Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres

Anne, You probably know our details, but just in case... Mackay Birth Centre opened in June 1994 Cheers Sue McPherson   >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/28/05 11:00am >>>Dear All,Trying to find out how many Birth Centre's there are in each State and how long they have been operating for?RegardsAnne Cl

RE: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres

Dear Anne, I suggest you try a birth centre from each state as they usually know what happens around their neck of the woods. In Victoria try Mercy FBC. I think their email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] or something similiar. I know they opened in 1990, well after Monash, which has since closed. There i

Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres

3 PM Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres Dear Anne, I suggest you try a birth centre from each state as they usually know what happens around their neck of the woods. In Victoria try Mercy FBC. I think their email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] or something similiar. I know they opened in

RE: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Australia

Sally,   I’d love a copy of that list when you are finished if that’s okay – I’d upload it for women on my site to see / contact the birth centres in their area. Contact me offlist if you like! Best Regards, Kelly Zantey Director, www.bellybelly.com.au & www.toys4tikes.com.au Gentle S

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Australia

You can put Townsville QLD down for the end of the year. You could contact Cathy Styles or Marie McAuliffe for details. We have not picked a name yet. Cheers Philippa ScottDoulaBirth BuddiesSupporting Women ~ Creating LifePresident - Friends of the Birth Centre Townsville - Original Me

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Australia

Hi Sally, Im at Wyong and I guess our new model fits the criteria (if there were one!) of a birth centre. We are purely low risk now, including intrapartum transfer out of anyone who does not meet the low risk criteria , as per ACMI guidelines (with a few central coast variations) and , as y

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Australia

thankyou everyone who has responded to my  messageif you would prefer to contact off the list - am happy to do so i will be happy to compile a sort of directory at the end of our little study.. Sally T. sally tracy wrote: Dear all am trying to update a list of birt

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Australia

Sally, Camden still has a birth centre, with births at Campbelltown.  This will continue (I imagine) until Camden is a midwifery led unit  The contact numbers for Camden are (02) 46546222 for the antenatal clinic and (02) 46546219 for the maternity unit.  Best to use the maternity number

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Australia

Dear Sally,   You probably have this info. and as yet they (hosp.) haven't changed our model of care, but they are trying.  Using the recommendations from the review and twisting them to their own advantage, they just won't listen to us.  Two of our most experienced Midwives have left and mo

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Australia

ifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Australia Dear Sally,   You probably have this info. and as yet they (hosp.) haven't changed our model of care, but they are trying.  Using the recommenda

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Australia

er 12, 2005 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Australia Dear Sally,   You probably have this info. and as yet they (hosp.) haven't changed our model of care, but they are trying.  Using the recommendations from the review and twisting them to their own

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Australia

Hi Sally,   As per your request.Mackay Birth Centre, Queensland, ph: 0749686404.   Cheers, Michelle sally tracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear allam trying to update a list of birth centres or places that the midwives and women  refer to as birth centres...Denise H. made a list of models o

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Australia

Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 5:54 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Australia thankyou everyone who has responded to my  messageif you would prefer to contact off the list - am happy to do soi will be happy to compile a sort of directory at the end o

RE: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Australia

:40 AM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Australia   Hi Sally, I have some details I'd like to add for the Peninsula but no off list address. Would you forward to me please ? Thanks.   Brenda Manning

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Australia

DOh !! TY   Kind RegardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: jo To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 1:52 PM Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Australia If you double click on Sally

Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres in Australia

Morning, Mackay Nth Queensland has a birth Centre and is currently prepareing their 10th Annual report. Also our Friends of Mackay Birth Centre (FMBC) are currently organizing a web page and link up with the Brisbane Birth Centre. The ACMI Darwin conference our NPC Mackay Womens Health Unit wi

RE: [ozmidwifery] birth centres/midwives in Perth

Hi Tania,   Our website is   http://www.communitymidwifery.iinet.net.au/   there are plenty of us lurking on this list.   My phone number 94304496. I’m Fremantle based.   Love Sally

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres/midwives in Perth

Hi Tania, the Community Midwifery Program's address is www.communitymidwifery.com.au and there's 9 mws 'working' for the Program, Ph 08 93390021.  There is a  'birthcentre' at King Edward Memorial Hospital.  - Original Message - From: Tom, Tania and Sam Smallwood To: [

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres/midwives in Perth

OOps sorry, looking at the wrong piece of paper, the net address is www.communitymidwifery.iinet.net.au -sorry, (sleep deprived from this  (early) morning's beautiful birth - what a way to start a day!) Laraine - Original Message - From: Tom, Tania and Sam Smallwood To:

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres/midwives in Perth

I can't remember hwere it is, but the Community Midwives Programme has an excellent website... do a search on www.google.com Jen - Original Message - From: "Tom, Tania and Sam Smallwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, December 27, 2002 2:53 pm Subject: [ozmidwifery] birth centres/midw

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Melbourne & suburbs

is hawthorn birth centre still function. Sally Westbury> -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit to subscribe or unsubscribe.

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Melbourne & suburbs

We can hope! Pinky - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 12:30 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Melbourne & suburbs > is hawthorn birth centre still function. > > Sally Westbury&

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Melbourne & suburbs

: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Melbourne & suburbs > is hawthorn birth centre still function. > > Sally Westbury> > -- > This mailing list is sponso

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Melbourne & suburbs

Hi Jayne To my knowledge the Mercy,the Women's, Moorrabin,the Angliss in ferntree Gully and Geelong or Frankston have birth centres. Regards Clare Lane - Original Message - From: jayne To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 6:51 AM S

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres in Melbourne & suburbs

Moorabbin birth centre is relocating back to Monash Medical Centre Clayton campus as of mid Jan of next year.   Sally - Original Message - From: Clare Lane To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] birth centres

Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres in West NSW?

All the rooms at Nepean have big round tubs (in delivery suite not just the closed birth centre) and there are water birth protocols so a water birth would be possible if she is prepared to stand up for it or have a doula etc with her. but it is generally very interventionalist ... it is a shame

Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres in West NSW?

Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres in West NSW? There is a Birth Centre at Blacktown and at Auburn Also one at Bankstown Bankstown Hospital is an un-sung hero Have a look at the NSW Mother’s and Babies Report. Bankstown has a 4% epidural rate (Go beat that!) They have some wonderful

RE: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres in West NSW?

Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres in West NSW? I’ve supported a few times at Blacktown. The “Birth Centre” is a room down the hall off the same corridor as the labour ward rooms. There are no pools, just normal sized baths and as far as I know (correct me if I’m wrong) it depends if

RE: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres in West NSW?

Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres in West NSW? Jo is right, I too have supported at several hospitals over nearly 20 years and I am “breath-taken” at the wonderful attitude of the midwives and doctors at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital at Camperdown – perhaps this is as a result of tv

Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres in West NSW?

Camden's birth centre closed to make way for caseload.  You are able to book into Camden for your antenatal and postnatal care with a midwife.  You see this midwife for all your antenatal visits and they catch your baby in hospital at Campbelltown.  All have experience in the birth centre an

Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres in West NSW?

Blacktown has a birth centre but the doctors won't let waterbirths happen there. --- Sonja & Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Camden's birth centre closed to make way for > caseload. You are able to book into Camden for your > antenatal and postnatal care with a midwife. You > see this midwife

Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres in West NSW?

Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres in West NSW? Justine states: "Bankstown Hospital is an un-sung heroHave a look at the NSW Mother’s and Babies Report. Bankstown has a 4% epidural rate (Go beat that!)They have some wonderful midwives and lovely water births."   Rosebud Hospit

Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres in West NSW?

Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres in West NSW? Wyong too. Zero epidural (and miniscule transfer rate for same). gorgeous waterbirths. Not yet 1-2-1 but should be available in the next twelve months on the central coast (we think, then again we thought that twelve months ago!) Cheers