Hi,
An excellent article that explains the whole ketone story:
Anderson, Tricia. Is ketosis in labour pathological? The Practising
Midwife, Sept 1998 Vol 1 No 9.
See also:
Odent, Michel. Labouring women are not marathon runners. The
Practising Midwife, September 1998, Vol 1 No 9
There is
The routine dose in our tertiary hospital
is Benzyl penicillin 1.2g stat then 600mg 4 hrly. In active labour. No wonder
the bugs get confused. MM
From: owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
[mailto:owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au]
On Behalf Of Katy O'Neill
Sent: Saturday, 7
e pass on some knowledge
on what this is going to mean? I have never heard of someone having both
before
. Shes almost 38wks
Best
Regards, Kelly ZanteyCreator, BellyBelly.com.auConception,
Pregnancy, Birth and BabyBellyBelly Birth Support __
NOD32 1.1793 (20061006) In
Thanks for the feedback Anne.
Which one do the women seem to like the best? I have only used
the one from the birthinternational catalogue and it seemed to
work well for the women.
Cheers
Judy
--- Anne Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Labouring women in my practice, over 20 of
Fantastic story Andrea. As I am just starting in home birth I
love hearing these variations from hospital stuff.
Cheers
Judy
PS, bet she was pleased after the fact that you had not
immediately jumped to ring an ambulance.
--- Andrea Quanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sometimes at home the wo
Lisa, I am sure you have said what many of us think. I have
worked like that for years and one gets sick of the tightrope
all of the time. I am so glad that I am now working without drs,
it is just protocols now.
Cheers
Judy
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> Hi Sue,
>
> Thanks for s
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Brenda Manning
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Melissa,
They are different & both
can ie it is possible not probable they will make
babies very sick.
http://www.allaboutmedicalsales.com/medical_briefings/mrsa_infection_ip_230404.html
Sorry impetigo is strep not staph
!
http://www.gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/ch013.htm
With kind regardsBr
http://medic.med.uth.tmc.edu/path/1456.htm
STAPHYLOCOCCUS
Clinically, the most important genus of the Micrococcaceae family is
Staphylococcus. The Staphylococcus genus is classified into two
major groups: aureus and non-aureus. S. aureus
is a leading cause of soft tissue infections, as w
Hi all,
I've just gotten home from work and I feel
jinxed! I was caring for a very motivated primip who presented before I
arrived at 1930hrs. She previously had phoned and presented earlier in the
morning in early labour. When she came she was examined by the midwife and
was contracti
Dear All,
Labouring women in my practice, over 20 of
them, tried this birth seat (although without the back part) and women have
found it not so useful as they cannot lean forward or move on it
easily. Also if a woman has
generous proportions they find it difficult to sit on it and many
Saw the show, she received some very positive and
supportive comments from the judges but did not win on the
night.
Megan
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BeckedahlSent: Saturday, 7 October 2006 10:24 AMTo:
ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.auSubject: [oz
Andrea
This is a beautiful story and yes you are so right
about women asking to go home/hospital/
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From:
Andrea
Quanchi
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 10:41
AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] No
Contraction
Did anyone else manage to catch this on Wednesday night - I only managed to get the info from their website after the event, but its looks wonderful!!!
http://www.abc.net.au/newinventors/txt/s1754147.htm (you can play the video too)
What a fanastic invention - apparently quite 'cheap' too.. Not sur
Sometimes at home the women get just as despondent but the difference is that no one is going to walk through the door and under mine me and 'save' her.Last week I was with a women who was birthing at home after three very different and for a variety of reasons not so great labours.. She had done a
Good morning everyone, I have been reading these last few threads with great
interest, and just wanted to express how grateful I am that this list is here
for me as a student midwife. I remember hearing about women possibly having a
period of no contractions at transition, in the group I attended w
I too find the whole ketone thing confusing. When people are on the Atkins diet (high protein, low carbohydrate) they test their urine for ketones which indicates they are breaking down fat. So despite being well hydrated they may have quite alot of ketones in their urine. So when a woman is in
I've known more than one woman who has waited many hours, even overnight. I
know a woman who fully dilated, went to bed and slept all night then got up
in the morning and pushed her baby out. It's interesting how wide the
variation of normal is when birth is relatively undisturbed. I'd have paid
mo
Hi Lisa,
it still itches now and then and I get occasional fungal infections in it.
I'm lucky I healed really fast after the surgery unlike many women but it
does seem a long time to be still getting the odd issue with it. Conor will
be 3 next month. Interestingly I know lots of women who have scre
Staph is a normal flora usually of the
skin, upper respiratory tract but also of the genital tract.
Wen
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From:
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BellyBelly
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 7:24
AM
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] GBS and
Thanks everyone for your replies, she is
also wondering how she could have gotten it?
Best Regards,
Kelly Zantey
From: owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au [mailto:owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au] On Behalf Of Susan Cudlipp
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006
11:22 PM
T
This is one for the MIPPs...you here the occasional story of a woman at full
dilatation during homebirth having a prolonged period of no contractions and
going to sleep...How long would you wait? And when would you get concerned?
These stories are in such contrast to what goes on in hospitals as so
Hi Sue,
Thanks for sharing the information. Your
right it is almost impossible to avoid active intervention when birthing in the
system even with great midwives like yourself supporting. Part of the
problem appears to be the lack of belief that waiting and doing nothing is going
to work.
I wanted to respond
also about how sad I feel as a consumer that the hospital midwives must do the
lesser of two evils. Sad for the midwives who have to practice this way as it
must be so hard. Also sad for the families that use this system that they often
dont get evidence based care or a
Yes Melissa - GBS is a different organism from
Staph.
Not so long ago we used to 'anti-staph' the babies
post first bath and day 3 using chlorhexidine cream, it apparently no longer is
required as the 'staph contamination' is not harmful.
Group B Strep is treated by AB's in labour and
screen
I entirely agree Lisa and no offense taken
:-)
Had I NOT been in the hospital situation and
knowing the personality of the particular ob for the day my choice would have
been to send her home, I wish she had not spent the night in hosp at all but by
the time I took over, she had been there 7
I had a Sudanese client a while back whose
other support person (another Sudanese woman) gave the client hot water with
about 10 sugars in it. Traditionally they use a slightly different hot mixture
she said, but boy did it pick up her contractions. This was her 3rd
baby and third labour fo
I was found to be positive with GBS and refused IV treatment in labour, baby was fine with no signs of GBS at all on swabbing.
Kristin
From: "Melissa Singer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Reply-To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.auTo: Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] GBS and StaphDate: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 18:53:33 +080
About 10 yrs ago I had a client who had a fit after the birth from
hyponatremia. She had a mouthful of water with every contraction over a 12
hr labour. She drank reverse osmosis filtered water. The baby was fine,
although this was one of the rare times I cut an episiotomy to get the baby
out qu
I thought group b strep and staph aureaus are
different organisms? Staph infections on vaginal swab require no treatment
or preventative abs in labour. Staph seems to have no effects on baby
(that they haven't found out yet!) and it is a normal colonisation of the skin
only becoming a issu
I have given tired women a spoonful of honey around
this stage, sometimes when things just seem to be going off the boil and
tiredness is kicking in. It seems to work magically, and one of the Obs Reg at
my work now lets me give that a go before mentioning the synto. He has seen
it work a f
That’s right gbs is group b streph which
is found on vaginal swab at 36 weeks treated with benzpennicillin during labour
every 4 hours commencing with a loading dose of 3 gms then 1.2 gm every four
hours while in active labour.
Regards sharon
From:
owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphic
Isn't GBS a staph infection??? Been awhile since I was at work, relishing in the time off work with little munchkin who is now 3 and bit months old.
katrina
On 06/10/2006, at 7:06 PM, Kelly @ BellyBelly wrote:
One of the women on my site has just found out she has both of these things. She sai
Hi Sue,
Without any malicious intent I'm again going to
attempt an opinion.
I don't routinely VE anybody and niggling backache
alone with looking at the women would probably indicate to me that labour wasn't
established. I would encourage her to carry on her normal routine but rest
lots.
One of the women on my site has just found out she has both
of these things. She said she has googled for hours and can’t find
anything on Staph specifically. Can someone pass on some knowledge on what this
is going to mean? I have never heard of someone having both before…. She’s
almost 38
Along the theme of slow labours:
I just had a labouring mum with very slow
contractions today. She came in in the night thinking she'd SROM'd but
had not - was niggling all night with backache.
This morning I reassessed and found intact
forewaters and a posterior cervix which was a really s
I have heard anectodal evidence of this too.
Di
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Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Fluids in labour
Just to add confusion about this issue, I remember a woman in labour who
had
a l
Just to add confusion about this issue, I remember a woman in labour who had
a long labour and drank a large amount of fluid and the baby had
hyponatraemia (I think it was low in something) and when we checked the
mother she too was very dilute in many of her essential elements. She
recovered wit
That's right Barb...it's sometimes tempting to lock the bloody door! I too
love the old 'cut an episiotomy' order as they are standing at the end of
the bed (whilst directing the woman to push so much more effectively than
you a mere midwife could)...serious dirty look often works with this
one...
Would the ROTFL reaction to the word “inexperienced”
be appropriate here?
Vedrana
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Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006
9:56 AM
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Subject: [ozmidwifery]
Inexperiened?
“
“First time mother
- the inexperienced uterus and vagina may cause a difficult or prolonged
delivery.”
This is one of the causes listed for Congenital Hip dysplasia on the
Victoria better health site. MM
What you're saying is what a lot of
research into low carbing says, Mary.
J
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Mary
Murphy
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 5:32
PM
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Sports
drinks
I think that there i
I think that there is no doubt about the fact that extra fluids reduces
ketonuria, the debate is : Is ketonuria harmful or beneficial or just neutral?
It may be that what is pathological in illness may be a product of normal
metabolism in labour. From what I have read, Ketoacidosis is the
Searches show some stuff in Practising Midwife which I can't even get
abstracts for .maybe someone else can.
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Thanks Lisa,
Wouldnt it be great if we could seek our 'evidence' from physiological
labour. Im not sure how well these epiduralised induced women compare in
these respects. Anyone got time to do formal studies?? Not me at this stage
: )
Di
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