[ozmidwifery] was FW: Birthcentre/ homebirth - attn Carol Fallows

[Janet Fraser]

Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] ] FW: Birthcentre/ homebirth



I read a book of yours YEARS 
ago, Carol, and when it came time to have babies your thoughts were part of what 
guided me into AP and home birth. I still have it in the Joyous Birth library 
where I'm happy to share it with other mamas-to-be.
So thank you! *hands over big 
bouquet*
Janet
http://www.joyousbirth.info/

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Carol Fallows 
  To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au 
  
  Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 11:54 
AM
  Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] ] FW: 
  Birthcentre/ homebirth
  
  I'm not very good at blowing my own trumpet, but 
  it is the latest Australian book on pregnancy and birth...
  Having a Baby. The essential Australian to 
  pregnancy and birth. It is sold by Birth International.
   
  Carol Fallowsph. 02 9969 1228 (bh) fax 9969 9526,
  website: www.carolfallows.com.au
  
- Original Message - 
From: 
Päivi Laukkanen 

To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au 

Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 6:55 
AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] ] FW: 
Birthcentre/ homebirth

Hi Nat,
 
Another really empowering book is "Ina May's 
Guide to Childbirth" if you haven't read it yet and "Baby Catcher" by Peggy 
Vincent. 
 
Päivi

Re: [ozmidwifery] ] FW: Birthcentre/ homebirth

[Carol Fallows]

Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] ] FW: Birthcentre/ homebirth



I'm not very good at blowing my own trumpet, but it 
is the latest Australian book on pregnancy and birth...
Having a Baby. The essential Australian to 
pregnancy and birth. It is sold by Birth International.
 
Carol Fallowsph. 02 9969 1228 (bh) fax 9969 9526,
website: www.carolfallows.com.au

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Päivi Laukkanen 

  To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au 
  
  Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 6:55 AM
  Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] ] FW: 
  Birthcentre/ homebirth
  
  Hi Nat,
   
  Another really empowering book is "Ina May's 
  Guide to Childbirth" if you haven't read it yet and "Baby Catcher" by Peggy 
  Vincent. 
   
  Päivi

[ozmidwifery] Homebirth conference media

[jo]

FYI

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Sent: Sunday, 25 June 2006 11:55 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [2006hbaconf] Media article 22/6/06 Geelong Advertiser

Hi all,

Read below for the article that appeared in the Geelong Advertiser 
on 22/6/06. Hopefully lots more to come

Janine :-)



Focus On Regional Births

Advocates will use a Home Birth Australia conference in Geelong to 
push for improvement of maternity servies in regional Australia.

Up to 360 people will attend forums on July 1 and 2 and hear 
speakers including revered American midwife and author Ina May 
Gaskin.

Organisers hope the Bringing Birth Back Home conference will help 
generate momentum in a campaign against the loss of maternity 
services for women living in rural and remote Australia.

They want acknowledgement of the roles midwives can play in helping 
rural women give birth at home and formal recognition from state and 
federal governments.

Midwives are unable to list as medical providers under Medicare or 
use insurance schemes available to other health professionals.

"The main focus is on bringing birth back home to local 
communities," midwife and conference spokeswoman Tina Pettigrew of 
Geelong said.

"We've had 50 per cent closure of local maternity wards across the 
country in the past 10 years, based on economics rather than on the 
right decisions for women."

Frequency of roadside births had increased as women found themselves 
forced to travel further to medical centres, she said.

Organisers expected 100 people to attend the conference but have 
shifted venues to the Mercure Hotel after an avalanche of 
registrations from across Australia.



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Re: [ozmidwifery] List working properly???

[Janet Fraser]

I've tried sending the same emails 4 times now and they're not through. Why
is this so?
J
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From: "Lisa Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] List working properly???


> Thanks  Andrea,
> I never send to more than one list at a time. I notice that when I log on
> directly to Ozmid to see if my mail is sitting there it always is but I
just
> have seen mails there that never appear in by email box.  Sorry I assumed
it
> must be moderated.  Glad it's not.
>
> Lisa
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Andrea Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 
> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 2:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] List working properly???
>
>
> > Hi Lisa,
> >
> > This illustrates the point I made earlier. If a message is sent to
several
> > lists at the same time, your ISP may decide that it is a spam email. We
> > are definitely not blocking anyone's emails  -  again everyone is
welcome
> > to contribute here. The ozmid lists has been going now for many many
years
> > (long before anyone else in OZ) and I guess we have to expect that
> > sometimes things don't go smoothly.
> >
> >
> > We have become so reliant on emails and so sure that they will get
through
> > we can forget that this whole service operates on sometime dodgy phone
> > lines
> >
> > Again, I will ask Kim to investigate.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Andrea
> >
> >
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Re: [ozmidwifery] Baby bonus article

[Janet Fraser]

These articles are driving me nuts! 
Those babies aren't being put in danger by being allowed to gestate to something 
more like when they're ready to breathe!
*tears hair out with 
fury*
A woman in JB was a victim of the 
last raise in $$$ as her Ob suddenly decided she was 10 days more pregnant so he 
could slice and dice her and make more room in his calendar for the first week 
of July. Now *that's* a problem!
J

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Susan 
  Cudlipp 
  To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au 
  
  Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 11:21 
AM
  Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Baby bonus 
  article
  
  "It worries me a bit, I must say," he said. 
  "We're getting requests, can they put their caesareans off from this week 
  until the week after. We'd prefer not to."
   
  Heaven forbid some of them might deliver 
  naturally while waiting!!!
  :-)
  Sue
  
- Original Message - 
From: 
Helen and Graham 
To: ozmidwifery 
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 7:30 
AM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Baby bonus 
article





 www.theage.com.au 

Doctors want premature start to baby bonus 
rise
Sarah PriceJune 25, 
2006
CANBERRA should bring forward its baby bonus 
rise to reduce the risk of women delaying births, doctors say.


The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of 
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists said it had told the Government it was 
concerned mothers and babies were at risk if people delayed births to cash 
in on the bonus. The payout is due to rise from $3166 to $4000 next 
Saturday.
Melbourne's maternity hospitals said they had not received requests to 
delay births.
"I haven't had any problem with women asking for advice on delaying 
birth," Danielle Wilkins, from the Monash Medical Centre, said. "I think 
women don't think it is such a big change."
But college spokeswoman Julia Serafin said it had told the Government 
birth delays could "jeopardise the provision of optimal care and put at risk 
the wellbeing of the mother and baby".
Dr Andrew Child, director of women's and children's health services at 
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, has also raised concerns. Dr Child, 
a past president of the college, said it would cost the Government about $5 
million to bring the increase date forward to tomorrow, based on 5000 babies 
a week born in Australia.
"If I were (Health Minister) Tony Abbott, I would think very seriously 
about that," Dr Child said. He said $5 million was not much compared with 
the possible health risks.
The call comes after a study found more than 1000 births were "moved" in 
2004 so that the parents would not miss out on the baby bonus. The study, by 
economists Andrew Leigh, from the Australian National University, and Joshua 
Gans, from Melbourne University, found more children were born on July 1, 
2004, than on any other date in the past 30 years. They estimated about 1089 
births were "moved" to capture the bonus.
Dr Leigh said they were concerned a similar pattern could occur this 
year.
"One thousand births were moved two years ago and we don't know what the 
health implications of that is, but we don't think that could be a good 
thing," he said. "We're asking for persons to put the health of their child 
ahead of a few hundred dollars.
"A safe late-June delivery is much better than a lucrative early July 
delivery."
Dr Leigh said they wanted the Government to phase in the second rise that 
takes it up to $5000, due on July 1, 2008, over June that year. That could 
be done by increasing it by $50 a day over 20 days during the month.
Dr Child said there had been a "significant number of requests" from 
women due to have caesareans at the Royal Prince Alfred to move their 
delivery date. "It worries me a bit, I must say," he said. "We're getting 
requests, can they put their caesareans off from this week until the week 
after. We'd prefer not to."
Dr Child said up to three elective caesareans were performed daily at the 
hospital.
There was "a bit of a bank-up developing" from July 3, while there were 
still quite a few spaces available this week, which was unusual.
"The ones we're mainly worried about are the ones gone past the due date 
and they want to keep on waiting," he said.
MONEY FOR BABIESThe baby bonus lump sum payment, known as the 
Maternity Payment, was first introduced on July 1, 2004. It was worth $3000 
per child. From July 1, 2006, the bonus is due to increase to $4000. From 
July 1, 2008, it is due to increase to $5000.
1150845421311-theage.com.auhttp://www.theage.com.au/news/national/doctors-want-premature-start-to-baby-bonus-rise/2006/06/24/1150845421311.htmltheage.com.auThe 
Age2006-06-25Doctors 
want premature start to baby bonus ri

[ozmidwifery] Interesting article

[Mary Murphy]

Temporal
trends of preterm birth subtypes and neonatal outcomes - Obstetrics and
Gynecology , vol 107, no 5, May 2006, pp 1035-1041 Barros FC; del Pilar Velez
M - (2006) OBJECTIVE: To describe
temporal trends of preterm birth subtypes, neonatal morbidity, and hospital
neonatal mortality. METHODS: A database of 1.7 million births that occurred in
51 maternity hospitals in Latin America from
1985 to 2003 was studied. Subgroups of preterm births were classified according
to the presence or absence of maternal medical or obstetric complications,
spontaneous labor, preterm labor after premature rupture of membranes,
induction of labor, or elective cesarean. Outcomes studied, for different
periods, were prevalence of small for gestational age, neonatal morbidity, and
neonatal mortality. RESULTS: Spontaneous preterm labor without maternal
complications was the most frequent subtype of preterm birth (60%), followed by
premature rupture of membranes without maternal complications. Preterm births
due to elective induction and delivery by elective cesarean increased markedly
in the last 20 years, from 10% in 1985-1990 to 18.5% in recent years. Neonates
born after spontaneous labor without maternal complications had the lowest
mortality rate, but their large numbers made them responsible for one half of
the preterm mortality. The induction followed by elective cesarean subgroups
accounted for 13.4% of the preterm deaths between 1985 and 1990 and increased
to 21.2% between 1996 and 2003. CONCLUSION: Spontaneous labor in mothers
without maternal complications is the most frequent cause of preterm births and
is also the most important subgroup related to neonatal mortality. However,
preterm births due to induction of labor or elective cesarean are increasing in
Latin America and are becoming important
contributors to neonatal mortality. (22 references) (Author)

[ozmidwifery] another article

[Mary Murphy]

Is
there a useful cesarean birth measure? Assessment of the nulliparous term
singleton vertex cesarean birth rate as a tool for obstetric quality
improvement - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology , vol 194,
no 6, June 2006, pp 1644-1652 Main EK; Moore D; Farrell B; et
al - (2006) OBJECTIVE: This study
was undertaken to assess the utility of the nulliparous term singleton vertex
cesarean birth (NTSV CB) measure as a quality improvement tool for use at the
hospital level. STUDY DESIGN: We prospectively collected data on all NTSV
births in Sutter Health's 20 birthing units over a 3-year period, 2001 through
2003, totaling 41,416 births. Hospital rates of NTSV CB, obstetric practices,
and infant outcomes were calculated and compared by using weighted logistic
analyses. In addition, we examined the effect of maternal age on the NTSV CB
measure by using direct standardization with US norms for nulliparous women.
RESULTS: There was large variation noted in the NTSV CB rate among the 20
hospitals, with unadjusted rates ranging from 10.5% to 30.2%. Strong
correlations were found between CB rates and labor induction rates (r = 0.57, P
< .0001) and with early labor admission rates (r = 0.62, P < .0001). The
strongest correlation was found between NTSV CB rates and a combined measure of
induction and early labor admission (r = 0.73, P < .0001). Rates of term
5-minute Apgar score below 7 were not correlated with the NTSV CB rate.
Hospital nulliparous maternal age distribution varied markedly and direct
standardization led to significant changes in the NTSV CB rate. CONCLUSION:
NTSV CB rate is strongly influenced by elective obstetric practices. The
addition of an easily performed maternal age adjustment makes it the most
promising CB quality measure for use at the hospital level. (28 references)
(Author)

[ozmidwifery] Post Natal Doula Gold Coast

[Kelly @ BellyBelly]

One of the women on my forum is looking for a gentle post-natal
Doula:

 

“i was wondering if anyone can recommend a post natal Doula on
the gold coast need some help settling my 10 week old colicky bub?”

Best
Regards,

Kelly Zantey
Creator, BellyBelly.com.au 
Gentle Solutions From Conception to Parenthood
BellyBelly Birth Support
- http://www.bellybelly.com.au/birth-support

 

RE: [ozmidwifery] Update Belmont Birthing Service

[B & G]

Title: Message



Congratulations Carolyn and midwives. So pleasing to hear of success and 
the strength of the politicians to remain loyal and faithful to what women are 
wanting.
We 
have had small hiccoughs in the North Lakes model of care (Redcliffe-Caboolture) 
but we are resuming 17/7. Unfortunately not caseloading as we and 
women want but we are a trial of another sort from our world 
renown DON/midwife (joke)!! Ever tried rosters around providing midwifery with a 
known midwife. Yeah I know it doesn't work but who are we mere 
midwives!!!
Life 
is mapped out so there must be a reason for all this.
Barb

  
  -Original Message-From: 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
  HeartlogicSent: Sunday, 25 June 2006 3:01 PMTo: 
  ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.auSubject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Update 
  Belmont Birthing Service
  Hello Jo and Helen (and others who emailed 
  privately)
   
  It is awesome news and fantastic!  It has 
  been a big year, lots of support, lots of opposition and wonderful women who 
  want a choice and choose this sort of maternity care. 
   
  The 'powers that be' have been wonderful. Held 
  strong amidst much opposition.  I have nothing but admiration for both 
  our health service executives and the politicians. The Premier Mr Iemma and 
  NSW health minister Mr Hatzistergos are to be congratulated for their 
  ability to remained focussed on what is best for birthing women - that is, 
  their right to choose and in providing options such as Ryde, Belmont and St 
  George - despite the relentless negativity of a few unenlightened but 
  nonetheless, formidable people. 
   
  The midwives have provided comprehensive 1-2-1 
  care for 187 women since we started a year ago.  We also have over a 100 
  women who are currently booked with our service. 
   
  Many of the women who book with us were/are 
  considered 'unsuitable'  (ACMI Guidelines for referral and consultation) 
  for birthing at Belmont, which is completely 'stand alone' in that there are 
  no doctors on site and no core staff.  If, according to the ACMI 
  guidelines, the women are considered safer at the tertiary referral hospital 
  for birth, the midwives provide all antenatal care with appropriate referral 
  and consultation with the obstetricians at John Hunter and then accompany the 
  women in labour to birth at JHH. The midwives then followed up those women at 
  home for three weeks, just the same as if the birth had occured at 
  Belmont.  
   
  
  Education and information sharing is 
  ongoing. Births through water are popular as the women love our big 
  baths!  All babies and mothers for both groups of women 
  are well and healthy. Breastfeeding initiation and 
  continuation rates are high. Skin to Skin for mothers and babies at birth 
  and beyond is explained, promoted and encouraged. We have a weekly 
  discussion group, weekly lullaby group, weekly parenting education sessions 
  and breastfeeding information and education sessions every two months. The 
  midwives don't see the third day blues (which is also really interesting), 
  women are happy and babies are calm. Women are very satisfied with their 
  experience and their care. 
   
  We will release a full year of stats and 
  information as soon as the year is up.
   
  If anyone wants our statistics when they are 
  produced officially and to the decimal point, email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  and I will include you in the mail out. 
   
  In the interim, you may like to know that 
  the stats are wonderful for both 'low risk' and 
  'high risk' women.  Low low caesarian and instrumental delivery rate 
  (<10%), low low PPH rate (< 5%); three premature babies; One person with 
  antenatal preeclampsia (which I think is really interesting). 
   
  Testimony to women, birth and great midwives - 
  the power of love. The team is fantastic. The families are wonderful 
  too, very supportive. 
   
  The fact that BBS exists is very much due to the 
  power of Maternity Coaltion and the absolutely indefatigable efforts and 
  energy of Carol Chapman and Justine Caines without whom none of this would 
  have happened. 
   
  warmly, Carolyn
   
   
   
   

[ozmidwifery] iron status in infants

[Mary Murphy]

Effect
of timing of umbilical cord clamping on iron status in Mexican infants: a
randomised controlled trial - Lancet , vol 367, no 9527, 17 June 2006, pp
1997-2004 Chaparro CM; Neufeld LM; Alavez GT; et al - (2006) BACKGROUND: Delayed clamping of the umbilical cord increases the
infant's iron endowment at birth and haemoglobin concentration at 2 months of
age. We aimed to assess whether a 2-minute delay in the clamping of the
umbilical cord of normal-weight, full-term infants improved iron and
haematological status up to 6 months of age. METHODS: 476 mother-infant pairs
were recruited at a large obstetrics hospital in Mexico City, Mexico, randomly
assigned to delayed clamping (2 min after delivery of the infant's shoulders)
or early clamping (around 10 s after delivery), and followed up until 6 months
postpartum. Primary outcomes were infant haematological status and iron status
at 6 months of age, and analysis was by intention-to-treat. This study is
registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00298051. FINDINGS: 358 (75%)
mother-infant pairs completed the trial. At 6 months of age, infants who had delayed
clamping had significantly higher mean corpuscular volume (81.0 fL vs 79.5 fL
95% CI -2.5 to -0.6, p=0.001), ferritin (50.7 mug/L vs 34.4 mug/L 95% CI -30.7
to -1.9, p=0.0002), and total body iron. The effect of delayed clamping was
significantly greater for infants born to mothers with low ferritin at
delivery, breastfed infants not receiving iron-fortified milk or formula, and
infants born with birthweight between 2500 g and 3000 g. A cord clamping delay
of 2 minutes increased 6-month iron stores by about 27-47 mg. INTERPRETATION:
Delay in cord clamping of 2 minutes could help prevent iron deficiency from
developing before 6 months of age, when iron-fortified complementary foods
could be introduced. (32 references) (Author)

Re: [ozmidwifery] community mid program WA

[Sally-Anne Brown]

Congratulations to one and all ... beautiful timing :)

Sally-Anne (Brown)

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To: 
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] community mid program WA


Actually, NSW Health is really moving now. They have not only supported 
homebirth through the programme at St George, they have indicated that 
they support homebirth as an option generally. They are in fact, busy 
producing a guideline for health services who wish to provide homebirth 
services.


Our service manager, Anne Saxton (an absolutely amazing person and a 
visionary) has put in a submission to area executive for Belmont Birthing 
Service to offer homebirth as part of our service.


warmly, Carolyn


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Re: [ozmidwifery] List working properly???

[Lisa Barrett]

Thanks  Andrea,
I never send to more than one list at a time. I notice that when I log on 
directly to Ozmid to see if my mail is sitting there it always is but I just 
have seen mails there that never appear in by email box.  Sorry I assumed it 
must be moderated.  Glad it's not.


Lisa
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From: "Andrea Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 2:39 AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] List working properly???



Hi Lisa,

This illustrates the point I made earlier. If a message is sent to several 
lists at the same time, your ISP may decide that it is a spam email. We 
are definitely not blocking anyone's emails  -  again everyone is welcome 
to contribute here. The ozmid lists has been going now for many many years 
(long before anyone else in OZ) and I guess we have to expect that 
sometimes things don't go smoothly.



We have become so reliant on emails and so sure that they will get through 
we can forget that this whole service operates on sometime dodgy phone 
lines


Again, I will ask Kim to investigate.

Regards,

Andrea





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RE: [ozmidwifery] community mid program WA

[jo]

WOOO HOOO!!

jo

-Original Message-
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heartlogic
Sent: Sunday, 25 June 2006 6:44 PM
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] community mid program WA

Actually, NSW Health is really moving now. They have not only supported 
homebirth through the programme at St George, they have indicated that they 
support homebirth as an option generally. They are in fact, busy producing a

guideline for health services who wish to provide homebirth services.

Our service manager, Anne Saxton (an absolutely amazing person and a 
visionary) has put in a submission to area executive for Belmont Birthing 
Service to offer homebirth as part of our service.

warmly, Carolyn


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Re: [ozmidwifery] community mid program WA

[Heartlogic]

Actually, NSW Health is really moving now. They have not only supported 
homebirth through the programme at St George, they have indicated that they 
support homebirth as an option generally. They are in fact, busy producing a 
guideline for health services who wish to provide homebirth services.


Our service manager, Anne Saxton (an absolutely amazing person and a 
visionary) has put in a submission to area executive for Belmont Birthing 
Service to offer homebirth as part of our service.


warmly, Carolyn


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Re: [ozmidwifery] community mid program WA

[Heartlogic]

Government, money, ignorance, arrogance, power 
dynamics, the culture of fear.  You name it Kristin. That's why it hasn't 
happened. And it is not for want of trying.  It is a huge challenge getting 
similar models in the same health service, let alone different 
states!
 
But
 
The tide is turning. Midwifery led, women 
centered birthing programmes are rising out of the ashes from the fires lit 
by women's distress and anger from being subject to conveyor belt 
maternity processing.  The social ills that plague our society are being 
laid fairly and squarely at the feet of the efficiency driven, mechanised, cold, 
industrialised approach to childbirth. 
 
And, 350 delegates to the homebirth conference is 
one of many signs of a culture shift.  
 
Neuroscience is one of our greatest building blocks 
for why the way that women feel and experience their childbearing is 
vitally important for the future health and wellbeing of the child. 

 
Funnily enough, the Human Genome project also 
provides an opportunity. Findings from this project enable us to strengthen 
the message about valuing women's feelings, thoughts, ideals and wishes. 
The Genome project has put genetic determinism to bed for once and for 
all.  It is now known that significant life events can turn on genes that 
switch on protein synthesis which in turn switches on new neurons and new 
connections between them changing our brain. 
 
This means that our minute by minute, hour by 
hour, day by day experiences, thoughts, emotions and behaviour modulate gene 
_expression_ and neurogenesis in ways that change the physical structure and 
development of the brain for all of us. For pregnant women, this new 
understanding is even more compelling because of the huge impact on 
the fetus. 
 
It is a societal and therefore government 
responsibility to assume the duty of care to provide the optimal, most 
loving, nuturing environment for every childbearing woman.  One 
in which one of her most significant life event(s), that of having a baby gets 
the respect, honouring and support she needs. 
 
warmly, Carolyn (Hastie)
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  From: 
  Kristin 
  Beckedahl 
  To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au 
  
  Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 1:21 PM
  Subject: [ozmidwifery] community mid 
  program WA
  
  
  Can someone tell me why other states 
  in Australia do not embrace the initiative of a Community Mid Programme, 
  like the one in WA.  I'm sure there is a reason or two for it not being a 
  national program; and I presume its cuaght up with government? money? 
  insurance? demand?
  Love to hear your thoughts...
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RE: [ozmidwifery] community mid program WA

[Jo Bourne]

There is the northern community midwives program in SA, who provide continuity 
of care and homebirth and the new continuity of care and homebirth program run 
out of Kogarah in NSW. If only there were more in each state

At 3:07 PM +0800 25/6/06, Mary Murphy wrote:
>Up until march this year, the CMP has struggled along uncertain of its future, 
>contracts being signed late and for only a year.  The midwives have been on 3 
>monthly contracts for 3-4 years. Why is this so?  The politics of birth, 
>insurance, money, all sorts of reasons.  Our managers have just signed a 3 yr 
>contract with the Health Dept.  The numbers are starting to move now there is 
>some certainty and there is thought of increasing midwife numbers. Midwives 
>also have permanent contracts.  This program was the result of parents  and 
>midwives lobbying for about 10 years.  No answers as to why it hasn¹t happened 
>elsewhere.  MM
> 
>
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kristin 
>Beckedahl
>Sent: Sunday, 25 June 2006 11:22 AM
>To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
>Subject: [ozmidwifery] community mid program WA
> 
>Can someone tell me why other states in Australia do not embrace the 
>initiative of a Community Mid Programme, like the one in WA.  I'm sure there 
>is a reason or two for it not being a national program; and I presume its 
>cuaght up with government? money? insurance? demand?
>Love to hear your thoughts...
>Kristin
> 
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RE: [ozmidwifery] community mid program WA

[Mary Murphy]

Up until march this year, the CMP has
struggled along uncertain of its future, contracts being signed late and for
only a year.  The midwives have been on 3 monthly contracts for 3-4 years. Why
is this so?  The politics of birth, insurance, money, all sorts of reasons.  Our
managers have just signed a 3 yr contract with the Health Dept.  The numbers
are starting to move now there is some certainty and there is thought of
increasing midwife numbers. Midwives also have permanent contracts.  This
program was the result of parents  and midwives lobbying for about 10 years. 
No answers as to why it hasn’t happened elsewhere.  MM

 









From: owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au [mailto:owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au] On Behalf Of Kristin Beckedahl
Sent: Sunday, 25 June 2006 11:22
AM
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Subject: [ozmidwifery] community
mid program WA



 



Can
someone tell me why other states in Australia do not embrace the
initiative of a Community Mid Programme, like the one in WA.  I'm
sure there is a reason or two for it not being a national program; and I
presume its cuaght up with government? money? insurance? demand?

Love
to hear your thoughts...

Kristin

 








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