Re: [ozmidwifery] Midwifery Today Conference

It is a great conference. I attended already two of them. They are very informative but also very inspired. They have great speakers and a lot of possibility for informal contact with people like Ina May Gaskin, Sarah Wickham (www.withwoman.co.uk), Elisabeth Davis (Heart and Hands), Robbie Davis-Fl

[ozmidwifery] In The Advertiser 12/10/04 page18

What a gem Mia Handshin is...   PRACTICAL MATERNITY OPTIONS NEED NURTURING...   Maternity care is not a normal dinner conversation topic. But last week while catching up with some  friends I was speaking about another friend of ours who is having a baby in about a month and plans to birth at

[ozmidwifery] Free standing birth centre idea

Hi, As much as I LOVE the idea of homebirth for all womenlolI know lots of women feel "safer" birthing in a birth centre or hospital. I do have a dream for an amazing birthing place, one day. Anywaythere is a great, practically new, birth centre attached to Nepean Hospital. I t

Re: [ozmidwifery] desperately seeking homebirth midwife

Hi Judy, I had a homebirth in Canberra with my first child in 1994 (oh dear is it that long ago??) I had a wonderful midwife called Emma Baldock, but I have no idea if she's still practicing. She did work for the ACT government with email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try this, and if you can't get ho

Re: [ozmidwifery] Home Birth Statistics

thanks Andrea, that's a great help. PS: what's a BBA ? Fiona - Original Message - From: "Andrea Bilcliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Home Birth Statistics Hi Fiona, I don't know about Australia wide figu

Re: [ozmidwifery] Home Birth Statistics

Hi Fiona, I don't know about Australia wide figures, but for the past couple of years in Victoria it's been around 0.2 - 0.3%. There are actually more 'BBA's' at 0.4%! Hope that helps, Andrea Bilcliff - Original Message - From: "D & F Gorrel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[ozmidwifery] Home Birth Statistics

Dear All Could anyone help me with a Uni Assigment please. Does anyone know the current home birth statistics eg: The % of births in Australia that are home births. It doesn't need to be precise, just a general figure to highlight the relatively low number copaied to European countries. I'm at C

[ozmidwifery] RE: John Howards letter etc!

Thanks Robyn, I have a tendency to feel disheartened easily! I have just moved my focus to the NT government and seemt o be getting some positive vibes from them!   When are you coming to Darwin next?   Kirsten Student midwife Darwin ~~~start life with a midwife~~~

[ozmidwifery] desperately seeking homebirth midwife

Hi,I am seeking a homebirth midwife for a birth in Canberra, probably between Christmas and New Year.  I am pregnant with my third child.I have found it so difficult to organise a homebirth midwife, I can't believe how hard this has been!  I was planning a homebirth (unofficially) through th

[ozmidwifery] Midwifery Today Conference

Hi, Most people on here would probably know about this, but for those who don't, it looks like a great conference! http://www.midwiferytoday.com/conferences/eugene2005/program.asp Love Abby -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit to subscribe or

Re: [ozmidwifery] Uniting midwives & midwifery students

You wrote ". I think though, many midwives may be expending their energy to change things at their actual place of work rather than in a wider political forum I am not so sure about that Liz. For 20 yrs I have been trying to motivate midwives to change, working both from inside and outside the m