not all midwives are oppressed or socialized unwillingly, they are often
active participants in the way birth is medicalised and deemed as risk.
they can be intelligent, educated women who believe in the way they
manage birth. many only see it as work, something they do rather
somethign that they are... to be proud of and cherished. unfortunately
the lack of experience or knowledge about unmedicalsed ways of managing
birth and the power of medicine and technology encourages and enforces
their beliefs and practices. in saying this however once again I must
encourage us all not to pity or dismiss hospital based midwives because
firstly that is where most women birth and secondly many struggle day to
day circumventing, manipulating or challenging the system, doctors other
midwives, policies or procedures so they can care for women well (as i
am sure Rachel is experiencing). it is often a lonely position to be in
where you can be actively discriminated against and harrased . I do not
lack confidence in my skills as a homebirth or hospital based midiwfe,
the reality is there are significant differences in being able to use them.
Belinda
wump fish wrote:
I think any midwife who has spent their career in a hospital setting
would need 're-wiring' to attend homebirths. Hospital birth is so
different to homebirth, and the danger is that midwives bring the
hospital and it's guidelines to the home. I don't think it is a case
of 'upskilling', just a totally different way of working and hospital
midwives have been oppressed and socialised into a particular way of
practising. They often lack confidence in their own midwifery skills
and women's ability to birth.
Rachel - trapped in a hospital with pinging machines and missing
homebirth and midwifery.
From: "Tania Smallwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
To: <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au>
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today...
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 21:06:12 +0930
Love that term, Macdonaldisation! I also get concerned when I hear of
midwives needing to be "upskilled" to attend 'normal' births, or to give
women care in water, etc. I think as a midwife we should all be able to
handle the 'normal'. I personally would need upskilling to work in a
tertiary institution with all those machines that go 'ping'!
Tania
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Belinda
Sent: Sunday, 30 October 2005 1:57 PM
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today...
a big part of it is the multi skilling crap which is just a way of
getting constant work out an individual which i think is why so many
places are against direct mid entry midwives, they cant be used like
slaves to work everywhere anywhere anytime. it is an evolving problem
and much to do with globalisation and utilising the human resources to
the best benefit of corporation which hospitals are fast becoming. The
macdonaldisation of society!!! It really worries me....
Belinda
Tania Smallwood wrote:
> Not just a question for Barb, but anyone who knows about it, I'm
> curious to know about the Midwife/nurse practitioner that you refer to
> in Qld. What exactly do they do? How is this different to working
> within the scope of a registered midwife? I'm aware that the college
> is not supportive of the notion of midwives becoming NP's, but I'm
> actually interested in what role they play in maternity care over and
> above the general run of the mill midwife?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tania
>
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