Re: [ozmidwifery] medication question

2006-10-19 Thread Grant and Louise McLeod
Sue try "medication and mothers milk" by Tom Hale, it should be in any maternity unit or Mothersafe 02 93826539 or 1800 647 848 ABA have a great booklet, very new and co written with PANDA about PND. It has a table of common medication groups and also a pro/con of feeding and meds. Thicker

[ozmidwifery] rural nsw

2006-10-16 Thread Grant and Louise McLeod
HelloJustine, I'll just say part of the same area health as you! When I've got more energy I'll email you and get some more info on MC. I think there were some local women who joined up, but they wanted more postnatal care family care cottage stuff, didn't care about 1-2-1 midwifery care.

Fw: Re: [ozmidwifery] rural nsw

2006-10-16 Thread Grant and Louise McLeod
of the loop. We're not even on the HNE maternity booking in form "intended hospital of birth"!!! chocolate and bed Louise [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---Original Message--- From: Justine Caines Date: 10/16/06 20:51:19 To: Grant and Louise McLeod Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] rur

Re: [ozmidwifery] asthma in labour

2006-10-15 Thread Grant and Louise McLeod
Same here Suzi, except no registrar!!! change dates at every prenatalvisit booked C/S at 37-38 weeks and when bub choppers out, It wasn't the C/S!! Really No midwifery input during pregnancy (except if you're Aboriginal) Shocked newcomers to town. What no midwives clinic? Not even a

RE: [ozmidwifery] No Contractions

2006-10-05 Thread Grant and Louise McLeod
I'm not that old ! early 40something but when I did midi we called it the "rest and be thankful stage". It seemed to go out of fashion! with "quick get the synto up". Now women ( if they're not private and have a doctor hovering) againhave that littlerest and then get on with it. Louise

Re: [ozmidwifery] New South Wales Health Booklet on Breastfeeding

2006-09-22 Thread Grant and Louise McLeod
I'll second that Barb... Actually (But I don't have it in front of me) I think the NSW Health BF Policy - which is mandatory to comply with - states professionally presentedbrochures and booklet must be used. WithABA's BF Confidence and Breastfeeding While Naturaland the new BF booklet and

Re: [ozmidwifery] lactation consultant query

2006-09-22 Thread Grant and Louise McLeod
resitting in 2009! Then again one friend just resat instead of collecting cerps - awaiting results. each to their own. Most LC's I know who have let their qualifications go have done it at 10. If you're in NSW you can use it as a qualification allowance (or whatever it's called) Louise rural NSW Grant

RE: [ozmidwifery] FYI news article

2006-09-19 Thread Grant and Louise McLeod
This is my first post for a long time so don't eat me alive! I agree with Kelly as the woman has to have a nvbit may help our cause to decrease LSCS and IOL? Also - as much as we would like all women to have 1-2-1 midwifery care ( sheesh where I work we have no ante natal clinic, no

[ozmidwifery] alca

2006-07-11 Thread Grant and Louise McLeod
Kelly, I would say that is a membership list for alca. You could try www.iblce.edu .au for a list of ibclc's. I'm an lc and not a member of alca ( maybe next year I keep saying, midwives assn, nurses assn, aba.) costs too much!!! Louise in the countryside [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ozmidwifery] Stillbirth memory ideas

2004-11-25 Thread Grant and Louise McLeod
Black and white photos look really nice, some taken with all the family together Louise in the countryside ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 11/26/04 08:58:32 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Stillbirth memory ideas

[ozmidwifery] follow through programme

2002-11-26 Thread Grant and Louise
I'd like to second Tina's comments re follow through. It was the best part of my midi (1988) following through "my" 4 ladies, and at the moment I am a "follow through lady" myself (or longitudinal case study!) for a lovelymidi student. It is great to have someone

[ozmidwifery] australian story

2002-11-05 Thread Grant and Louise
Vanessa's first birth was a C/section too. Was that safe? LOUISE [EMAIL PROTECTED] IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here

Re: [ozmidwifery] breastfeeding web site

2002-10-30 Thread Grant and Louise
? www.breasted.com.au LOUISE [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, 30 October 2002 05:41:50 PM To: Ozmidwifery \(E-mail\) Subject: [ozmidwifery]

Re: [ozmidwifery] ImpactOf Loosing LaylaSequel

2002-10-07 Thread Grant and Louise
I thought Layla was born by LSCS anyway? So how could someone think it is the safe option, both children born LSCS, one died one didn't. Mec Asp can occur in any kind of birth. LOUISE [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---Original Message---

RE: [ozmidwifery] Tramadol

2002-10-06 Thread Grant and Louise
According to Tom Hale's Medications and Mothers Milk (the guru) tramadol has no pediatric concerns via breast milk, observe for sedation. It isn't contraindicated. We use it occasionally in oral form when a mum is allergic to codeine post LSCS. He doesn't give a

Re: [ozmidwifery] fdiu at 39 weeks

2002-08-26 Thread Grant and Louise
In NSW, SIDS and SANDS are a combined organisation since about 1999/2000. This is due in large to the decrease in number of SIDS. See their site. LOUISE [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL

Re: [ozmidwifery] C/S Rates

2002-08-18 Thread Grant and Louise
In NSW the annual Mothers and Babies Report is available on the government website. It makes very interesting reading, not just C/S rates, but inductions, spontaneous labour rates, 3rd degree tears, agesetc. LOUISE [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[ozmidwifery] OP babies research

2002-08-14 Thread Grant and Louise
I don't know if it has been published yet, but was on either page 1 or 3 of the Saturday Sydney Morning Herald a while ago, with photo of mother, midwife and Swiss ball. LOUISE [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ozmidwifery] follow throughs!

2002-08-01 Thread Grant and Louise
At the beginning of Chris Bohalijian's book MIDWIVES it says it's fiction, great read. Also "longitudinal case studies" for student midwives/midwifery students/pupil midwives/beginning midwives (- I get lost), I'm very excited to be a "follow through lady" for a midi student where I work. I

re:cosleeping

2002-06-10 Thread Grant and Louise
I don't know how the doctor can say it's not on, as the literature for professionals from SIDS says co sleeping is only a problem if smokers, more than usual alcohol, drugs or excessive tiredness. It even states sleeping in the same room is protective for the first 6 months. Anyway a

abc radio

2002-05-01 Thread Grant and Louise
I just heard Pat Brodie speaking with James Valentine on local ABC radio AM , a short segment but sympathetic to midwives with a few callers with nice midwife stories. Mentioned IMD on Sun. and the insurance crisis. Louise Dimmock McLeod [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: postnatal discharge programs: support what you say

2002-04-17 Thread Grant and Louise
Care link (based in Wollongong) do home visits (midwifery, lactation, early childhood) plus services of cleaning/nappies/carer/transport/baby monitor, on a sliding scale depending on how many nights the client is in hospital and the delivery type. They do this on behalf of several health funds -

re:consumer representation

2002-04-16 Thread Grant and Louise
I agree with most of what is listed, BUT - in 13 years midi I've never seen anyone put eye drops in a baby at birth -what for?. Or give an enema without it being asked for. What is a hep lock? The list sounds like it is from an american web site, is it? Louise

recommendation?

2002-02-03 Thread Grant and Louise
Kristy, if you want to be private, how about swapping to a fund like australian unity, IOR, NIB, NRMA who cover midwifery care? then you could have the fantastic midwifery care with some of the hospital care paid for. as for NRMA they have advertised recently they will cover all the costs

RE: formula without consent?

2001-12-07 Thread Grant and Louise
keep going and help those we can... Louise ---BeginMessage--- On 8/12/01 10:44 AM, Grant and Louise [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh I see this happen regularly, consent is given - but not INFORMED consent. Your baby NEEDS a bottle/comp/some food because s/he's hungry/dry/jaundiced/big/little

Re:head lice treatment

2001-11-27 Thread Grant and Louise
Try Hale's Medications and Mothers Milk or call the NSW Mothersafe line 93826539 or 1800 647848 (if they're not there, leave a message and they get back to you really soon). Louise RN Midwife IBCLC The cure for all things is salt water - Sweat, tears, or the sea. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This

ballot

2001-11-09 Thread Grant and Louise
I live in Sydney and only received my news and ballot paper today- 9th November! How on earth (to put it mildly!) are we supposed to read the document, decide, and get it back to Victoria by 11th- especially when 10th and 11th are the weekend? I doubt those living outside capital cities, or in

labelling babies

2001-10-31 Thread Grant and Louise
The baby (and any patient/client) 'needs' a band to id them for giving meds, taking blood, returning from being elsewhere eg. baby minded while mum goes to postnatal physio. I have found many mums say before birth they don't want to be separated, but they seem to change their minds! don't want