Re: [ozmidwifery] Fund rebates

NO there is no variation, this discussion is centred around MEDICARE...the Govt refund for fees charged. All women should be entitled to midwifery care & to be recompensed for an agreed scheduled fee. There is no recognition of a registered midwife in IP being qualified to provide the specialis

Re: [ozmidwifery] Fund rebates

Medicare does not recognise Midwives as 'professionals' competent or capable of practicing without the supervision of a doctor in Australia. Therefore it will not recompense any services provided by them to pregnant women. HOWEVER: The exception is when working in a remote community : in which

[ozmidwifery] Woops

Sorry forgot the list doesn't handle attachments !! Hi Jassy, The resources listed below are great for turning a breech baby. Your baby is transverse, this is a different picture. Be reassured than unless there is a good reason not to then most transverse babies turn to present head down before

Re: Re: [ozmidwifery] where has this list gone?

Hi Sue, Perhaps...just a thought ..but maybe it's just that it's summer & sitting in front of a computer is not only time consuming but very unhealthy. We are all so much more aware of what constitutes a quality healthy lifestyle nowadays and as Di says, computer

Re: [ozmidwifery] Fw: help needed

Well,..the bottom line is that she can only be caesared by consenting to surgery. Kununurra cannot refuse to treat her (negligence) nor remove her from their premises by force (assault). If she does't want surgery she needs to stay away from the places where surgery happens ! Turning

[ozmidwifery] 'Official Waterbirth'

Hi Mary, Rosebud Midwifery Unit (Peninsula Health Network) Casey Hospital (Southern Health Network) officially 'do' waterbirths ie have a formalised P & P regarding them. With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:;[EMAIL PROTECTED] FN:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ozmidwifery] waterbirth

Yes Mary, Rosebud Campus (Peninsula Health Network) & Casey Hospital (Southern Health Network) officially 'do' waterbirths ie have a formalised P & P regarding them. With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: Mary Murphy To: ozmidwifery@a

[ozmidwifery] No Births

I have been away for a week & haven't spoken to my colleagues about what's happened but will do it tomorrow & then post the details. I don't think anyone here knew about the radio broadcast in Rosebud mentioned in the MCVic Digest. However as I say, I've been away a week & maybe our lot requested

Re: [ozmidwifery] getting synto etc

Hi Cath, I do a similar thing to others on the list, ask the OB I work with for a script for any drugs needed ie synt, ergo, konak, xylocaine, maxalon, anti-D, Hep B Vax etc. Client gets script filled & I buy them off her if I don't have a cache myself. I use these things so rarely that 1 scri

[ozmidwifery] Fw: Life Matters Preview - Wednesday 15th November 2006

With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: "Life Matters Newsletter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 3:14 PM Subject: Life Matters Preview - Wednesday 15th November 2006 > Life Matters Wednesday Novemb

Re: [ozmidwifery] NO Births

I have been away for a week & haven't spoken to my colleagues about what's happened but will do it tomorrow & then post the details. I don't think anyone here knew about the radio broadcast in Rosebud mentioned in the MCVic Digest. However as I say, I've been away a week & maybe our lot requested

[ozmidwifery] NO Births

Hush Hush is how these things happen. Same is about to happen to Rosebud midwifery but it's being kept quiet because we are 2 weeks from an election & it'll "affect the voting " ! How's that ?? With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au With kind regards Brenda Manning www.th

Re: [ozmidwifery] No Births at Ryde Birth Centre

Hush Hush is how these things happen. Same is about to happen to Rosebud midwifery but it's being kept quiet because we are 2 weeks from an election & it'll "affect the voting " ! How's that ?? With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From:

[ozmidwifery] ABC

ALL IN THE MIND with Natasha Mitchell - Placenta Brain: The Cognitive Burden Of Pregnancy? Saturday 21 October, 1pm, repeat Wednesday 25 October, 9pm Ever had a case of 'placenta brain', or 'pregnancy stupidity'? Can carrying a foetus make you drop your cognitive bundle?Are hormones to blame,

[ozmidwifery] testing

testing With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:;[EMAIL PROTECTED] FN:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG:themidwife TEL;HOME;VOICE:0359862535 TEL;CELL;VOICE:0409194623 TEL;HOME;FAX:0359862535 EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:20061016T134624Z END:VCARD

Re: [ozmidwifery] asthma in labour

Have used it in similar circumstances via the nebuliser & it worked really well.   With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: suzi and brett To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 10:42 AM Subject

Re: [ozmidwifery] term breech trial - ECV option

Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Fwd: term breech trial There are 2 OBs at Rosebud Hospital who do ECVs.   One of them will attend standing vag beech on insistent request at the level 2 units on the Peninsula. But women don't request it, they opt for C/S instead.   With kind regardsBrenda Manning www

[ozmidwifery] ECVs

Re: [ozmidwifery] Fwd: term breech trial There are 2 OBs at Rosebud Hospital who do ECVs. One of them will attend standing vag beech on insistent request at the level 2 units on the Peninsula. But women don't request it, they opt for C/S instead. With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife

Re: [ozmidwifery] List problems

ohhh, so it's not just me !!! With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: Helen and Graham To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:19 AM Subject: [ozmidwifery] List problems Susan   Y

[ozmidwifery] tester

Tester Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:;[EMAIL PROTECTED] FN:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG:themidwife TEL;HOME;VOICE:0359862535 TEL;CELL;VOICE:0409194623 TEL;HOME;FAX:0359862535 EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:20061007T033543Z END:VCARD

Re: [ozmidwifery] GBS and Staph

Melissa, They are different & both can ie it is possible not probable they will make babies very sick.   http://www.allaboutmedicalsales.com/medical_briefings/mrsa_infection_ip_230404.html   Sorry impetigo is strep not staph ! http://www.gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/ch013.htm   With kind regardsBr

Re: [ozmidwifery] GBS and Staph

 http://medic.med.uth.tmc.edu/path/1456.htm STAPHYLOCOCCUS Clinically, the most important genus of the Micrococcaceae family is Staphylococcus. The Staphylococcus genus is classified into two major groups: aureus and non-aureus. S. aureus is a leading cause of soft tissue infections, as w

[ozmidwifery] Wounds

Apologies for the x posting. Have a query on behalf of a colleague. Does anyone know of any research regarding the use of warm air (ie hair driers) to help heal peri & abdo wounds. We did it years ago & it went "out" possibly with the moist wound healing phase. She is after actual research for

[ozmidwifery] Wound management

Hi Wise women, Is there any evidence based research re the drying of wounds perineal or abdominal with hairdryers ? Effective or not ? Question within the unit. I will ask the skin-integrity specialist also. Thanks Brenda -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit

Re: [ozmidwifery] Backward step

Going back to the maternity nurse or Gen/ Obstetric nurse working in Midwifery is how NZ worked in the 70's & 80's. It was unsatisfactory then & would be the same now, despite the fact the we did 6 months obs in our general training we weren't midwives & it showed.  I worked in mid whilst at

[ozmidwifery] testing

My messages aren't making it to the list. I wonder what is happening? Maybe I haven't paid my membership !!! With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:;[EMAIL PROTECTED] FN:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG:themidwife TEL;HOME;VOICE:0359862535 TEL;CELL;VOICE:0409194623

Re: [ozmidwifery] Fw: PI Insurance - urgent - more interested midwives needed

Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Fw: PI Insurance - urgent - more interested midwives needed Actually I had a Direct Entry Mid Student from Monash Uni in Frankston last year attend homebirths with me. Her last birth required for her required number of 'attended births' was a home birth.   With kind r

Re: [ozmidwifery] 'Lactation failure caused by lack of glandular development in the breast'

the glandular stuff. I've bfed 2 1/2 yrs so far : ) J - Original Message - From: brendamanning To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 4:11 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] 'Lactation failure caused by

Re: [ozmidwifery] 'Lactation failure caused by lack of glandular development in the breast'

'what everyone thought onthe topic'. that she is absolutely right & it's a very under-diagnosed condition.   Whenever a woman says: "oh my breasts didn't change at all with my pregnancy" the alarm bells should ring !   With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original M

Re: [ozmidwifery] NZ stats

BEWARE: REALITY CHECK:I don't want to disillusion alot of you but a reality check is way overdue about what's going on across the Tasman.The saying: 'Be careful what you wish for.' is very applicable here.What MW have gained in autonomy, they have lost in the res

Re: [ozmidwifery] Trial of Scar

When women tell me they were C/Sd for FTP I always explain this to them as "your baby just couldn't come out because...??? I am looking for further information from them or imparting what I know of the situation which led to their surgery. I do NOT say: "you didn't dilate" ie it

Re: [ozmidwifery] Trial of Scar

Kelly,   I think it depends on the womans care-giver & his personal stance.   I have 4 women due this month who are having VBACs & they each have  a different Dr who has a different set of guidelines.   The one in hospital at the moment with PIH is being pressured to accept ARM as IOL (with

Fw: [ozmidwifery] 4 corners

Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] 4 corners I have had surgery that went very wrong & I was really sick. The most common reaction by colleagues was, "are you going to sue"? I didn't because I have a moral & ethical code I personally adhere to which entails (amon

[ozmidwifery] Cord Blood Donation

I have been asked this & would be very interested to hear others views. I am fairly sure she means CB donation, not storage of blood for later use for her children. "I've been meaning to ask you for a while about cord blood donation and in particular why people don't seem to do it. I picked up

Re: [ozmidwifery] 4 corners

"manage my wife's pregnancy " Well you would want someone to manage a pregnancy wouldn't you ? God forbid that a woman should 'manage' herself Especially 'YOUR WIFES' (as opposed to something she has ownership of, he obviously owns her doesn't he, so by default he also owns her pregnancy

Re: [ozmidwifery] How long before synto is used?

"The UK's NICE guidelines inherited from the UK's Royal College of Obs and Gynea suggest that it is fine to leave pre-labour rupture of membranes up to 96 hours before induction of labour - " This is the policy at Rosebud. If doing ARM for IOL then waiting 4 hours is common & reducing the synto o

Re: [ozmidwifery] Synto & heart problems?

Woops, sorry, not intended for the list.didn't look a the reply address... again , DOH !!   With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: Kelly @ BellyBelly To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Saturday, June 1

Re: [ozmidwifery] Synto & heart problems?

 Hi Kelly,   I think this lady is referring to PAT (paroxysmal atrial tachycardia). Sometimes called atrial flutternot nice but doesn't kill you. It will cause you to faint though as the atrial 'flutter' isn't pumping the blood effectively up to your brain so you feel light headed. T

Re: [ozmidwifery] ARM at crowning

DeLee suction (suckers) units (USA term) are what you are referring to. Small plastic disposable units in sealed packs.   A great back-up if the twinovac fails in an emergency.   I have several but like Lisa have never had to use them.   Mine are called Mucous Extractors one from: www.india

Re: [ozmidwifery] new centrelink forms

Hi Sue, Contact Centrelink on 1300 36 76 76 Explain that you need forms: FAO - 04 FAO - 04P FAO - 8S Birth AH - 1102 Just explain that you are an IP & have your NBV Reg Number handy. With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: "Ken Ward" <[EMAIL

Re: [ozmidwifery] informed consent

Jo,    Snap ! I got a similar response when I told my colleagues about both my homebirths, if I recall correctly a common response was : "but, you look so normal & are always so 'safe' in your practice" !    Figure that one out ?!?   With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au

Re: [ozmidwifery] degrees of high BP in preg

There is some variation here... but this week ..a diastolic over /90 is watchable & anything over 100 treatable.   Could be different next week   With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: Kristin Beckedahl To: ozmidwif

[ozmidwifery] Doctors campaign to keep lawyers out of maternity wards.

Interesting ! http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/sa/content/2006/s1649952.htm With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:;[EMAIL PROTECTED] FN:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG:themidwife TEL;HOME;VOICE:0359862535 TEL;CELL;VOICE:0409194623 TEL;HOME;FAX:0359862535 EMAIL;PRE

Re: [ozmidwifery] Midwifery Strengths

Title: Midwifery Strengths Rosebud offers full Midwifery Antenatal care with known midwife but no MW specifically on-call for the birth. Is that what you mean ? With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: Helen and Graham To: ozmidwifer

Re: [ozmidwifery] CTG & stillbirth

Lieve,   I love your posts.   It is so reassuring to know that we are all in the same energy zone even when the outcomes are poor. It isn't just here in OZ, it must be some universal synergy !!   With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From:

Re: [ozmidwifery] Re:

Thank you Sue, So. why haven't hospitals in Oz been given this info when they are administering this drug, mainly IM (perhaps ineffectively) on a daily basis to 100's of babies ?? The healthy neonates aside, what if it doesn't work effectively on the 'at risk' babies it was designe

Re: [ozmidwifery] Re:

If a solution is designed to be given IM is it absorbed effectively if given via the GI tract ? No mention of this in the literature accompanying the Konakion. Most IM meds are NOT designed to be administered or guaranteed by the pharmaceutical company to be effective if given orally. It may be n

Re: [ozmidwifery] working in a private hospital ?

woops !!! sorry about that,that, that gremlins in the system ! With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: brendamanning To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 7:59 PM Subject: Re

Re: [ozmidwifery] working in a private hospital ?

Melissa, There are some great private hospitals about. Just as there are some good & not so good public ones. If you are defining 'good' as providing wholistic continuous care for women throughout pregnancy , birth & postnatally then that's difficult within Private hosps because the women o

[ozmidwifery] How not to be killed in hospital - The Pulse - Health Matters

Interesting stuff !!http://www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/s1635777.htm BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:;[EMAIL PROTECTED] FN:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG:themidwife TEL;HOME;VOICE:0359862535 TEL;CELL;VOICE:0409194623 TEL;HOME;FAX:0359862535 EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:20060511T094543Z END:VCAR

Re: [ozmidwifery] query

Hello Nancy, I have a new partner in my midwifery practice trying to build a kit. Would you email me off line with your phone number, I'm sure she will be very interested. With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: Nancy San Martin To:

Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres in West NSW?

Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Centres in West NSW? Justine states: "Bankstown Hospital is an un-sung heroHave a look at the NSW Mother’s and Babies Report. Bankstown has a 4% epidural rate (Go beat that!)They have some wonderful midwives and lovely water births."   Rosebud Hospital must be

Re: [ozmidwifery] fractured pelvis

: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.auSubject: Re: [ozmidwifery] fractured pelvis Yes! My thoughts exactly Brenda! :) From: "brendamanning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Reply-To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.auTo: Subject: Re: [ozmidw

Re: [ozmidwifery] fractured pelvis

Kristin Beckedahl To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] fractured pelvis Yes! My thoughts exactly Brenda! :) From: "brendamanning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Reply-To: ozmidwifery@ace

Re: [ozmidwifery] fractured pelvis

Kristin, No never rule a VBAC out, always consider the individual circumstances. It cost nothing to try ! You can always opt out if there are any signs of problems. With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: Kristin Beckedahl To: ozm

Re: [ozmidwifery] ques on spurious labour vs false labour

Linda,   The actual dictionary definition of spurious is 'false'.   I think most midwives would define it as a labour that starts & stops repeatedly in the latent phase before getting down to the active phase or 'real business'. However it can dilate the cervix so it is labour & it certain

Re: [ozmidwifery] the doula & the midwife

Kristin, Can you email me off-line about this ? Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: Kristin Beckedahl To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 9:09 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] the doula & the midwife

Re: [ozmidwifery] birth and the weather

Jayne, It's well known & accepted within the farming community that when we have a storm after a dry spell the barometric pressure drops. This results in animals rupturing their membranes, late, early or otherwise. When the barometric pressure changes the intra uterine & extra uterine pres

Re: [ozmidwifery] any benefit to teaching women self examination?

Sometimes the cervix just needs to catch up with the body. So a woman may be acting transitional & only be 3cms but birth soon after because her mind & body were ahead of her cervix. Happens quite alot really. That's why a woman's behaviour (especially an unobserved, uninhibited, not frig

Re: [ozmidwifery] JW's - prejudice?

Susan, Seems rough doesn't it? Rosebud had that discussion too but negotiated that Women who were JW would still be eligible to birth at the low risk centre if they accepted synt for 3rd stage (can always say NO at the time though)but transferred to Level2 unit if anything off track in thei

Re: [ozmidwifery] quote of the week

MM, good point, I've never seen them weigh abdo sponges or packs after C/S but we do weigh linen & pads at a vag birth in hosp.   Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: Mary Murphy To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Sunday, April 02,

Re: [ozmidwifery] PPH & C/S

I think it's because all the liquor is measured in with the blood loss in the suction bottles at a C/S. It totals 1000mls but 50% of it is probably not blood, that is just the ETBL documented as total fluid loss. It's difficult/impossible to differentiate the blood from liquor/body fluid so

[ozmidwifery] Afterpains

She wrote:  I don't know how long they lasted, but as soon as I passed a heap of bloody clots etc they instantly calmed to a tolerable period pain feeling.   That's the very reason the afterpains were so severe, your uterus needed to stop the bleeding that was resulting in the clots. It was p

Re: [ozmidwifery] Night Duty

MM Yes,sleeping at work  is actually a sackable offence. Staff have been dismissed for sleeping when inappropriate (ie not in their meal break).   I too have done nights off & on for years, you just work out your own rhythm & what suits your body & family best. Beware of eating too many meal

Fw: [ozmidwifery] Fw:Looking for MW placement

Dear listers,   Hello, I am a 21 year old student midwife from England, studying at the University of Nottingham. I am now in my 2nd year and at the end of this year in October 2006 I am looking for a week’s placement with a midwife in Queensland. It would be purely only observational place

Re: [ozmidwifery] Tragic story

 Shocking yes, but why doesn't this surprise me, in India. Note no male doctors being arrested just female !! "We have been conducting raids to arrest lady doctors,"   - Original Message - From: lisa chalmers To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Thursday, March 09

[ozmidwifery] Fw:Looking for MW placement

Please read & help if possible. With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 5:59 AM Subject: (no subject)   Austrailia email.doc Description: MS-Word document

Re: [ozmidwifery] Recent Campaign re Sleep Issues

I'm new to this list and I was unaware a breach of group guidelines was ocurring, thank you Brenda for pointing it out (perhaps you could direct me to the relevant rules?). I imagine you wish this ban on discussion to include Miranda Devine? - Original Message --

[ozmidwifery] Recent Campaign re Sleep Issues

!   Thank you    With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au  BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:;brendamanning FN:brendamanning ORG:the midwife TEL;WORK;VOICE:03 59862535 TEL;WORK;FAX:03 59862535 ADR;WORK:;;79 Besgrove St;Rosebud;Victoria;3939;Australia LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:

Re: [ozmidwifery] No weight gain @ 32 weeks?

Jayne,   So long as her baby is consistently & symmetrically growing then maternal weight gain is irrelevant.   Go back through the ozmid posts to 27/01/06 & you'll find the thread on this very topic which states variations of the above.   With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.a

Re: [ozmidwifery] Re: University research.....

I have found, by & large, that (perhaps because) we are a nurturing & caring profession we tend to look after one another. We probably do most of our debriefing with our partners, friends & colleagues, as Janet says in 'an informal manner'. Our network offers formal debriefing & counselli

Re: [ozmidwifery] Independent Midwife for Hospital Support

Miriam, Has she actually asked the midwives in the midwives led program if they'd do a private birth support ? Often midwives don't offer but are willing to support a woman if asked. With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: "Belinda" <[EMAIL P

[ozmidwifery] Birth Atttendants workshop

intensive on 18/19th March until November.   This course will be running, we have the numbers, applications close this week.   Please contact me via my website for details.   With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au  BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:;brendamanning FN:brendamanning ORG:the midwife

Re: [ozmidwifery] Babies & Sleep Again...

Kelly, This is such a grey area, it's like pro & agin IOL, there isn't a right or wrong answer. Only what works for the individual. I am the last person to tell anyone what they should or shouldn't do. This whole topic has a long history (I have worked in a Mother/Baby Unit for 10 years on & o

Re: [ozmidwifery] Doula Workshop/Birth Attendants Course MONTHLY amended

edical birth. Hats off to Rhea, she's a brilliant woman and I am in awe of her work over the last 26 odd years. I hope to carry on her messages through BellyBelly to the mainstream of women. Brenda, did you instigate this? Kudos to you if you did - nice work!!! Kelly Zantey www.bellybelly.com.a

[ozmidwifery] Doula Workshop/Birth Attendants Course MONTHLY amended

intensive on 18/19th March until November.   Interested women can contact me for more information via my website: www.themidwife.com.au   With kind regardsBrenda Manning 'themidwife'    BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:;brendamanning FN:brendamanning ORG:the midwife TEL;WORK;VOICE:03 59862535 TEL;W

[ozmidwifery] Doula/Birth Attendants workshop

on 18/19th March until November.   Interested women can contact me for more information via my website: www.themidwife.com.au With kind regardsBrenda Manning 'themidwife'  BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:;brendamanning FN:brendamanning ORG:the midwife TEL;WORK;VOICE:03 59862535 TEL;WORK;FAX:0

Re: [ozmidwifery] Intro...

HI Mel, Congratulations ! I think the best piece of advice I was offered as a new midwife was: 'Assume everything is normal until proven otherwise'   Worked for me ! I also sat on my hands & watched alot !!   With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message ---

Re: [ozmidwifery] Weight gain in pregnancy

weight loss in obese women, pregnant or not. Looks like I may have opened another can of worms...oops! Kylie From: "brendamanning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au To: Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Weight gain in pregnancy Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:19:

Re: [ozmidwifery] Weight gain in pregnancy

Kylie, Maternal weight gain is determined largely by diet (intake, quality & absorption) plus lifestyle (ie level of activity, substance abuse, It is in no way related to fetal growth. Weight gain during pregnancy is largely maternal. Some women are large, well nourished, healthy, fit & active.

[ozmidwifery] Injurious Practice

It is a fact that following 'policies & protocols' which you know to be wrong or harmful could result in legal action by a client. You are not only condoning the action, you are accessorising it. "Just following orders" is how the world ended up with the Holocaust ! Both sides of the coin !

Re: [ozmidwifery] wasIV Synto for 3rd stage now rectal temps

that for a > accurate reading we should be taking temperatures rectally for infants and > orally for adults not axilla and certainly not be the fold at the back of > the newborns neck.> regards> - Original Message - > From: "brendamanning" <[EMAIL PR

Re: [ozmidwifery] Blue patches on neonate

Mongolian spots are not transient ie pass in the first few hours. They fade over months or years. Sounds circulatory to me esp with the achrocyanosis. Sorry no physiology. With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: "leanne wynne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [ozmidwifery] VBAC afterdehsicence or UR?

rom a medical point of view. If it goes wrong the patients become "victims" and they and their lawyers come running looking for someone to blame. rgds mike On 1/23/06, brendamanning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jo, I would absolutely agree with your first statement, heard it many time

Re: [ozmidwifery] IV Synto for 3rd stage

particular hospital doesn't take too kindly to students coming in and questioning their protocols! We learnt that the hard way when we (as students) tried not to take babies first temps rectally...a protocol was soon put in place that this MUST occur! Kylie From: "brendamanning"

Re: [ozmidwifery] VBAC afterdehsicence or UR?

Title: Message Jo,   I would absolutely agree with your first statement, heard it many times, "got in & saved/rescued your baby, just in the nick of time" ! I am such a hero!   With the second part: whilst very supportive of BAC I think labouring with a uterus which has already dehisced & is

Re: [ozmidwifery] dive reflex

Emily,   I don't know the answer to your query but it just doesn't happen that babies inhale the pool water unless they are stimulated to do so by: over-handling, water temp unsuitable, cord no longer pulsating, intrauterine hypoxia (flat baby but will often gasp first)fetal distress, shoul

Re: [ozmidwifery] VBAC after dehsicence or UR?

YES ! With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: Janet Fraser To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:07 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] VBAC after dehsicence or UR? Hi all, does anyone know o

Re: [ozmidwifery] Guthrie/PKU test

Janet,   Was it because you found out that the Australian Govt are storing your babies DNA without your consent for future reference ?   With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: Janet Fraser To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au

Re: [ozmidwifery] IV Synto for 3rd stage

Kylie, We are presuming these are all high risk women you are dealing with as otherwise there would be no need for her to have a jelco in place ? I am including women who have epidurals in this category as this automatically makes them high risk once they've deviated from the 'body driven' cour

Re: [ozmidwifery] sonicaid

Sorry, mine are Sonotrax Short, waterproof probe, more sturdy than the Huntleigh.   With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: Mary Murphy To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:16 PM Subject:

Re: [ozmidwifery] sonicaid

I sell reliable, accurate, sonicaids, can be contacted through my website.   With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: Mary Murphy To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 6:03 PM Subject: [ozmidwi

Re: [ozmidwifery] EPI-NO

But this is NOT to be mistaken for a sales pitch ! Um. With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: "Andrea Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 4:17 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] EPI-NO >

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] CARES VBAC Info

Would you remind me of the cost please, so I can forward a cheque. With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: "Dean & Jo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 11:13 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] CARES VBAC Info To those people

Re: [ozmidwifery] Let baby decide birth date

A huge number of women demand IOL from 37/40 onwards, like you Janet,(btw your views make perfect sense to me) I despair of how how to get the message across that the 'process' of birth will happen when all the participants are ready ie the baby, the mothers mind & her body. Sometimes in clinic

Re: [ozmidwifery] Midwife in Sth Florida?

Yes, contact Andrea Bilcliff, she will have Juli Townnsends address.   With kind regardsBrenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: Tania Smallwood To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 7:36 AM Subject: [ozmid

Re: [ozmidwifery] fetal path to obesity

This is an "I remember" tale...   I would really hate us to go back to those days of obsessive weighing of women & them dreading the weekly pregnancy check because they'd be 'told off' for gaining weight. Some women even used it as an excuse not to attend pregnancy checks at

Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Rites Exhibition

Sorry, cross post ! With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: "brendamanning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Rites Exhibition Dear Phoebe, I am an artist an

Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Rites Exhibition

Dear Phoebe, I am an artist and an experienced older midwife. I would be very interested in what you are speaking about & possibly be involved. With kind regards Brenda Manning www.themidwife.com.au - Original Message - From: "Andrea Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday

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