Re: [ozmidwifery] Fw: News

[M & T Holroyd]

Congratulations Jo.  How exciting...  hope 
all goes to plan.
 
Regards Tina H. (Brisbane)

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  From: 
  JoFromOz 
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  
  Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 12:00 
PM
  Subject: [ozmidwifery] Fw: News
  
  
  
  
  Hi all :)
   
  I've been offline for the last 2 weeks as I was in Melbourne and then we 
  moved into our new home!  
   
  Not only that, but my partner of almost 7 years, Matthew, proposed to me 
  very romantically when I opened the front door to our new home with the key. 
  :)
   
  So I am all a bit excited now!  We will get married sometime in the 
  summer either in our backyard or in our living area, depending on the weather 
  :)  Babies not too long after that, I hope!
   
  Just had to share :)
   
  Great news about the Victorian Midwifery scheme, too.
   
  Love,
  Jo
   
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RE: [ozmidwifery] Fw: News

[Judy Giesaitis]

congratulations 
Jo.  

  -Original Message-From: JoFromOz 
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Monday, 28 June 2004 
  12:01 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: 
  [ozmidwifery] Fw: News
  
  
  
  Hi all :)
   
  I've been offline for the last 2 weeks as I was in Melbourne and then we 
  moved into our new home!  
   
  Not only that, but my partner of almost 7 years, Matthew, proposed to me 
  very romantically when I opened the front door to our new home with the key. 
  :)
   
  So I am all a bit excited now!  We will get married sometime in the 
  summer either in our backyard or in our living area, depending on the weather 
  :)  Babies not too long after that, I hope!
   
  Just had to share :)
   
  Great news about the Victorian Midwifery scheme, too.
   
  Love,
  Jo
   
  --
  Babies are Born... Pizzas are Delivered.
  
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[ozmidwifery] Fw: News

[JoFromOz]

Hi all :)
 
I've been offline for the last 2 weeks as I was in Melbourne and then we 
moved into our new home!  
 
Not only that, but my partner of almost 7 years, Matthew, proposed to me 
very romantically when I opened the front door to our new home with the key. 
:)
 
So I am all a bit excited now!  We will get married sometime in the 
summer either in our backyard or in our living area, depending on the weather 
:)  Babies not too long after that, I hope!
 
Just had to share :)
 
Great news about the Victorian Midwifery scheme, too.
 
Love,
Jo
 
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Babies are Born... Pizzas are Delivered.

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RE: [ozmidwifery] Good news

[Sally Westbury]

One of the possibilities for staffing the teams is that we are going to
get our first lot of direct entry midwives graduating at the end of the
year. These are going to be so excited to see continuity of care models
and are going to be very willing to work in this way.

Sally Westbury
 
"It takes courage to remain a true advocate for women, challenging
authority and sacrificing social and professional acceptance. It takes
courage for a woman to choose a caregiver who will truly advocate for
and empower her."-Judy Slome Cohain

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geesjeandsteve
Sent: Sunday, 27 June 2004 2:10 PM
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Dear Denise,
I'll keep you informed. I have tried to incorporate Camden in my
proposal
and have spoken to quite a few of the midwives encouraging them to join
us.
We have problems with staff shortages, especially in Campbelltown, which
means that initially only one team will be started up, but possibly 2
teams
if some of the midwives from Camden maternity joins us .
There are definitely plans for more teams but we need more staff first!
Geesje
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From: "Denise Hynd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 12:06 PM
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> Dear Geesje,
> I look forward to hearing more about the possibility or more
importantly
the
> reality of a continuity of care midwifery option at Campbelltown!
> What is happening at Camden?
> Denise Hynd
>
> "Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world.  For,
> indeed, they are the only ones who ever have."
> Margaret Mead
> - Original Message -
> From: "geesjeandsteve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 2:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Good news
>
>
> >
> > Hi
> > The Birthunit where Elle had her watrbirth is a lovely unit. I
worked
> there
> > as a midwife for 3 years in the mid 90's and revisited it last year,
to
> > catch up with my old collegue midwives. It is a private hospital.
The
> ladies
> > chose midwifery led care or obstetrician led care . Yehudi Gordon is
one
> of
> > the obstetricians, a lovely man who will go to great lengths to help
'his'
> > ladies acheive a normal birth. I've seen / assisted with so many
lovely
> > births including breech and twin births during those 3 years. Quite
a
few
> > celebrities had their baby here including Jerry Hall just before I
left.
> The
> > pools are oval shaped and hip high so the women could really
submerge in
> > them (leaving the front of our shirts totally wet if we did have to
help
> in
> > any way!). The midwives offer continuity of care by deviding
themselves
in
> > two teams, offering continuity in the antenatal, intrapartum and
postnatal
> > period. At the time we had a birth rate of 200-300 per year, I think
it's
> up
> > to 500 births per year now. Additionally  the midwives provide
preperation
> > to parenthood classes and postnatal groups which usually start with
a
baby
> > massage session so the baby are relaxed during the next hour when
the
mums
> > discuss any issuses that are worrying them. This I would really love
to
> > duplicate here in NSW as I feel postnatal support is very fragmented
and
> > hard to find. Some women still attended these sessions when their
child
> was
> > nearly a year old! As a midwife working on this unit I could have
been
> able
> > to birth there (for free) but I wanted a home birth, which I had in
> London.
> > A great experience, and having been labled an elderly primip  at the
age
> of
> > 35 I felt very empowered. I did try to have a waterbirth at home
with my
> > third but the pool was only about 10cm full when I started pushing,
so I
> > never got in. Oh well at least it kept Steve and my mum busy. . .
> > Justine, we are at the brink of introducing  a model of continuity
of
care
> > at Campbelltown hospital. I've written a proposal which has been
oked by
> the
> > management and now needs to be oked at the area meeting on the 7th
of
> July.
> > I'm so excited, it has taken us two years to get this far! Keep your
> fingers
> > crossed for us!
> > Geesje McGuire
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Justine Caines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "OzMid List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:13 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Good news
> >
> >
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > Yes I am collecting signatures from clebs/pollies etc and so far
we
have
> > > only a few, but include Kate Ceberano and others. The hard part is
> finding
> > > the agent for the celeb.  So if anyone wants to help or has a
contact
> for
> > > Elle McPhersons agent!! then e-mail me!!
> > >
> > > Elle had a water birth with the lights down, very Lebeyer
> > >
> > > Justine
> > >
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RE: [ozmidwifery] Search for 15% caesarian rates

[Sally Westbury]

We are not a ‘maternity unit’
but overall the C/S statistic for Community Midwifery WA is 12.5%

 



Sally Westbury

 

"It takes courage to remain a true advocate for women, challenging
authority and sacrificing social and professional acceptance. It takes courage
for a woman to choose a caregiver who will truly advocate for and empower
her."    -Judy Slome Cohain



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Message-
From: owner-[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Graham
and Helen
Sent: Sunday, 27 June 2004 9:58 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Search for
15% caesarian rates

 



Does anyone on the list know of a
maternity unit in Australia that has a caesarian rate as low as 15% (top end of
the WHO recommendations) or are all of them up over 20/25% now.





 





And if so, what are you doing there
to keep the numbers down??





 





Just curious.





 





Helen Cahill

[ozmidwifery] New midwifery models for Vic.,what grade?

[Carol Van Lochem]

I was wondering what the feeling is among fellow Victorian midwives in 
respect to this new model of care being proposed by the State Gov. What 
grade/ classifcation does everyone feel that midwives working in teams with 
their own caseload should be paid? I feel that they should be Clinical 
Midwife Consultants, paid Grade 4 or above , depending on level of 
experience and role. I have read through the ANF Enterprise Bargaining 
Agreement of 2000, & feel we would meet the criteria. What are other 
midwives already working this way being paid? If it's less than this, what 
is your level of resonsibility when working in your particular model?

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[ozmidwifery] Hello, an introduction

[Carol Van Lochem]

Hi everyone,
My name is Carol Van Lochem. I have just come back onboard after a year or 
two of absence from this group. I have been a midwife for 13 years and am 
currently working at West Gippsland Hospital in Warragul, Vic. We are a very 
busy unit (in rural terms) with alot of support from one of our obs. We all 
work as a cohesive team,and it's great working here.

I am also married with 2 homeborn children, aged 7 & 9 years. We have a 
labradoodle, as well as an assortment of chooks, ducks, fish, guinea pigs 
and mice.

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Re: [ozmidwifery] who would have guessed? Breast Milk Kills Skin Warts

[jayne]

Alexandra, I'm really interested to hear how it 
goes.  My daughter has them on her hands.  Up until a year ago I had 
constant breast milk for 11 years but none available anymore :(
 
My sil is due to have a baby in August and I'm sure 
she will oblige her fav niece to some breast milk if there is a chance this 
works.
 
Jayne
 

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  A Menna 
  
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  
  Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 1:18 PM
  Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] who would have 
  guessed? Breast Milk Kills Skin Warts
  Just want you to know, we are testing this theory. My husband 
  has two warts on his hand that have not responded to the typical 
  treatments(cream, freezing, cutting off). Whenever I nurse he gets a couple 
  drops from the other side(that still still leaks, 10 months on...). Can't hurt 
  to try! I'll let you know how it goes...AlexandraOn Jun 25, 
  2004, at 7:56 PM, Jen Semple wrote:
  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/23/health/printable625825.shtml Breast 
Milk Kills Skin WartsTRENTON, 
New Jersey June 23, 
2004
   

[ozmidwifery] cow's milk formula and risk of type 1 diabetes

[Graham and Helen]

Here is an article about a human trial to assess 
the effect of cow's milk formula on the risk of type 1 diabetes later 
in life
 
Helen
 
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/26/1088145022536.html
 

Baby Charlie Johnson is helping to solve a longstanding medical mystery.
The six-month-old boy, from Sydney's eastern suburbs, has been recruited for 
an international study to determine if cow's-milk-based infant formula is a 
trigger for the development of childhood diabetes.
About 8000 babies worldwide, including 200 from Australia, will be examined 
over the next 10 years as part of the study - the Trial to Reduce the Incidence 
of type 1 diabetes in the Genetically at Risk (TRIGR).
Diabetes Australia NSW president Dr Neville Howard, the Australian principal 
investigator, said testing had begun on 24 Australian babies.
Howard said children eligible for the study must be genetically predisposed 
to diabetes.
"The way we identify at-risk pregnancies is if the mother, the father or a 
sibling has type 1 diabetes," he said.
"To tell whether they are susceptible or not, genetically, we take a blood 
sample from the cord."
Charlie was chosen to participate in the trial after blood tests confirmed he 
had a genetic risk of developing diabetes.
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His father, Andrew Johnson, has type 1 diabetes. The first-time father said 
Charlie's involvement in the study could help other children.
"This is really valuable research," he said. "I am pretty keen to do anything 
to help kids and adults."
Johnson, 34, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 18 and he must 
have five insulin injections each day.
"There was no one in my family who had it," he said.
Johnson said he and his wife Jo were concerned Charlie may also one day have 
to live with the disease.
"It scares me, especially the thought of him developing diabetes as a 
juvenile," he said.
Animal experiments and population studies have shown that cow's milk may 
increase the risk of diabetes, but Howard said human trials were needed to prove 
the "controversial" hypothesis.
"The theory is that those human beings who are genetically susceptible to 
getting diabetes have an auto-immune problem," he said.
"In the first few months of life, when they are exposed to macro molecules in 
their gut, [the milk] is treated as foreign [matter] rather than as food.
"The result is an abnormal immune coding, and various tissues in the body 
become targets of the immune system, including the pancreas.
"Up to four macro molecules are found in cow's milk which offend babies who 
are genetically susceptible. Human milk doesn't do that."
The study encourages mothers to breastfeed for the first six months, but when 
their babies need a supplement formula, some will be given modified formula and 
the others cow's-milk-based formula.
Howard said the risk of childhood diabetes could be reduced or prevented if a 
child's diet was modified in the first six to eight months of their life.
About 100,000 Australians suffer from type 1 diabetes and it is one of the 
most common chronic childhood diseases.
It occurs when the pancreas gland no longer produces enough insulin, the 
hormone needed to convert glucose to energy. Type 1 diabetes sufferers must have 
insulin injections every day, undergo regular blood glucose level tests and 
maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Symptoms include excessive urination, thirst, unexplained weight loss, 
fatigue, irritability and weakness.
The TRIGR study will answer two questions: does cow's milk protein cause 
antibodies that can predict the incidence of type 1 diabetes, and can it cause 
the disease?
Howard said he expected researchers to answer the first question by the end 
of 2008.
"The deferral of childhood diabetes would be a wonderful improvement in the 
world," he said.
"We hope this might stop it in its tracks."

Re: Re: [ozmidwifery] who would have guessed? Breast Milk Kills Skin Warts

[gresch]

How about how expensive they expect this treatment to be. 
My milk flows free of charge.
Megan 
> 
> From: "Dean & Jo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 26/06/2004 19:05:20
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] who would have guessed? Breast Milk Kills Skin Warts
> 
> Svanborg said if HAMLET proves useful against serious diseases, the compound would 
> probably be synthesized in the lab instead of being extracted from breast milk
> 
> The article was really interesting but the thing that got me was the above 
> sentence
> isn't it amazing how females can naturally produce something that is hugely 
> beneficial to the health of others and yet they automatically say they will 
> artificially produce the compound rather than extract it from the natural 
> source!  What is it about not wanting to actually use what is natural??
> anyway...
> Jo
>   - Original Message - 
>   From: Jen Semple 
>   To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>   Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 12:26 PM
>   Subject: [ozmidwifery] who would have guessed? Breast Milk Kills Skin Warts
> 
> 
>   http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/23/health/printable625825.shtml
> 
>   Breast Milk Kills Skin Warts
>   TRENTON, New Jersey June 23, 2004
> 
> 
>   A compound in breast milk has been found to destroy many skin warts, raising hopes 
> it might also prove effective against cervical cancer and other lethal diseases 
> caused by the same virus. 
> 
>   The human papilloma virus causes skin warts, which is extremely widespread. 
> Swedish researchers found that when the breast-milk compound - since named HAMLET - 
> is applied to the skin, it kills virally infected cells in warts resistant to 
> conventional treatments. 
> 
>   "This may have relevance for the treatment of cervical cancer," because virally 
> infected and cancer cells are similar, said lead researcher Dr. Catharina Svanborg, 
> professor of clinical immunology at Lund University in Lund, Sweden. 
> 
>   The researchers hope to start small-scale testing of the compound so! on on women 
> with cervical cancer. 
> 
>   "Any long-term potential for any devastating diseases is very speculative at this 
> stage" but should be followed up, said Catherine Laughlin, chief of the virology 
> branch in the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the National 
> Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. 
> 
>   There are 130 known types of the human papilloma virus. Two sexually transmitted 
> types cause nearly all cases of cervical cancer. Other types cause skin and genital 
> warts, squamous cell skin cancer and lesions in the throat that are deadly in rare 
> cases. 
> 
>   Many people carry the virus in skin cells, but it does not always cause disease. 
> 
>   Doctors knew breast milk contained a natural antibiotic. But its potential against 
> viruses and tumors was discovered by accident. 
> 
>   Svanborg's team was testing ways to fight what is called bacterial superinfection 
> - bacteria infecting cells already infected by a virus. They applied a protein in 
> mo! ther's milk called alpha-lactalbumin to double-infected lung cancer cells. 
> 
>   To the researchers' surprise, the cancer cells as well as the bacteria inside them 
> were killed. That was because the milk protein had changed its configuration, bound 
> to another milk component called oleic acid, and created the more powerful HAMLET 
> compound. 
> 
>   The research team then tested the compound against warts on patients' hands and 
> painful ones on their feet, called plantar warts. The warts shrank by at least 75 
> percent over the first three weeks the compound was applied to the skin. And at 
> least three-quarters of the warts disappeared after a second treatment. 
> 
>   The researchers dubbed the compound HAMLET, an acronym for human alpha-lactalbumin 
> made lethal to tumor cells, partly because of their proximity to the scene of the 
> Shakespeare play, which took place in Denmark. 
> 
>   The research was reported in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine. 
> 
>   "Any agent that can be topically applied and absorbs well into cancerous or 
> precancerous cells has great potential," said Dr. Frank Murphy, chief of dermatology 
> at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, N.J. 
> 
>   Murphy noted that the compound probably would be much more expensive than standard 
> treatments for warts, about half of which go away on their own within two years. The 
> standard treatments for getting rid of warts include burning, freezing, laser 
> removal and various topical solutions. 
> 
>   Dr. Karl Beutner, associate clinical professor of dermatology at University of 
> California-San Francisco, said a drug that destroys skin warts also should work 
> against papilloma lesions in the throat, but not necessarily against cervical 
> cancer. 
> 
>   Svanborg said if HAMLET proves useful against serious diseases, the compound would 
> probably be synthesized in the lab instead of be