Re: [ozmidwifery] Preconception care?

2005-03-04 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
Ditto: likewise it was a big part of our education and practice in the USA.   marilyn - Original Message - From: Callum & Kirsten To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Preconception care? I'm wi

RE: [ozmidwifery] Analgesia post LUSCS

2005-03-04 Thread Dean & Jo
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Analgesia post LUSCS I use this all the time JC when talking about the pain free option being cs.  The drugs needed post operatively are full on. Jo   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Justine Caines Sent: S

Re: [ozmidwifery] Analgesia post LUSCS

2005-03-04 Thread Denise Hynd
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Analgesia post LUSCS I concur with Justine's approach but on another tangent I ask we consider informing women that birthing without artificial anagelsia is not a drug free birth!Rather it requres the women being helped/assisted to use/access  even more powerful and m

Re: [ozmidwifery] Preconception care?

2005-03-04 Thread Denise Hynd
Dear All I hope as Australian midwifery and midwives break out from under  the pathological non-reflective  way of looking at birth  we will start to see how the inter woven web of life which does impact on birth . Thus birth is just one stage in the cycle of life of our clients and communit

Re: [ozmidwifery] Preconception care?

2005-03-04 Thread Callum & Kirsten
I'm with Kim, in NZ we were taught pre conception care as part of our uni course. It was also a part of our scope of practise, i am 2nd year at uniSA and have yet to see anything done on it here though.   Kirsten ~~~start life with a midwife~~~ - Original Message - From: Kim S

Re: [ozmidwifery] Preconception care?

2005-03-04 Thread Denise Hynd
See Francesca Nash's "Making better Babies"  and other texts for holistic advice Denise Hynd   "Let us support one another, not just in philosophy but in action, for the sake of freedom for all women to choose exactly how and by whom, if by anyone, our bodies will be handled."   — Linda Hes

Re: [ozmidwifery] Analgesia post LUSCS

2005-03-04 Thread Justine Caines
Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Analgesia post LUSCS Dear Susan and All I liked your point that women see this as the pain free option. Please I ask you all to put it very clearly that surgery that requires such levels of post-operative pain relief is not pain free!! Women need a chance to have their

Re: [ozmidwifery] Analgesia post LUSCS

2005-03-04 Thread Susan Cudlipp
Slightly tongue-in-cheek here but I have also observed that women who are smokers tend to require less pain relief as they seem very keen to get out of bed and go for their first smoke post birth - by C/S or otherwise!!  It certainly seems to be an incentive for them to get up and moving. Bu

Re: [ozmidwifery] Preconception care?

2005-03-04 Thread Kim Stead
Hi Julie   I haven't got much time to chat at the moment but I do believe pre-conception care is part of our practice should we be able to access women at this time.  It's important to discuss the importance of a healthy body prior to conception - especially things such as diabetes control, l

[ozmidwifery] Preconception care?

2005-03-04 Thread Julie Garratt
Hello all you wonderful, wise people. I was wondering what your thoughts are on midwives providing preconception care.  Is it in our scope of practice as we are told at university or does our role really only beginning in the antenatal period? If we are involved, what are we telling co

Re: [ozmidwifery] Human Milk Bank

2005-03-04 Thread jayne
Sounds like cow's milk has less stringent demands placed upon it for 'human consumption'!   Isn't pasteurisation going to eliminate much of what is good in breastmilk?       Jayne     - Original Message - From: Sally-Anne Brown To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent:

Re: [ozmidwifery] newborn bath

2005-03-04 Thread Kate &/or Nick
>>" you need to tell that woman that her baby will die if it is not delivered on the bed".    She sounds like she'd fit in nicely with one of our students who actually commented that the sterile drapes available are wonderful because they "contain the mess". She was most unimpressed by my o

Re: [ozmidwifery] newborn bath

2005-03-04 Thread Kate &/or Nick
I'm with you Tania.   My first wasn't bathed for 3 days. It was done when we were ready. I found that really lovely. She was clean and didn't need bathing. My second - different - hospital - was bathed within 30 mins of birth (as have been several I've seen), which I found really sad. I could