Re: [ozmidwifery] On behalf of Rochelle . Perth

If you want to add it, Defence Health's cover is detailed below.   Kate   ~~~   Defence Health Midwifery benefits are only available for Members contributing to Private Hospital cover. The restrictions and benefits of the entitlement are as follows:   * Over all midwifery benefit maxi

[ozmidwifery] Making a difference when a baby dies

Hi everyone, Just a quick reminder, now that the year is swinging into gear, that we have a wonderful speaker on this topic coming to Australia in February. Sherokee Ilse is the current President of the International Stillbirth Alliance and the author of a number of books on this topic. She i

Re: [ozmidwifery] On behalf of Rochelle . Perth

Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] On behalf of Rochelle . Perth Dear Rochelle Kelly’s info is up to date. Forget Medibank Private, they are hopeless as you no doubt know. As an existing fund member waiting periods do not apply if you switch funds.  But naturally confirm this. Grand United is the fund

RE: [ozmidwifery] On behalf of Rochelle . Perth

Hi Rochelle, the HBF of W.A covers $1400 of the midwives fee if top hospital cover. $1040 if intermediate.  If the client also claims the hospital or OBs fee she will only be paid one of them.  Australian Unity pays more.  Other funds pay less.  Medicare Private pays none at all.  Contact m

Re: [ozmidwifery] Scheduled Caesareans...?

I have thought this for years but seeing how hard it is to eliminate Failure to Progress from the OB language I think it would be harder to change EL CS to SCS or Booked CS. Cheers Judy --- "Kelly @ BellyBelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of the women in my forums posted this comment which

RE: [ozmidwifery] On behalf of Rochelle . Perth

Check out this link: http://bellybelly.com.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18822 I have put them in a list with a brief description. Best Regards, Kelly Zantey Creator, BellyBelly.com.au Gentle Solutions For Conception, Pregnancy, Birth & Parenthood BellyBelly Birth Support From:

[ozmidwifery] On behalf of Rochelle . Perth

Hello, I seem to remember that poeple on this list have done the ground work in regards to health funds covering homebirths and private midwifery services. Does anyone know of one that covers these services and if so how much do they cover? Alternatively has anyone had any luck negotiating

RE: [ozmidwifery] Tearing after using Epi-No?

Thanks all for your thoughts and I completely agree, but how do we get that out there in the mainstream? Because my forum is mainstream (but I have secretly loaded up the site with gentle articles) and it's s busy, especially since we get lots of promotion in the major parenting mags. While I h

RE: [ozmidwifery] Tearing after using Epi-No?

Thanks Brenda – Ooh I forgot I made a mistake – she’s due in 2 days not two weeks – how long to heal you think?   Best Regards, Kelly Zantey Creator, BellyBelly.com.au Gentle Solutions For Conception, Pregnancy, Birth & Parenthood BellyBelly Birth Support From: owner-ozmidw

Re: [ozmidwifery] Tearing after using Epi-No?

Hi All, I absolutely agree with Justine and Brenda. Artificial tools like the 'Epi-No' merely serve to instill fear of birthing and undermine women's belief in the ability of their own bodies to birth naturally and well. I have the same opinion of perineal massage - it just focuses the womens

[ozmidwifery] Breastfed babies may become lean teens

http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Breastfed-babies-may-become-lean-teens/2006/01/11/1136863263864.html   Breastfed babies may become lean teens January 11, 2006 - 7:49AM A new study suggests that the longer infants are breastfed, the lower the likelihood they'll be overweight as adolescents

Re: [ozmidwifery] Tearing after using Epi-No?

Kelly,   Well, the bad news is that labour will be much more intense that what she's experienced with the epi-no!   The good news is that the vagina is very vascular & in a healthy woman heals quickly. A lot of blood can result from a quite minor laceration & it'll almost certainly be heale

Re: [ozmidwifery] Writing competition - Lives touched by Breastfeeding

Hi Rob Did you see this one? I've been hanging onto it for ages, sorry. Have a go at it -- maybe use the illustration of your last client , how this baby got off to a great start because of the better attitude of the staff towards her situation. Just a thought Love Jan Jan Robinson Independen

Re: [ozmidwifery] Tearing after using Epi-No?

Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Tearing after using Epi-No? Oh Dear Don’t worry from tearing from an insane gadget sold by the Obs that is really unnecessary if a woman works with her body and births actively. I guess though that with a private Ob she has the worst chance of birthing actively and nat

[ozmidwifery] Tearing after using Epi-No?

Wondering if anyone has any suggestions for a woman I am supporting due in two weeks who emailed me with this:   “I had a slight incident this morning... Was using an epi-no birth trainer (for the second time) in an effort to reduce the risk of tearing or needing an episiotomy, and althou