RE: [ozmidwifery] Blood pressure...

2006-07-04 Thread Kelly @ BellyBelly
he ways your service offers but do your best not to put fear > > or doubt of the hospital into her, the brain is a crucial part of labour > > and > > > > if she's scared silly of the place labour won't happen either. We don't > > interfere with women f

Re: [ozmidwifery] Blood pressure...

2006-07-04 Thread Katy O'Neill
o > > > > progress! > > > > remember, A little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Support > > this > > woman in all the ways your service offers but do your best not to put fear > > or doubt of the hospital into her, the brain is a crucial part of

Re: [ozmidwifery] DARE abstract FYI

2006-07-04 Thread Katy O'Neill
ortant. > > > Subject index terms > > Subject indexing assigned by NLM: Air; Apgar-Score; Asphyxia-Neonatorum/th > [therapy]; Birth-Weight; Gestational-Age; Heart-Rate; Infant-Mortality; > Infant,-Newborn; MEDLINE; Oxygen/ad [administration-&-dosage]; Oxygen/ae > [adv

[ozmidwifery] Midwife in Inverell

2006-07-04 Thread Janet Phillips
Hi all, Is there a homebirth midwife in the Inverell area? A friend of mine is considering her options, but may need to have her baby in at hospital due to having significant levels of antibodies. Regards, Janet Phillips

[ozmidwifery] Homebirth in Kingaroy??

2006-07-04 Thread Justine Caines
Title: Homebirth in Kingaroy?? Dear All Have a request for a HB in Kingaroy.  Anyone know of a midwife closeish? JC Justine Caines Secretary Homebirth Australia PO Box 625 SCONE  NSW  2337 Ph: (02) 65453612 0408 21 02 73 E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.homebirthaustralia.org

Re: [ozmidwifery] Get-Up website

2006-07-04 Thread Jan Robinson
Hi Stephen and Felicity I have today returned your petition -- great idea and nicely presented. I found it easy to contribute (not like some other web sites) Apart from "GET UP AND GIVE BIRTH!" type of campaigns encouraging women to seek and demand midwifery care, I would like to see all Governme

Re: [ozmidwifery] Blood pressure...

2006-07-04 Thread Stephen & Felicity
"A little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing." Heidi, I'm shocked by this statement. I can only assume I misunderstood your stance; could you expand on this statement? Being well-informed is not about being scared or doubtful of the Hospital (and a Doula doesn't "put fear or doubt" in

Re: [ozmidwifery] Get-Up website

2006-07-04 Thread Stephen & Felicity
The Joyous Birth community is organising a Get Up petition addressing the current abysmal state of affairs in QLD (the Midwifery witchhunts).  You need to be a registered member of JB to access the forum and view the discussion relating to this, but here's some relevant information I've cut

Re: [ozmidwifery] Get-Up website

2006-07-04 Thread Jan Robinson
Also watch for a new addition to HBA website. There will soon be a way to voice your concerns through their site. Cheers Jan Jan Robinson Independent Midwife Practitioner National Coordinator Australian Society of Independent Midwives 8 Robin Crescent South Hurstville NSW 2221 Phone/

RE: [ozmidwifery] Blood pressure...

2006-07-04 Thread Kelly @ BellyBelly
Oh no no no, not at all!!! I have been as level headed with her as possible, encouraged her to ask questions, and forwarded some information which I found on the list in regards to how it all works - I am just more blunt on the list as I know I am not going to scare anyone who is informed, and I li

RE: [ozmidwifery] Blood pressure...

2006-07-04 Thread heidi crisp
I am a student midwife in a tertiary hospital and this is from Myles textbook Generally, hypertension is regarded as 140/90, however if the individual has an increase of 30mg systolic or 15mg diastolic with presence of proteinurea then she should be monitored closely. The risk is of developin

Re: [ozmidwifery] Get-Up website

2006-07-04 Thread Janet Fraser
They've been contacted recently by Brisbane Joyous Birthers about setting up a petition to save home birth up there. We wait to see what happens. J - Original Message - From: Kelly @ BellyBelly To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 8:17

[ozmidwifery] Blood pressure...

2006-07-04 Thread Kelly @ BellyBelly
Hello all,   Just wondering if anyone has some reassurance for this woman, I have given her some info which was posted here previously as well as my own reinforcements for her, but it sounds like the mercy are really pushing for an induction and she’s buying it a little – not surprising s

[ozmidwifery] DARE abstract FYI

2006-07-04 Thread leanne wynne
DARE abstract 20053481 Resuscitation of depressed newborn infants with ambient air or pure oxygen: a meta-analysis Saugstad O D, Ramji S, Vento M. Resuscitation of depressed newborn infants with ambient air or pure oxygen: a meta-analysis. Biology of the Neonate, 2005;87(1):27-34. This record

RE: [ozmidwifery] roadside birth

2006-07-04 Thread Lisa Gierke
Title: Message Well said Barb! There is always two sides to the story- why would anyone be concerned about  a breech presentation in an IUFD... the concern with breech birth is supposedly the risk to the baby..this risk is not present in an IUFD!  I feel for the staff involved in this case..

[ozmidwifery] Get-Up website

2006-07-04 Thread Kelly @ BellyBelly
I came across a website recently called Get-Up (http://www.getup.org.au)   What is GetUp? GetUp is a new political movement to build a more progressive Australia. GetUp brings together like-minded people who want to bring participation back into our democracy. GetUp.org.au members use

[ozmidwifery] Off topic - about Justice

2006-07-04 Thread Heartlogic
Dear Friends,  Justice for birthing women is a focus for our beautiful profession.  We are all working hard to ensure this in every way we can.  Our sense of justice and a fair go is what underpins Australian society.  This basic framework is threatened on many levels. Even though there is s

Re: [ozmidwifery] roadside birth

2006-07-04 Thread Susan Cudlipp
Title: Message Thank you for your comments Barb - it makes the picture a bit clearer.  When I read the article it seemed that the only reason she was not attended to at Emerald was the breech issue and I could not understand why that should be so given that the baby was deceased and therefor

RE: [ozmidwifery] roadside birth

2006-07-04 Thread B & G
Title: Message Don't believe all you read from the media. It is sad a woman has had to go through this however when people are grieving they do make outrageous comments and want to put blame somewhere. I will not speak on this case specifically but you can read my comments of a general natu

Re: [ozmidwifery] unit manager

2006-07-04 Thread Lynne Staff
Hi Anne, Yes it is but we are still accepting applications and expressions of interest. Warm regards, Lynne - Original Message - From: Moore Family To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 5:42 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] unit manager