Fw: [ozmidwifery] wonderful birth
Ooops! The date is actually Wednesday the 24th May. Sorry Sonja - Original Message - From: Sonja Barry To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:54 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] wonderful birth Lina Clerke will be bringing her Wonderful Birth Workshop to Sydney. If you would love to attend Lina's inspiring presentation, see below Need a BIG faith boost? Renew you passion regain enthusiasm for instinctive birthing. The Macarthur Midwives Association presents: Wonderful Birth A fun, interactive hands on day discovering the Magic of Instinctive Birthing. With Lina Clerke Come be inspired about: facilitating instinctive birth prenatal intrapartum education assisting women to have normal births active birth principles how best to use positions which help labour birth encouraging hormonal release to occur avoiding medical intervention how to support women their partners using relaxation skills that are guaranteed to work inspirational videos and photos. 25th May 2006, 0930 1600 hrs at Conference Room, Campbelltown Hospital Cost $100 Includes lunch, morning afternoon tea. For more information or a registration form please contact Sonja MacGregor on 0434327077 or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[ozmidwifery] working in a private hospital ?
Dearwise women, I'm wanting to get an idea on what the disadvantages and benefits are to working in a private hospital . I must admit, as a direct entry midwife, I probably have a less than positive view of the private system having been told by lecturers that doing clinical placement there would be a waste of time. ( You become very "birth centric"' when you have to catch 40 babies to register). Ithink I'm asking for a balanced view here if one exists. Julie, longtime daily lurker :)
Re: [ozmidwifery] working in a private hospital ?
Sorry Julie, having worked in a variety of private hospitals while doing agency work when I first moved to Perth I cannot give abalanced view. I work in a fairly midwifery orientated public hospital. Melissa - Original Message - From: Julie Garratt To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 3:31 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] working in a private hospital ? Dearwise women, I'm wanting to get an idea on what the disadvantages and benefits are to working in a private hospital . I must admit, as a direct entry midwife, I probably have a less than positive view of the private system having been told by lecturers that doing clinical placement there would be a waste of time. ( You become very "birth centric"' when you have to catch 40 babies to register). Ithink I'm asking for a balanced view here if one exists. Julie, longtime daily lurker :)
Re: [ozmidwifery] Sleepworks
you may find some of the testimonials on www.safetsleep interesting..under 'sleep' kind regrds miriam - Original Message - From: Jo Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 12:21 AM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Sleepworks This is a program offered in Perth - does anyone know anything about it? I know Ngala is pro-controlled crying/comforting... I guess I'm just hoping this might be a bit different. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks, Jo -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit http://www.acegraphics.com.au to subscribe or unsubscribe.
[ozmidwifery] How not to be killed in hospital - The Pulse - Health Matters
Interesting stuff !!http://www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/s1635777.htm BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:;[EMAIL PROTECTED] FN:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG:themidwife TEL;HOME;VOICE:0359862535 TEL;CELL;VOICE:0409194623 TEL;HOME;FAX:0359862535 EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:20060511T094543Z END:VCARD
Re: [ozmidwifery] working in a private hospital ?
julie i have also worked in a private hospital before it was closed down as a de midwife. i guess the disadvantage would be the fact that the drs do most of the births and as a midwife you dont have a lot of autonomy. i presently work in a large tertiary institution in which midwives do the normal birth and the drs do the births that are deemed difficult or need of extra help. it is your choice where u wish to practice and how you wish to practice there is good and bad for both the public and private system. - Original Message - From: Julie Garratt To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 5:01 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] working in a private hospital ? Dearwise women, I'm wanting to get an idea on what the disadvantages and benefits are to working in a private hospital . I must admit, as a direct entry midwife, I probably have a less than positive view of the private system having been told by lecturers that doing clinical placement there would be a waste of time. ( You become very "birth centric"' when you have to catch 40 babies to register). Ithink I'm asking for a balanced view here if one exists. Julie, longtime daily lurker :)
Re: [ozmidwifery] working in a private hospital ?
Melissa, There are some great private hospitals about. Just as there are some good not so good public ones. If you are defining 'good' as providing wholistic continuous care for women throughout pregnancy ,birth postnatallythenthat's difficult within Private hosps because the women often attend OBs for all their care, but they do exist. You could contact Lina Clerke re the great one she worked at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: Melissa Singer To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 6:17 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] working in a private hospital ? Sorry Julie, having worked in a variety of private hospitals while doing agency work when I first moved to Perth I cannot give abalanced view. I work in a fairly midwifery orientated public hospital. Melissa - Original Message - From: Julie Garratt To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 3:31 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] working in a private hospital ? Dearwise women, I'm wanting to get an idea on what the disadvantages and benefits are to working in a private hospital . I must admit, as a direct entry midwife, I probably have a less than positive view of the private system having been told by lecturers that doing clinical placement there would be a waste of time. ( You become very "birth centric"' when you have to catch 40 babies to register). Ithink I'm asking for a balanced view here if one exists. Julie, longtime daily lurker :)
RE: [ozmidwifery] working in a private hospital ?
Hi Julie, I will stay out of the discussion of the intervention rates, because I am sure there will be plenty of comments. However, take care regarding rates of pay and working conditions. Usually you are paid less and private employers are not bound by other conditions of the public sector EBA such as ratios ie number of patients you would be expected to care for. Regards,Nicole. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Julie GarrattSent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 5:31 PMTo: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.auSubject: [ozmidwifery] working in a private hospital ? Dearwise women, I'm wanting to get an idea on what the disadvantages and benefits are to working in a private hospital . I must admit, as a direct entry midwife, I probably have a less than positive view of the private system having been told by lecturers that doing clinical placement there would be a waste of time. ( You become very "birth centric"' when you have to catch 40 babies to register). Ithink I'm asking for a balanced view here if one exists. Julie, longtime daily lurker :)
Re: [ozmidwifery] working in a private hospital ?
Hi Julie,I worked in a private hospital in Hobart for a short time when working and travelling. The disadvantages were working within a medical model of care with high intervention rates and the birth being directed by the obstetrician. I only stayed a short time as I felt I would lose my midwifery skills if I stayed longer. The obstetricians even did their own VE's most of the time.The midwives at this hospital were lucky as they got to do the 'catch' with normal births, with the obstetrician present. I do have some good memories of 3 primips I looked after that birthed how they wanted to.. one squatted to birth her 9 pound baby (intact) and then had a physiological thirdstage, onestood to birth her OP baby and another laboured in the bath and birthed her baby (out of the bath) with no analgesia. To me these were a win in a system where most women labour on the bed with an epidural. But it is quite disempowering for the midwife that after the birth, the obstetrician takes over delivering the placenta, as if the midwife isn't capable. I would have to agree with others in that it isn't practising midwifery in the truest sense of the word. You don't get to do any antenatal care or get to meet the women before they are in labour. Having said that I know that there are many midwives working in this system ( for their own reasons) who are doing their best to work with the women and give them the best birth possible. Anyway this is just my experience. Possibly other places are different.. one I can think of is Selangor in Nambour. Cheers MichelleJulie Garratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dearwise women, I'm wanting to get an idea on what the disadvantages and benefits are to working in a private hospital . I must admit, as a direct entry midwife, I probably have a less than positive view of the private system having been told by lecturers that doing clinical placement there would be a waste of time. ( You become very "birth centric"' when you have to catch 40 babies to register). Ithink I'm asking for a balanced view here if one exists. Julie, longtime daily lurker :) Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Personals: It's free to check out our great singles!
