Just a small amount of experience on my part.. but
thought it might be worth mentioning. As a Midwifery student in 97 -98 I
can't remember having to have Hep B immunisation (but was already immunised
anyway). The hospital I trained at was a tertiary referralhospital
in North QLD where there
Dear Sandra,
My sister had her baby ata large public
hospital in QLD just 4 months ago. I discussed many things with her prior
to birth Hep B vaccine was one of them. As a result she chose not to
have her baby vaccinated at birth. She was made to feel like a "bad"
mother at every turn
Thankyou to those who have replied so far...
I forgot to say that our other children are almost 9yo, 6.5yo, and 3.5yo.
I have been preparing them as much as I know how... borrowing videos from the
birth centre books. Talking about the way the baby may look
feel. Making them very aware
Dear All,
I am hoping you may be able to help. I am
expecting my fourth baby in approx. 2 weeks need some advise. I
usually experience killer afterbirth pains that often seem worse than the
labour. For this birth I am attending the Birth Centre here in Brisbane
am planning to birth in
Hi, My husband I have just found out
thatwe are pregnant (unexpectedly) with our fourth baby. I am only
71/2 weeks at the moment have already put my name down for the next ballot
draw for the birth centre here in Brisbane. I would also like to know if
there is a homebirth option available
Please excuse my inexperience on this issue, but I
thought that putting a hand inside a uterus that has just given birth was
dangerous (unless there was a life threatening situation) increased the
chance of rupturing the uterus. I am sure some wise woman told me this
during my mid.
Sorry I didn't write that part, at the time I was breastfeeding my sick 2
1/2 yo wanted to get the words onto the computer before they disappeared
from my overtired brain. Thanks for reminding me of that important fact.
Love Tina H.
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Dear Lois anyone else who may know,
How do you go about getting a position with a Community Midwifery Programme?
What state do you live in? Do homebirth midwives take on apprentices (if
that is the correct term for it). I am a midwife in QLD, whilst not in a
position to start practicing in
Dear Andrea,
Reading your story was a wonderful way to end a bad week for me. I hope
that one day (probably many years away yet) that I too will experience
personally what you experienced that day. What a fantastic first!!!
Tina H.
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I have been working in a number of different
hospitals (both public private)and have started coming across some
interesting if not worrying trends in the clinical pathways used. At some
of the hospitals they use a clinical pathway in 1st, 2nd 3rd stage of
labour (which doesn't create
Dear all who replied to my question,
Your wisdom is much appreciated will be
passed on to my sister her husband. Also Jo, please pass on my
sincerest thoughts to your friend over the loss of Josh... it breaks my
heart to hear of others who went through / are going through what my family
Hi all, yet another question from me. I have
a sister who is trying to conceive at the moment has been off the combined
pill for approx 10 - 12 months now. I have a few questions regarding
fertility when fertility treatments are normally started.
My sister is now 28yo. She had Leukaemia
Recently I have been doing some work in a private
hospital on the maternity ward. Some of the Obs have been ordering
Largactyl for hyperemesis. I had never seen this before... is it becoming
a common drug of choice in obstetric care? I heard one time a couple of
months ago that a woman with
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