RE: [ozmidwifery] Homebirth Australia Journal

2002-12-08 Thread Lynne Staff
Hi Lois - I am not the one who is putting this together - it is Margie Perkins!!! I sent off a litle something and am waiting to hear if it is usefulbut I am interested in seeing if anyone knows of any women who might like to contact me if they have had a problem with their maternity care (in

Re: [ozmidwifery] Midwife urgently needed in Portland

2002-12-08 Thread Child Birth Information Service
Hi Andrea, Did your mother to be find a midwife, I have just had a birth and I am free now, but maybe she has birthed already or found a midwife, and I'm in Hobart, maybe just too far. Any way I'm free if required. Terry Stockdale Independent Midwife Hobart [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message

[ozmidwifery] pain in labour

2002-12-08 Thread Ross W Timbs
Hello Frank, Women don't need to be rescued from the pain of childbirth. They need to be supported and believe in themselves. The pain is important for all the reasons that Andrea listed, but also for the sense of power that it gives the woman (as Megan touched on). Women who have come

[ozmidwifery] re VBAC brochures

2002-12-08 Thread Judy Giesaitis
Dear All I have done a bit of research re the handouts from the OB's, Rang the college office in Sydney and was told that they were available for purchase by the OB's for them to give out the their patients "not for the general public". The receptionist said that the OB's then put their

[ozmidwifery] Fw: little piggy mustard bum

2002-12-08 Thread Aviva Sheb'a
Hi there, Here's Alice's birth story. Love to all, Aviva Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 1:53 PM Subject: little piggy mustard bum Hello everyone, Well I have had the most amazingly mindblowing experience of my entire life! You may or may not have heard yet - we have a gorgeous

Re: [ozmidwifery] birthing in dam water

2002-12-08 Thread Aviva Sheb'a
Applaudingly yours, MM, Aviva - Original Message - From: Mary Murphy To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] birthing in dam water Hi Frank, in the spirit of good discussion, not hostility, I offer thethought that the people who

Re: [ozmidwifery] Caesareans!

2002-12-08 Thread Ann green
Dear List, Wasn't caesar's palace?Or has this hospital now a rival for that title?Friends from Singapore have told me in Singapore the induction rate is almost 100% and the c/section rate is 80%.I am not surprised with an attitude of Mon-Fri 9-5 obst/ics.Ann--- Pinky McKay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [ozmidwifery] pain or hypnobirth

2002-12-08 Thread Debby M
I did my last birth with a modified form of hypnobirthing - I say modified as I did it by myself not with someone leading me through - although my doula did offer words of guidance with some of the contractions often I did not hear her as I was so inwardly focused. Personally I don't think the

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2002-12-08 Thread jireland
To all mws and consumers I have just witnessed a complete hands off breech birth baby girl born up to the nipple line in caul clear liquor intact perineum great apgars and believe it or not in one of our public hospitals in melbourne .in hosp all up 6 hrs and home the power of women jan