[ozmidwifery] midwives in Alice

2006-10-09 Thread ajoynt
Hi All, just a quick message to ask if any of you work in Alice Springs? If so, what's it like to work there in midwifery, and would it be necessary to have dual qualifications to work there? Could direct entry midwives gain employment? Also, do you ever have students? Yours in anticipation, Astra

[ozmidwifery] Good Morning

2006-10-06 Thread ajoynt
Good morning everyone, I have been reading these last few threads with great interest, and just wanted to express how grateful I am that this list is here for me as a student midwife. I remember hearing about women possibly having a period of no contractions at transition, in the group I attended w

Re: [ozmidwifery] Another OMG moment...

2006-09-02 Thread ajoynt
We've got one of those at uni!!! And no offense to poor Noelle, but she's as scary looking in real life as she is on the film! Haven't seen her give birth yet, but last semester we used her to learn abdomonal palpation, and finding the foetal heart rate. VE's this week... might be seeing a bit more

[ozmidwifery] Fwd: Help end the deception

2006-08-19 Thread ajoynt
Hi everyone on the list, I just recieved this today, and thought some of you might be interested signing it. No offense is intended to anyone else. Regards, Astra. - Forwarded message from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 15:43:14 +1000 From: "[EM

RE: [ozmidwifery] Blood cells and placenta?!

2006-07-25 Thread ajoynt
Hi all.. I didn't get the original of this message, so I'll have to reply here. There is a fantastic, easy to read article/ chapter in the book Normal Childbirth: Evidence and Debate, ed. Soo Downe 2006, which dicusses these issues, and is clearly in favour of delayed cord clamping. The chapter is

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

2006-07-14 Thread ajoynt
Hi Jo, I'm pretty sure she got the photo's from a cosmetic surgery site!! They were examples only, to give us a kind of idea of something to be aware of. I had never heard of this previously, and would also be interested to learn more. I could see what I can come up with, and post it on the list la

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

2006-07-13 Thread ajoynt
Hi Kelly, I've only just read your post, and I really dont know much about this subject, but I can tell you there is definitely information out there about it, and it is a real condition. I'm a first year Bmid student, and last semester in a lecture with a lactation consultant from the RHW Randwick

Re: [ozmidwifery] online journals

2006-06-30 Thread ajoynt
Hi Megan, I just found this one online.. Hope it helps, regards, Astra. http://nmap.ac.uk/ Quoting meg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Can anyone tell me where they access online journals that are able to be > downloaded or emailed. I have access to midirs but you can only get articles > mailed out

Re: [ozmidwifery] Manual rotation

2006-06-27 Thread ajoynt
Quoting Susan Cudlipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Did this incident cause some adverse outcomes? > > Regards, Sue > Thanks for everyone's reply's.. Yes, this particular time, the outcome was forceps and a third degree tear which obviously not a direct result of the manouvre, but from the maternal ex