RE: [ozmidwifery] Mastitis question

Title: Mastitis question I usually advise clients to the old adage “heat, rest, empty the breast” plus cabbage leaves plus or minus homeopathic Brauer’s  Antinplex (“anti-inflamation”)  or belladonna 6c. Usually correct positioning and free access to the breast = no mastitis, however some w

Re: [ozmidwifery] Article FYI new vaccination

Title: Article FYI new vaccination "There isn't a huge amount at the moment that we can do".   Apart from the "boring, natural, unscientific and cost effective" solution of enabling all of these newborns to get access to their own mother's or donor mother's milk!! Jackie ps. All said above be

Re: Re: [ozmidwifery] Misoprostol aka Cytotec

Like everything else, I'm sure they don't nor is it explained to them. I'd say that most people administering it don't know the dangers either. Love Abby > Janet Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So despite it's danger to women, it's being used here? How appalling! > Bad > enough the wa

Re: [ozmidwifery] Options for twins

Yes, she has a copy.  But thanks Sonja. On 4/26/06, Sonja & Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Have you given her a copy of Justine Caines' article "High Risk birth - Defined by Whom?" found in Birth Matters vol10.1.  Sonja - Original Message - From: Lesleycs To: ozmidwifery@acegraph

[ozmidwifery] Cord clamping

Hereis a great website to visit www.cordclamp.com   regards Diane Gardner

Re: [ozmidwifery] Mastitis question

Title: Mastitis question Vitamin C (and/or homeopathics) would be my first choice before anitbiotics.   Here's how I heard about it from a friend:   "A trick my midwife taught me for plugged ducts is to up your vitamin c. If you're justgetting "sore" - and not a full fledged infection just t

Re: [ozmidwifery] Misoprostol aka Cytotec

Same here - used for FDIU or genetic -mid-trimester terminations Sue "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke - Original Message - From: "Janet Fraser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [oz

[ozmidwifery] Delayed Cord Clamping reduces Anaemia article

http://www.orgyn.com/en/news/2006/Week_17/Day_1/Delaying_cord_clampi.asp?C=17447388334892708333   Delaying cord clamping reduces anemiaSource: Pediatrics 2006; 117: e779-86 Investigating the effects of the timing of cord clamping on neonatal venous hematocrit. Delaying cord clamping may low

[ozmidwifery] Quote of the week

"Childbirth being one's most significant life passage, those close to us when we open to birth a baby will never be forgotten."— Robin Lim  

[ozmidwifery] CORD CLAMPING

Delaying cord clamping reduces anemia Source: Pediatrics 2006; 117: e779-86 Investigating the effects of the timing of cord clamping on neonatal venous hematocrit. Delaying cord clamping may lower rates of anemia in newborns, results of a randomized controlled trial suggest. Although t

Re: [ozmidwifery] Misoprostol aka Cytotec

So despite it's danger to women, it's being used here? How appalling! Bad enough the way Synto gets splashed around like lollies without this crap as well! I wonder if women even know what danger they're in when it's administered?! J - Original Message - From: "Jo Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [ozmidwifery] Misoprostol aka Cytotec

It is - in the 3 hospitals in 2 different states I have worked in (maternity) it is used to induce labour where the baby has died, and to treat PPH. I have not heard of it being used to induce labour where the baby is still alive, apart from mid-trimester abortions (conditions not compatib