Hi Marilyn and Mary
I understand the frustrations you are
mentioning with op babies –
In my sessions I encourage the women along
the same lines that both of you are discussing as managing the op presentation
but also include recommending the use of the bath with the woman either
favourin
Hi Jo:
I never cease to be amazed at how this 1cm/hour or
Freidman's Curve continues to be applied rigorously to women in labour. Coming
from the homebirth environment to the hospital one, at least to my mind it
is hurdle often before women. As a midwifery student this view of labour was
p
Friday, March 26, 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Monitoring the heart rate of a baby, which is
typically performed during labor, is not useful in detecting brain injuries that
lead to cerebral palsy, according to research presented Friday at a meeting in
Houston.
This may explain why the r
Hi Jo, The stats agree with my perception of the births I attend
as a community midwife. I try my damnest to get women to use good
posture in pregnancy, using the Alexander method & Optimal Foetal
Positioning as a guide. It helps quite a bit, and also Bowen therapy &
Chiropractic. I have
With expensive equipment the expectation is that it
will be and should be used. In a rural hospital I worked in the midwives fought
against the purchase of a CTG machine for that reason and very few of our low
risk births even used narcotics in labour, rather they relied on the midwives to
g
I encounter this every time I do shifts at a
particular hospital in CQ, so much so I turn down casual shifts there unless I'm
feeling particularly strong in mind and body. And my pet hate is being called a
nurse instead of a midwife.
cheers Louise
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From:
J
MY mistake Mary - our numbers are only about 70 per
month - as you probably realised!! We used to be around 90 but numbers
have reduced - 700 would indeed not be very 'people friendly'. Must proof
read before hitting send in future
Cheers, Sue
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From:
Mar
This was from Midwifery Today and thought it might
be of interest. For me OP was always a concern as my first bub was OP and
a cs, the next OP and a nasty instrumental VBAC and the third was OA and a
totally BEAUTIFUL birth with very little fear/pain and time in labour. It
was fear of OP
From Midwifery Today:
labor longer than 12 hours
OP
49.7%
Persistent fetal occiput posterior position: obstetric outcomes.
Obstet Gynecol 2003; 101:917
Interestingly enough, in reading VBAC
management terms, one of the guidelines is that a partogram should be
Sue, I take on board all you have said and agree with you on many
points. One thing I am puzzled about is your naming a "smallish
unit" +/-700 per month. That is not really a very people friendly
establishment size, just one which we have come to accept. NMAP, which
personalises the care,
Dear all
I have been enjoying this discussion on the
difficulties faced trying to provide women-centred care in hospital
settings.
While I agree that there are many problems with
'differences of opinion' regarding styles of care, I have found that
the one of the biggest causes of interventio
dear midwives
i am a 2nd year b mid student at acu in melbourne and have a month's
placement in mildura in may. can anyone shed some light on what it is
like in mildura. ( i was born and bred there but have been in melbourne
for about 16 years now.) i don't know anything about midwifery or mi
In all my years as a midwife I have worked mostly in hospitals which favour early food and drink after CS and rare are the problems. I have found that those women who do have a problem with their gut tend not to want food/drink. I guess it is her body saying it is not ready yet?
Cheers
JudyJen Sem
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