would provide care to low risk women in our local hospital. Currently I travel 150 kms to receive antenatal care. I have no choice in this care, and the conditions of the nearest unit are pre-historic. Miranda I read some time ago about your experiences and understand (correct me if I am wrong) that you chose caesarean section. I respect that you made that choice. Do you believe that as a woman I too should have choice? Because currently like 50% of rural women I have none. Do you believe that the safety of both myself and baby is important? (From your story it would seem so) If you do a little more research on what is happening in the majority of rural units and even some on metropolitan fringes then you would understand that I (as a healthy woman) would be much safer in my local community with midwifery care (even without on site medical care). My ³choice² now is to dodge Kangaroos in labour (no doubt in the middle of the night) in an area with no mobile coverage, or risk an ambulance ride if it is all too quick. Why do I say Œrisk¹ well our Ambo¹s who are amazing people are not equipped for a post partum haemorrhage (they do not carry syntocinon which stops bleeding, a drug midwives are trained to use and carry). So if I have the baby enroute and have a big bleed after they simply become good drivers. Most women do not know this and when we are often talking 2 hour (road) transfers (and then some!) this is very important. If I was in my local community in a midwifery unit a midwife would have the drug and the required knowledge to stop the bleeding. My 3rd baby was a 50 minute labour from one small pain to a baby in arms. I know I am much safer with midwives caring for me in a system that already has safe transfer arrangements for all other conditions (we live and drive cars and work on farms and have accidents in the country that require transfer). By the way where I live is by no means remote, It is in the Upper Hunter Valley, 2 and a half hours north west of Newcastle. Women and babies deserve better. Midwifery clinics can offer a choice to women that are patently unsafe now. Midwifery clinics are not just better than birth on the side of the road, they can safely assist the majority of women with healthy pregnancies and refer the minority of women needing medical assistance. At the moment none of this happens. I would be happy to talk with you should you be open to hearing stories of rural women in this situation. Kind regards Justine Caines Phone (02) 65482248 -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.3/107 - Release Date: 9/20/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.3/107 - Release Date: 9/20/2005 -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
