Re: [ozmidwifery] missing emails

2002-11-22 Thread Jennifer Semple
Aaaah, it is good to have SOMEONE around who has a clue about computers & can communicate to the rest of the world about it!!! Thanks very much Brian! Cheers, Jen - Original Message - From: Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, November 21, 2002 11:59 pm Subject: Re: [ozmidwif

[ozmidwifery] Mind Power

2002-11-22 Thread Jim O'Neill
Greetings     Just thought I would share an example of what a woman can do.  I received a women many years ago by ambulance from a smaller centre who was a primip at 34 weeks in Prem labour.  Prior to transfer a VE showed the woman was a couple of cm and obviously contracting.  She ( a RN )

RE: [ozmidwifery] when Sally met Harry

2002-11-22 Thread Sally Westbury
No flak here Aviva!!   I love to watch a baby birthed, totally amazed by miracle unfolding. For myself, that is my own self interest, I prefer to watch the baby emerge as it is so so amazing and beautiful.   I love to watch women in their power birthing their baby as they desire, or in

[ozmidwifery] "bits" staring

2002-11-22 Thread Jackie Kitschke
Talk about "staring at bits" reminded me of a birth I was at a few months ago. I was working with a midwifery student and a woman who was giving birth to her first child. She was in the bath and the midwifery student had been asking me what you do with birth in a bath. I had said that it can

[ozmidwifery] NMAPAustralia

2002-11-22 Thread Denise Hynd
> Hello Everyone, > > The Greens website has featured our rally that was held last week in > conjunction with their Health Policy launch. The coverage is fantastic but > you'll have to have a look quickly as they change their "FOCUS" section > every two days. The web address is as follows: www.v

[ozmidwifery] Fw: RE: 'overdue' and hyperactive

2002-11-22 Thread Aviva Sheb'a
from my active birth student... aviva - Original Message - To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:34 AM Subject: Fwd: RE: 'overdue' and hyperactive Hi Aviva, Check this out from a friend of ours who is in Mexico.. A >Subject: RE: 'overdue' and hyperactive >Dat

Re: [ozmidwifery] SalariedVersusContract

2002-11-22 Thread Denise Hynd
Dear Sally Do you know how much control is put on the practice of the midwives on the Northern Suburrbs Program?? Ffor as Robyn T, Mary M and others have indicated one of the concerns is the restrictions on practice when salaried or even contracted! For NMAP and the midwives who support it an imp

[ozmidwifery] when Sally met Harry

2002-11-22 Thread Aviva Sheb'a
Hi, All,   I'm ducking in preparation for the flak, but maybe some women like having someone view their genitals with awe, to see the beauty in them, to praise them. After all, we're not taught to love our own genitals, which is terrible. A time in a woman's life when she's not too inhibited

Re: [ozmidwifery] big baby fear? true knots

2002-11-22 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
I too have been at a number of homebirths where baby had a true knot in the cord which was only discovered post birth and was just an interesting anecdote. We all noted that these were really luscious cords with a lot of jelly, so the knot didn't appear to make a difference. I think knowing

Re: [ozmidwifery] A follow thru journey.....when Sally met Harry....(Long)

2002-11-22 Thread rem & melissa bruijn
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] A follow thru journey.when Sally met Harry(Long) oh, Tina- I am bawling here!  I can hardly see the screen...that is the MOSt AWESOME story - THANK YOU for sharing it here.  Sniff sniff - it truly does the soul good to hear what a woman can do when she is support

Re: [ozmidwifery] 'elective' cs

2002-11-22 Thread rem & melissa bruijn
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] 'elective' cs -- From: "Jo & Dean Bainbridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ozmidwifery] 'elective' cs Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 12:56 PM  I would suggest (perhaps incorrectly?) that the greatest culprits of the right to elective cs are wo

Re: [ozmidwifery] big baby fear?

2002-11-22 Thread rem & melissa bruijn
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] big baby fear? I'll say it's a good week!  Warms my heart and gives me hope to hear stories like this.  THanks Judy Melissa -- From: "Judy Chapman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] big baby fear? Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 8:09 P

Re: [ozmidwifery] ABC radio

2002-11-22 Thread rem & melissa bruijn
Good point, MArgie. My best friend went to her OB at 37 wks because she was extremely anxious about the birth. What did he offer her...time to talk? A chance to express her fears? An opportunity to get some perspective on her issues? No...he offered her the "choice" of an induction, to get it

Re: [ozmidwifery] A follow thru journey.....when Sally met Harry....(Long)

2002-11-22 Thread Leigh Evans
Brings tears to my eyes, I tell you . Congrats to all. Leigh - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:45 AM Subject: [ozmidwifery] A follow thru journey.when Sally met Harry(Long) Hi fellow

Re: [ozmidwifery] A follow thru journey.....when Sally met Harry....(Long)

2002-11-22 Thread JoFromOz
Dear Sally.   I understand exactly what you mean, and have been able to have that sort of relationship with a birthing woman before.  However, I do find that many women will not move from the semi-sitting position on the bed, with legs spread, looking at me to tell them ...'can you see it yet

Re: [ozmidwifery] missing emails

2002-11-22 Thread Aviva Sheb'a
Long Live The Geeks! aviva - Original Message - From: Brian White To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] missing emails Ah-Ha! This looks like one for the lurking geek!Weird Ordering caused by Time Effects===

Re: [ozmidwifery] Ode to a mammogram

2002-11-22 Thread Aviva Sheb'a
Title: Message Ta, Vicki! they're very happy. By the way, there's an EXTREMELY useful, and easy, swift move with the Bowen technique that clears breast tenderness. It's also been known to make breast lumps disappear. In fact, it was discovering a lump that made me go to doctor, who sent me fo

Re: [ozmidwifery] A follow thru journey.....when Sally met Harry....(Long)

2002-11-22 Thread Margie Perkins
Wonderful, Tina! Margie At Thu, 21 Nov 2002 19:45:30 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi fellow listersthought I'd share my most recent follow thru > journey > with you all... > > M where do I start > > Sally (not her real name) and I engaged in our partnership in her > 12t

Re: [ozmidwifery] big baby fear? true knots

2002-11-22 Thread Julie Garratt
Hi Mary,   I really don't know if they knew before birth or not, I assume the knot might have somehow compromised the fetal heartbeat? Or just another piece of information that was misinterpreted by confused parents! something was going on though because there was enough concern about the b

Re: [ozmidwifery] HIV and birth

2002-11-22 Thread Andrea Quanchi
A paediatric doctor friend told me after visiting Africa that the reason most women with HIV?AIDS breast feed is that they don't want anyone to know they have the disease and if they don't feed then it is assumed they have the disease. Despite medical advice to the contrary they continue to fe

FW: [ozmidwifery] A follow thru journey.....when Sally met Harry....(Long)

2002-11-22 Thread Sally Westbury
But then you don’t need to be staring at her bits.. honestly women will tell you when the baby is about to come out. They don’t need us to look … wait until she tells you that the baby is stinging/burning/stretching then watch to help her guide the baby out!  Really makes for powerful birt

Re: [ozmidwifery] missing emails

2002-11-22 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
Happens to me too but with other peoples posts (NOT my own!!). Marilyn - Original Message - From: "Jennifer Semple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] missing emails > I've noticed to order at which emails appe

Re: [ozmidwifery] A follow thru journey.....when Sally met Harry....(Long)

2002-11-22 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
Wondeful story Tina. much love marilyn - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 4:45 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] A follow thru journey.when Sally met Harry(Long) Hi fellow listersthought I'd

Re: [ozmidwifery] SalariedVersusContract

2002-11-22 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
I would go for either, salary based on # of women cared for per year or per month or contract, but I think there should be an upper limit on the number of women a midwife can take on. And, I hate to say this but maybe for those of us newly qualified (if we are eligible for positions??) there should

Re: [ozmidwifery] missing emails

2002-11-22 Thread Brian White
Ah-Ha! This looks like one for the lurking geek! Weird Ordering caused by Time Effects = At 16:02 22/11/2002, Jen wrote: I've noticed to order at which emails appear are a bit funny too. Especially ones from Marilyn, I often get people's responses to her posts