Re: [ozmidwifery] belly dancing midwives:)

2006-01-03 Thread Judy Chapman
Hi Julie, I have been doing a bit of bellydancing for 6 years and I believe my back is a lot stronger for it. I don't get anywhere near the amount of low back pain I used to get. More fun than formal exercise too. Are you protecting your back by trying to stay at the same level with the woman by s

RE: [ozmidwifery] belly dancing midwives:)

2006-01-03 Thread Tania Smallwood
Oh, that, and an ipod just filled with the gorgeous Mr William’s crooning voice…march march march (it’s my little pressie from Father Christmas!)   Tania  J     -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.

RE: [ozmidwifery] belly dancing midwives:)

2006-01-03 Thread Tania Smallwood
Yoga and chiropractic, (let me know if you need a referral, have birthed with a few) definitely the things for me!  There is a lovely belly dancing studio in Littlehampton, and a popular Pilates place in a little mall off the main st in Stirling.   Tania xx   From: owner-ozmidw

Re: [ozmidwifery] belly dancing midwives:)

2006-01-03 Thread sharon
hi julie, after one year practice as a midwife i too was feeling a little say we say not too fit after catching babies and i have recently joined a womans gym and gone to classes and done cardio workout on machines. thank goodness i now feel a little better and am able to follow the womans l

Re: [ozmidwifery] belly dancing midwives:)

2006-01-03 Thread Meaghan Moon
Hi Julie, I have been doing Pilates for a couple of years now and really find it makes a difference in my abilities to sustain midwifery work. I had lots of SI problems resulting from having kids and carrying them around on my hip (they were little fatties). I have far fewer problems now and

Re: [ozmidwifery] belly dancing midwives:)

2006-01-03 Thread Andrea Quanchi
I make a point of treating myself to an appointment with my network chiropractor after each birth I attend as I too encourage the woman to choose her place/ position of birth and find my lower back is tight the next day. I generally have no problems this way. He always knows how many births I have

Re: [ozmidwifery] belly dancing midwives:)

2006-01-03 Thread Susan Cudlipp
Yoga - great for flexibility and strengthening back muscles, plus just great for you all round Sue "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"Edmund Burke - Original Message - From: Julie Garratt To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au

RE: [ozmidwifery] belly dancing midwives:)

2006-01-03 Thread Nicole Carver
HI Julie, Pilates I have done, belly dancing, no, but would like to try it one day. Pilates is fantastic for your back and easy to do. I love an exercise called the roll down, which involves starting in a standing position with your feet and body in alignment, and then putting your chin on y

[ozmidwifery] belly dancing midwives:)

2006-01-03 Thread Julie Garratt
Hi all, I've just started work as a midwife and I think I need some exercise to strengthen my back, feeling a bit stiff after catching babies in the shower, bath, floor, birth stool ect. I think it is a sustainability issue of practice, a good strong back. I don't ever want my physical abili

RE: [ozmidwifery] Birth stools and PPH

2006-01-03 Thread McAlpine, Joan (AHS)
Hi Tracey,   I did a PPH audit in the FBC at The Mercy (Melbourne) in 2002/3/4.  I did find that there was an increased risk of PPH with the birth stool.  I can't remember the actual figure (small) but I would have loved to have developed the audit into length of labour, the type of woman y

Re: [ozmidwifery] testing

2006-01-03 Thread jesse/jayne
No, didn't get Emily's and didn't get Andrea's reply to Susan!  Just saw it on the bottom of Susan's message.   Weird stuff going on!   Jayne     - Original Message - From: Susan Cudlipp To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 6:14 PM