Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Victorian episiotomy rates
Dear Helen and All
Thanks for this very interesting piece!
What about supporting and encouraging women to be upright, I’d say those private hospitals largely have a birth on bed policy (probably even most of the public ones, except BC’s)
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thank you for the information, i have been 'speaking' to Marsden by email and he's been a wonderful help for my article.
cheers, Kylie
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>Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Marsden Wagner's current positio
From The Melbourne Age website...I think it would be
interesting to compare the perineums of those women who were free to push
in there own way as opposed to those who were "coached" with the old "hold your
breath and push, push, push ...no noise" method.
Helen
http://www.onlinecommun
Marsden Wagner, MD, is a perinatologist and perinatal epidemiologist from
California and an outspoken supporter of midwifery. He was director of Women's
and Children's Health in the World Health Organization for 15 years. >From his
current home in Takoma Park, Maryland, Marsden travels the wo
Here are a few studies I found on Pubmed...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Ab
stract&list_uids=11065029
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2000 Aug;40(3):244-8. Related Articles, Links
Anal incontinence in women with third or fourth degree perineal tears an
Yes, I remember this discussion awhile ago, too.
Here's the link to the archives so you can search for
what's been said already (& the story of a list member
who had a 3rd or 4th degree tear w/ her first birth &
went on to have a vaginal birth w/ 2nd degree tear for
baby #2 who weighed more! if I
I too will be interested in any research re subsequent births. I have a
woman who had a 4th degree tear and probems with a fissure for months. I
know she will be terrified to have another baby and terrified of a C/S.
there was quite a discussion on the list about a year ago (maybe?) but I
didn't
Hi everyone,
If any midwives are direct entry
trained and working in a hospital in Melbourne or working with direct
entry trained midwives in Vic - can you contact me off
list??
Would love to
chat,
Cheers,
Sadie
Life is not measured by the
breaths we take, but by the momen
