Hi, I do find this totally horrifying, but not any more so than most the stuff OBs and midwives use on a regular basis already in hospitals.
In recent times it seems that not many on the Ozmid list raise their voices in response to the ways, techniques and instruments used in the abuse of women and their rights in childbirth. Sort of speaks of the whole birthing scene in this country, midwives in hospitals too scared to speak out against things that fellow "care providers" are doing to birthing women. To be perfectly honest about this new contraption, it seems way less of an atroscity than cutting a womans yoni open while she lays on a back with a bunch of people standing by! Love Abby ~ who, can't believe the horrible things she reads and hears of the way women are treated in our hospitals while trying to birth their baby's!! > Alesa Koziol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Andrea > point taken -I was mindful of the copyright requests > however..............I > am sending this to the list again. > > Originally posted on Friday with no feedback. Are there no others in the > oz > community horrified by the idea of this devise? Do we not have enough > technology invading normal birth already? A timely reminder perhaps in > light > of the current thread on CTG is that they too were introduced widely > with > little research to validate their wide spread value yet have been > grasped by > the legal community as an all seeing tool - a tool which now governs a > lot > of 'normal' or 'routine' clinical practice. > My thoughts > Alesa > > Alesa Koziol > Clinical Midwifery Educator > Melbourne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrea Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au> > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 4:35 PM > Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Fw: E-News 8:11 - Postdates Pregnancies (May > 24, > 2006) > > > > Hi Alesa, > > > > Perhaps next time, just cut and paste the relevant section - I find > these > loo.......ong bulletins impossible to wade through! > However, I know Debby well and I've done workshops at her hospital. > They > have the only birth centre in Israel and are a terrific bunch of strong > women and midwifery advocates. > > > > I am glad she has raised this issue. The thought of this technology is > truly awful and I am sure that women will not want to use it if they > are > fully informed. Reminds me of a "gadget" that was tested at one of the > UK's > biggest midwifery hospitals a few years ago: it was a huge belt that was > wrapped around the woman's tummy at the start of second stage and then > inflated to "push the baby down" if the woman couldn't push due to > having > an epidural. You can imagine how the midwives felt about having to be > part > of the trials. As far as I know, this particular gadget didn't make it > to > the manufacturing stage, so perhaps this one that Debby speaks of won't > either. > > > > Who dreams up these ideas? Dare I say it - men, probably! > > > > Regards, > > > > Andrea > > MIDWIFERY TODAY E-NEWS > A publication of Midwifery Today, Inc. > Volume 8, Issue 11, May 24, 2006 > Postdates Pregnancies > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > A high tech company called Barnev (www.barnev.co.il/) is currently > manufacturing a product called a computerized labor monitoring system. > This > product works by placing two clips with electrodes on a laboring woman's > cervix and a scalp electrode on the fetus and using ultrasound waves to > measure cervical dilation and height (descent) of the fetal head. I am > aware > of this product because of clinical trials were held at the hospital > with > which I am affiliated. In spite of the midwives' opposition to using > this > mechanical device on women, we were not able to totally block its use > (although some changes were made in the informed consent, and many women > did > not agree to participate due to midwives' explaining to them what was > involved). The trials were moved to other hospitals where the midwives > were > not as vocal in their opposition, and now the company is promoting use > in > Europe and the US. I understand that they have received or will be > receiving > Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. The product is being > promoted > as a means to assess women's progress in labor without a manual vaginal > examination. > I believe that this product takes advantage of and potentially harms > women > and their babies in labor, all for the purpose of economically profiting > a > biotech company. I believe that steps need to be taken at a higher level > regarding the ethical considerations. > How do E-News readers suggest that I carry on from here? Can you offer > any > support/ideas? I feel that this issue is not only within the midwifery > realm, but takes advantage of women's rights and of women's bodies for > research purposes under the guise of medical treatment. You can contact > me > at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Debby Gedal-Beer, CNM, MSc. > Coordinator of Women's Health and Midwifery Education > Sheba Academic School of Nursing > Tel Hashomer, Israel > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
