Exactly what I am on about Mary - glad to see you share the same views! I am trying to help spur us into passionate action. Passionate not only about what we do, BUT WHAT WE WANT. I guess all these negative stories are only going to make us all more pessimistic and thinking things wont change or we have no hope... let's look at the good things and the positives, baby steps...
I have been in contact with some expert speakers in lobbying to government for not-for-profit groups for the Conference I am planning - March next year, in Melbourne. Hope to see lots of you there - could be the year of the Midwife / Doula / Birth Scene :) LETS DO IT!!! POWER IS IN NUMBERS!!! Time to get professional. We have to play this game to win - isn't that what we all want, deep down? It's all good saying yes we are happy changing one person at a time, but how WONDERFUL would you feel if instead of 1-5% shared your views, but 90% did!!! (hey, if you set goals you know you can acheive the goal is not high enough). Lets get optimisitic and lets know that we CAN make a difference, and it DOESNT have to be this hard... Some people are questioning why I am doing all this and my motives. It's easy - when you want something bad enough and when you are passionate enough you will do whatever it takes. Winners never quit and if you keep knocking over the walls, you will be victorious. It's hard to explain why I am so passionate about it - its the same as asking you all why you chose midwifery, or why someone chooses to be a financial advisor - it's what you want to do, you enjoy it and you are drawn to it. I am not a quitter... this is what I want. I am an Aries for those into astrology so hopefully that explains a few things!!! I did want to be a midwife, but luckily I was drawn to doing Rhea's Birth Attendant course and I love being with the woman the way I am. I am not ready to become a midwife, the time is not right with the industry this way... Another thing I hope to cover at the conference is change, structure and communication - we need to be more supportive of one another, especially the youngsters (heheh!!) and need to work together like a well oiled machine to get this change and growth happening. We need to feel comfortable with change and see it as a positive thing. I am sure many will feel uncomfortable with their paradigms being challenged and not like me or what I say for it. See, you hardly see anyone who still uses a typewriter or prefers to - new things can be good and positive and an improvement on what we currently have - it can only make us wiser and stronger. Those who don't embrace positive change can do so, thats fine, but they tend to fall behind. Not meaning that in a bad way, but everyone, and everything needs to change, learn and grow to survive. I am not saying we need to lose the sacredness of birth, I am not saying we need to be outrageous sales people - but by embracing some change more women can experience more sacred birth and understand what we have been trying to get across for so long... and I have only been doing it for 1-2 years - you guys must be going nuts!!! I'm a little impatient. Quoting Mary Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Many of us seem to think that it is a retrograde step, but telling each > other stories will not change things. What can we do to put forward our > views to the government? I guess we could rely on "someone else" to "do > something" but WE really need to write to our Federal Health Minister, our > local fed Politician, go and see them, etc. If everyone on this list wrote > to Minister Tony Abbott, he would have to be a little bit impressed and may > actually get more info before continuing on his rigid way. LETS DO IT. MM > > > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of brendamanning > Sent: Monday, 2 October 2006 8:13 AM > To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au > Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Backward step > > > > Going back to the maternity nurse or Gen/ Obstetric nurse working in > Midwifery is how NZ worked in the 70's & 80's. It was unsatisfactory then & > would be the same now, despite the fact the we did 6 months obs in our > general training we weren't midwives & it showed. > > I worked in mid whilst attending homebirths, worked in birth suite, > postnatal, taught pre-natal classes & spent 3 years in charge of SCN as a > RGON in the early 80's & when I went to train as a midwife just like Di M I > too found it a revelation. > > > > It's a retrograde step & undermines all the recognition of your specialised > profession you Australian midwives have fought so hard for. It's just > another path on: "follow the American leader". > > > > With kind regards > Brenda Manning > www.themidwife.com.au > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: D. Morgan <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au > > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 9:54 AM > > Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] RE: > > > > I agree Michelle, I too worked in a rural area prior to completing my Mid > many years ago and can still remember the revelations I felt while learning > Midwifery. As an RN non Midwife, I was quite ignorant of what a true > Midwife's role involved. It was scarey stuff. > > Cheers > > Di M > > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
