Hi,
I have discovered that our website was playing up last weekend and
earlier this week and was down intermittently. Apologies for this
inconvenience - not much I could do about it but I did alert our
webmaster once I discovered the issue.
The early bird registrations for Future Birth close in 10 days, so a
quick reminder to get yourself organised, especially for the group
discounts. They are a real bargain!
http://www.birthinternational.com/event/futbirth2007/index.html
I heard from Polly Ferguson that we can reproduce the fabulous tool
(for those attending) that is used in Wales (and being developed for
use in Scotland and England) that eliminates almost all the paperwork
midwives need to produce during labour. This is one of the common
complaints midwives make about caring for women during labour - the
constant note taking and recording leaves little time for being "with
women". In Wales they have been using this tool to cut down these
onerous tasks and its use has also spurred a drop in the caesarean
rate because it is based on some more realistic assumptions about
labour progress (such as 1 cm every 2 hours, not every one hour as is
common in OZ). It is also especially useful for newly qualified and
less experienced midwives who now have a way of keeping birth normal
that doesn't require any justification/arguments/battles. Polly will
explain (she is very charismatic and a lot of fun - much more than
her photo would suggest!) just how this has put Wales ahead of the
rest of the UK in terms of improving birth outcomes. She is a
wonderful role model for midwives everywhere.... you won't want to miss this!
See you all in March.....
Andrea
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