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Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 8:25
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Subject: [ozmidwifery] Sterile water
injections for back pain in labour
I have just had the opportunity to attend
an education session on the use of intradermal sterile water injections for
back pain in labour. It has come up on this list in the
past and I am surprised at how slow it has been to take off in
Australia. Goodness knows, we need all the armoury we can get in the
forms of midwifery initiated, drug free forms of pain relief. It
seems so simple and is apparently very effective.
If anyone would like to get inservice training
on this very simple technique I have included the contact details of one of
the midwives in Colac, Victoria who got the ball rolling in Australia 5 years
ago. Her daughter married a Swede and she witnessed its
effectiveness in Sweden during her daughter's labour.
Janice Deocampo
0409 146 759
5231 3416 (H)
5232 5207
She would be more than happy to come to you as
long as her travel and accommodation expenses are covered.
It only requires a 2 hour theory and practical
session to learn the technique. There are no side effects apart from the
fact that the procedure is VERY painful like a beesting but this only lasts
about 20 secs. (We practised on each other) The pain relieving
effect lasts for 60 - 90 mins. The best results are obtained for those
women with a pain score of greater than 6/10 as the pain of the injection
needs to be weighed up against the back pain being felt.
Anyway, you will learn all of this during her
information session.
I have yet to put it into practice but am
looking forward to the opportunity to do so. Janice and her colleagues
will soon have their research project published in the ACMI
journal.
Helen Cahill
