[ozmidwifery] J K Rowling

Wooohooo! >From the UK midwives list... J K Rowling is planning to have a homebirth next month with an independent midwife in the UK. http://www.sundayherald.com/31121 I wonder if it will get as much publicity as Claudia's & Posh's C/S births? Andrea -- This mailing list is

Re: [ozmidwifery] List problems - from LISTADMIN

> Thanks for looking into this Kim. I'm having trouble too. Can't open my e-mail software at all and am having to access my mail via provider's website. Not sure if this happened because of ozmidwifery though. I opened a birth photograph someone sent me and that was the end of my email program.

Re: Wish me luck

Thankyou all for your words of encouragement. It is so good to have a forum for discussion and support. Peace and Joy to you all Sally Westbury > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit to subscribe or unsubscribe.

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confronting doctors daily, being stong advocates. It seems for me much easier to be a homebirth midwife, only being in the medical system when we invite it, when we need it. It also give me great clarity about why I do what I do. Why I am a midwife who supports women who choose to birth at home

Re: ACMI Conference

Just another thought about ACMI possibilities. After the really poor outcomes of the ANF staff/client ratio's, expecially in the post natal area where I heard 1 midwife to 10 women... not counting the babies as clients/people at all!!, it would be fantastic to see midwives move on mass t

Re: ACMI Conference

I just checked the ANF site and saw that ratios have been renegotiated to 1 to 8 (sorry for this error)... but still not counting babies. another this to ponder is that ANF membership is  398.85 per year for full time workers, 301.20 for part timers... many midwives are members because of th

Re: [ozmidwifery] The Advertiser today...

es of birth" and "often lack confidence in their own midwifery skills" extremely offensive and unprofessional. Criticism was also aimed at emphasis for hospital based midwives being on education in CTG interpretation, resuscitation and emergencies. As a hospital based midwife c

Re: understanding

Therefore the midwife acts without doing anything And teaches without saying anything Things arise and she lets them come Things dissapear and she lets them go She has but she doesn't possess Acts but doesn't expect When her work is done she forgets it This is why it lasts forever -