Sorry, this has bounced a couple of times!
Hello,
Apologies for cross-posting but I wanted to reach as many people as possible
for some ideas.
I've been contacted by a mother of 3 week old twins with some feeding
difficulties looking for h*lp in the SE suburbs of Melbourne. The local
council ar
Hi Liz Kirkham
Mavis gave the Oration at the ACMI Fellows
Investiture last year, and I enjoyed her presentation thoroughly. I would love a
copy of her full paper, so must peruse BMJ. No, I was thinking about the way in
which the leaflets were put together, not only in actual terminolgy used
HEAR HEAR DEBBY!!! I hope they publish THIS
one.
- Original Message -
From:
Debby
M
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 11:27
AM
Subject: The Sunday Times/Mail
Article
Ok I got riled when I read that article from the Sunday Mail and w
Hi there Tania, I am a BMid student @ Flinders Uni in Adelaide SA. There is
another Uni here in SA (UNISA) & 2 Uni's in Victoria offering Bmid this year
for the first time. The entry criteria for UNISA was scores based, or what
they call TER ranking, which goes on yr school leaving score or yr
Mary, there are a few email addresses listed for
the National Office on the back of Feb's "Australian Midwifery
News".
You can contact:
Vanessa Owen: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alana Street: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
General enquires: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Membership: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hope one of them helps!
An
this was sent to the Capers Birth News chat list
MIDIRS Informed Choice Leaflets are now available on
web at
http://www.midirs.org/nelh/nelh.nsf/welcome?openform
www.BirthChoiceUK.com has also linked to them, to make
them more accessible to pregnant women. Visit the
website and click on "what
Thanks Andrea but the one I want is for the National office. MM
For Vic branch: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is that the one you were after?
Andrea
Bilcliff
Hi Mary,
For Vic branch: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is that the one you were after?
Andrea Bilcliff
Could someone please post the email address for ACMI ? It has
disappeared out of my address book. thanks, MM
The due date is the difficult one Jan. I had a similar case
where the due dates were the 14 Feb, the U/S 5th March. Baby born on the
22nd march. no obvious evidence of "overdue" 3400gms.(She went 16
days Over her dates with her first as well) always a
dilemma. MM
Ok I got riled when I read that article from the Sunday Mail and wrote a response to the editor. With any luck they may take some notice and publish an article that shows the opposite side of the argument.
Ref: Too Posh to Push
What a crying shame so many women have been mislead in thinking a
Good on you, Macha. That takes
guts. Kind regards, Lois
- Original Message -
From:
Macha McDonald
To: ozmidwifery
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 8:39 PM
Subject: RE: Formula factory
Well, today I approached the head of science department, armed with a
photocopy of
How about a discussion about what advice Midwives offer post dates
women.
This has recently been an issue for me one woman said fine I'll know if my
baby is ok, but another said I want tests to show me my baby is well .
Obviously there is no 1 answer but research suggests that post ter
Is anyone aware of a midwife who would be willing
to fly to Singapore over Christmas/New Year to support a mother who is planning
a homebirth. Realise that Christmas is probably not the best time to be planning
this! (babies are not the most considerate in their timing!) and the current
insu
Lynne
Interesting that you cite the (I presume) MIDIRS
Informed Choice leaflets. I Mavis Kirkham's attended presentation at the
ICM Congress in Vienna regarding the analysis of the effectiveness of the
leaflets. Very big study. From memory the results have been published in the BMJ
. Unfortu
Great news & well deserved for hard work & commitment. I hope that your aims
are achieved as it could mean a precedent for others of us working to cahnge
our own maternity services. Please keep us informed & good luck.
Liz McCall
- Original Message -
From: "Vernon at Stringybark" <[EMAIL P
Title: Re: PhD research on the medicalization of pregnancy and childbirth
Certainly my experience & research on the far
north coast of NSW is that many women want both - midwives & MOs. Mostly, I
believe, because of incorrect, ill informed hype that an MO is needed for
birthing. We need to be
Hi
there Ladies,
I've
been laying low on this list but soaking up all of the wonderful information
that you share. I currently work in Singapore as a Doula and am studying to be a
Childbirth Educator.
I was
wanting to hear from anyone out there who can give me some information on the
B
Dear Debbie - I was saddened to read your posting
but also so pleased you turned your experience into a positive learning one for
yourself and others, as you shared with this list. Some years ago I had to do an
assignment for uni where we had to choose a group of disadvantaged women
and prep
Wow, Jo I think this is wonderful. I think this is the kind of exposure that women need. I hope you all didn't think in my comment about informative videos on c/s that I think women should be scared out of having them. I really don't think the surgery should be minimised, however I think it is a tr
Dear Lois: A truly lovely site. What an inspiration. Marilyn
Yep Denise,
I am in Melbourne.
Pinky
Well done Macha,
Pinky
Well, today I approached the head of science department, armed with a
photocopy of page 270 from G Palmers book, The politics of b/f. It talks
about the specific company in question (I didnt think about the code). I
decided to keep it simple because I didnt want to be fobbed off as a
loony
If travelling for the CTG is the problem, why not put
her on a kick chart so she can monitor the baby herself??.. It is a really
effective way to monitor the baby's wellbeing by the "expert"..the mum.
She WILL know when things aren't right. Re "DUE" dates, well we have just
had a discussi
No Marina - I have never even been to Austria -who
is she?
I was born in New Zealand though.
Pinky
Penny,
Recent research (which I can't lay my hands on at the moment but
could when I go back to work if you like) suggests that intrauterine death
from placental insufficiency/ degradation (post dates) is unlikely withinn
48 hrs of a reactive, variable ctg.
the Community Midwifery Program in W.A was under threat for the same reason.
It was temporarily (still) solved by the State Health Dept employing the
midwives. Not a satisfactory arrangement for anyone, especially the
midwives who are used to a case loading payment. Cash flow & underpayment
has
I also work on the Operating Theatre at a private hospital. Our charge
nurse(male) OB's and anaesthetists are opviously quite progressive as we
don't restrict any support people. The most we have had was 4: father, 2
teenage sisters and a young brother. The 2 girls spent most of the time at
the no
Dear Barb & Justine,
Many congrats on the breakthrough! Hopefully your
meeting & implementation will go well.
Keep up to good work!
Jen
BMid student, Melbourne
--- Vernon at Stringybark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote: > Dear all,
>
> For those of you who have not already heard the news
> - a bre
I wanted to thank everyone for their comments. I am new at this listserv
option- so I ended up sending my remarks to individuals rather than to the
list. Your comments were great- even those who did not agree with my
research. I value your comments and your experiences. Maybe my comment to
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