Re: [ozmidwifery] Breastfeeding Mothers Given Wrong Advice for 40 Years

2006-04-29 Thread Jo Bourne
You can download the new WHO charts online now... At 5:41 AM +0100 30/4/06, denise thomson wrote: >In the UK there has been repeated talk of breastfeeding centile charts but no >one has actually seen one. Instead the mothers are subjected to pre feed and >after feed weighing in some hospitals, n

Re: [ozmidwifery] Breastfeeding Mothers Given Wrong Advice for 40 Years

2006-04-29 Thread denise thomson
In the UK there has been repeated talk of breastfeeding centile charts but no one has actually seen one. Instead the mothers are subjected to pre feed and after feed weighing in some hospitals, neither wonder people get stressed about breastfeeding! I wonder how long it will take these charts to co

Re: [ozmidwifery] EFM on satellite systems

2006-04-29 Thread Lisa Barrett
Hi sue and Sharon, you are right this is sad. Any woman who has a problem that needs to be monitored shouldn't need a protocol to tell the midwife they should be in the room with their lady.  In fact every midwife should stay with their lady whether they need monitoring or not.  (And the  re

Re: [ozmidwifery] a small step

2006-04-29 Thread diane
Congrats Pinky, Im waiting on my own step-grandbaby (now 30 wks). Although mum is quite young and im worrying myself senseless about how she will manage the birth, she not even sure that she wants me there for all of the birth (she said just not for the "bit where it's coming out" "'cause its t

[ozmidwifery] Waterbirth in Melb SW Suburbs

2006-04-29 Thread Kelly @ BellyBelly
Can anyone tell me of any hospitals in the SW suburbs of Melbourne that allow waterbirths? Best Regards, Kelly Zantey Creator, BellyBelly.com.au Gentle Solutions From Conception to Parenthood BellyBelly Birth Support - http://www.bellybelly.com.au/birth-support  

Re: [ozmidwifery] EFM on satellite systems

2006-04-29 Thread sharon
sue that is sad, i also work at a large hospital in adelaide and this certainly never happens as it is hospital protocol that all women who are on ctg have a midwife with them, i hope your expereinces elsewhere are better than that particular one. regards - Original Message - Fr

Re: [ozmidwifery] a small step

2006-04-29 Thread Katy O'Neill
Reading this made me think of a conversation I had with one of our cleaners this morning. She came and sat next to me when I was doing the reports and said " I thought you could not have a NVD after 2 LSCS." Upon discussion it turned out she had been watching the Discovery channel and a women h