RE Lina

2002-06-18 Thread Danielle morley
I have forwarded your message to Lina so that she may contact you.   Danielle  

RE: RWH Bris Birth Centre Update

2002-06-18 Thread joy
Thanks Marilyn for this description of what they’re doing in US.  Interesting.   People around Melbourne seem happy to hire out birth tubs of various shapes and sizes, and wash the liners between uses.   I don’t know if we ought to be taking more precautions to prevent cross infection. 

7 news

2002-06-18 Thread Janine and Steve Clark
Rhonda and all,   I, too, saw the ad for tonight's Ch. 7 News it caught my eye immediately - soft music, close-up vision of a newborn, romantic setting, all very peaceful. Thought maybe it was a new breastfeeding ad or something Until the headline popped up "Safe epidurals for pain r

RE: Looking for Lena.

2002-06-18 Thread Jane Palmer
Dear Christina   You could chase Lina up through her website http://www.wonderfulbirth.com/   Cheers   Jane Palmer Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond Caring, Professional Midwifery Services Sydney Visit http://www.pregnancy.com.au -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto

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2002-06-18 Thread elizabeth mcalpine
Dear Denise at S.J.F.Electrical,   I just love your poster,  have photocopied it and am passing it around. I'm amazed to find that many midwives do not know about the maternity coalition.   Liz

cord clamping

2002-06-18 Thread elizabeth mcalpine
Interesting articles on this website,   www.gentlebirth.org.au    particularly the following,   www.gentlebirth.org/archives/hastyclamping.html     Liz

Re: Looking for Lena.

2002-06-18 Thread Jen Semple
I don't have contact details for her, but I know her website is www.wonderfulbirth. something... I'm not sure if it .com, .org, .com.au, .org.au, etc, but I'm pretty sure about the wonderful birth part! & I'm sure there are some contact details there. Good luck! Jen --- Christina & Damien <[E

Looking for Lena.

2002-06-18 Thread Christina & Damien
Does anyone have phone or email details for Lena Clerke in Melbourne. I would like to contact her. Would you please send this email on to her or email me privately with her details. Thanks in anticipation. Christina.

Re: Cosleeping

2002-06-18 Thread Christina & Damien
I am all for co-sleeping and have done it at times with my 2 babes. I believe that women in hospital who have had narcotics post caesarean should be supervised while the baby is in the bed/feeding. The recommendations about smoking, recreational drugs etc, is relevant in this case, as narcot

7 news

2002-06-18 Thread Rhonda
The news on 7 tonight -   the add went something like this... "Our greatest gift"   "Safer epidurals"  "Reducing the pain of childbirth" I Only saw it once but was shocked by the way they portrayed it - as if we should be waning epidurals - this i

Re: cord clamping

2002-06-18 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
Title: Message I think these articles are interesting, but although I am an advocate for physiological third stage and delayed if any clamping at all, for a normal birth, I don't think I agree with or understand the neonatal physiology arguments in some of these articles.   Firstly re neonata

Re: RWH Bris Birth Centre Update

2002-06-18 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
Excellent idea Mary. Marilyn - Original Message - From: Mary Murphy To: Marilyn Kleidon ; Phillip Fogarty ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 6:08 AM Subject: Re: RWH Bris Birth Centre Update Re the bath tub: I've often thought that a way of s

Re: RWH Bris Birth Centre Update

2002-06-18 Thread S.J.F.ELECTRICAL.
How come other birth centres are not so ?   Are there a lot of other restrictions at Brisbane?? Denise - Original Message - From: Phillip Fogarty To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 4:14 PM Subject: Re: RWH Bris Birth Centre Update Megan,

Fear of death in childbirth

2002-06-18 Thread Vicki Chan
Title: Message   At some point along the way,  I always talk about death..."in the best of care, with the best of intention...death of a baby and even death of a mother is a possibility...birth, as with every other aspect of living, is not without risk." As I see it, what is important is tha

FW: cord clamping

2002-06-18 Thread Vicki Chan
Title: Message   check out these articles on cord clamping   http://www.google.com/custom?cof=AH%3Acenter%3BAWFID%3A5cdb2968a482194d%3B&domains=www.mercola.com&sitesearch=www.mercola.com&q=cord+clamping   -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] O

Re: RWH Bris Birth Centre Update

2002-06-18 Thread Mary Murphy
Re the bath tub: I've often thought that a way of solving the cross-infection problem in a "public" bath was to use the method we do in homebirth tubs.  I am sure that even the brand-new plastic that we use has it's drawbacks but we have NEVER had a problem in all the years I have been doing

Re: reference needed for an essay

2002-06-18 Thread Lois Wattis
Tina, your wealth of information never ceases to amaze me.  Thanks for sharing this info and reference which will be useful to me for a paper I'm preparing.  Hope you are enjoying you B.Mid studies.  Kind regards, Lois   - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [E

Re: RWH Bris Birth Centre Update

2002-06-18 Thread TinaPettigrew
In a message dated 18/06/02 2:08:03 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Whilst I appreciate Robin is right also I personally would prefer that you ladies do not speak to Pat on this.  It was a private consulation about my care that I have chosen to share with you - more to mak

Re: Water births in Rwh

2002-06-18 Thread James & Stephanie Fairbairn
  on 18/6/02 wrote:   hospitals current policy stands because they say that yes, they do clean the baths, but no amount of cleaning can get rid of every single germ that is put in there.  We were also told during ante-natal (16 months ago) that the hospital policy on water births was a NO be

Re: reference needed for an essay

2002-06-18 Thread TinaPettigrew
In a message dated 18/06/02 1:39:30 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone know what the % i s of woman  that meet the midwife that will care for them during labour  (preferably in Victoria but in Australia will do) I need it for an essay. Hi Andrea. a good

Re: RWH Bris Birth Centre Update

2002-06-18 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
Dear list: Just to put my 2 cents in here at the risk of offending some.    There are some foul bacteria of the anaerobic kind that have been isolated from hospital surfaces and nurses hands and finger nails in of all places NICU's and ICU's in the USA as well as therapeutic spas and saunas.

Re: VBAC Support

2002-06-18 Thread Steve & Bronni McGrath
Carolyn sent a message to this list looking for vbac support in NZ. I would be very interested in any replies as my sis is birthing there in Oct, vbac, with me as main support. She is finding it very difficult to find anyone to support her wholeheartedly in her dream to birth her baby in the sec