RE: [ozmidwifery] Fw: Birth Matters coffee morning

2003-06-11 Thread Ken Ward
It would be very helpful if capital city or state was mentioned for get-togethers etc. I was looking forward to this one,untill Discovered it's in Adelaide. Any chance of having the topic in Melbourne? Maureen. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of

[ozmidwifery] guidelines re admitting priveleges

2003-06-11 Thread leanne wynne
Dear All, Can anyone tell me where I can obtain a copy of the "Guidelines for the Granting of Clinical Privileges and Admitting Privileges for Nurses & Midwives in Public Hopsitals in South Australia"? This paper was released in 1999 but I cant seem to find it on the SA DHS web-site. Thanks, Lea

Re: [ozmidwifery] Episiotomy - when to cut?

2003-06-11 Thread Denise Hynd
It is amazing that not everyone tears apart under these conditions!! - Original Message - From: Robin Moon To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 2:47 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Episiotomy - when to cut? oh, arent protocols cruel everyt

Re: [ozmidwifery] Message from Lynne Staff: Side-by-Side Conference

2003-06-11 Thread Denise Hynd
Dear Lynne Staff Is this conference doing the rounds through the Mayne Health Facilities in the future??? Denise - Original Message - From: "Medical Officer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Message from Lynne Staff

Re: [ozmidwifery] Episiotomy - when to cut?

2003-06-11 Thread JoFromOz
It's sad, isn't it :(

Re: [ozmidwifery] Episiotomy - when to cut?

2003-06-11 Thread Dierdre Bowman
I believe that tearing has a lot to do with the condition of a womans tissues. Diet plays a hugh role in this and research shows when all things are considered, ie position, diet, perineal massage about 25% of women will still tear.  There is so much we don't know! For instance was she scare

Re: [ozmidwifery] Episiotomy - when to cut?

2003-06-11 Thread Judy Chapman
Jo, I am actually on holiday and travelling so have no references with me but there is a lot of info out there on physiological pushing as well as proper upright positioning etc. Chase up the work of Constance Benyon who wrote about physiological pushing vs the valsalver manouver in 1952. Cheer

[ozmidwifery] interesting

2003-06-11 Thread Jo & Dean Bainbridge
thought you might be interested in this... A Native American Community With a 7% Cesarean Delivery Rate: Does Case Mix, Ethnicity, or Labor Management Explain the Low Rate? Cesarean delivery rates vary widely across populations. Studying communities with low rates may identify practices tha

[ozmidwifery] Re Episiotomy

2003-06-11 Thread Mary Murphy
This was in the medscape issue just out.  MM Reducing Genital Tract Trauma at Birth: Launching a Clinical Trial in Midwifery A midwifery practice offers an ideal setting to study hand techniques to prevent genital trauma.J Midwifery Womens Health 48(2) 2003

Re: [ozmidwifery] guidelines re admitting priveleges

2003-06-11 Thread Mary Murphy
They probably went the way of the W.A. ones... formulated and distributed in the early 1990's and ignored by hospital authoities ever since. We achieved practicing rights at one eastern suburb hospital but the obstetricians refused to accept our clients into the hospital and we never ever were abl

[ozmidwifery] Genital trauma Long

2003-06-11 Thread Mary Murphy
Some exerpts from the research proposal.  Read it all on the medscape link, it will be a facinating study. MM "Lacerations to the anal sphincter and rectum are consistently more likely with, than without, episiotomy.[3, 5]   Because an intact perineum may require a longer second stage to allow

Re: [ozmidwifery] National Women's Media Centre

2003-06-11 Thread Elaine Norling
This is a bit of a nostalgic ramble but may be of interest SO pleased the National Women's Media Centre has been mentioned. For some time I was their International Coordinator and represented the group at the 1995 Women's Conference in Beijing both at the NGO and UN levels. Al