Hi ,
Yesterday I had a wee chat to Bruce Sutherland - he
started the Hawthorn Birth Centre and still has a few births there each month as
well as his other obstetric practice. He was telling me - utterly mortfied -
that the previous day a well known private hospital in Melbourne had a busy
d
From the USA- An Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
retrospective study of 733 women who delivered fullterm, nonbreech infants by
unplanned cesarean found that as many as 24% of c-sections for "lack of progress
in labor" are performed too early. This group comprises women who u
Preventing first time mothers having an
induction for non or dubious medical reasons would go a long way to preventing
complicated labours and C/S for “lack of progress and/or fetal distress”.
There seems to be an epidemic of inductions, as tho this is the best way for
women to go in to la
, not that he'd probably remember, unless you
remind him about my work with Kerry Gray & CEA.
Love,
Aviva
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From: Pinky
McKay
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Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 9:38 PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Caesareans!
Hi ,
Yesterday I had a wee chat
Dear List,
Wasn't caesar's palace?Or has this hospital now a
rival for that title?Friends from Singapore have told
me in Singapore the induction rate is almost 100% and
the c/section rate is 80%.I am not surprised with an
attitude of Mon-Fri 9-5 obst/ics.Ann--- Pinky McKay
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Hi Pinky
I had a similar gut-renching experience recently at Burnside War Memorial
Hospital in Adelaide. A Friday afternoon, had to see the CNM to give her
the caesarean awareness day info. She was still in theatre scrubs and when
I asked her if she had just come back from a cs, she said breat
er
Belinda
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From:
Mary
Murphy
To: list
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 7:24
PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Caesareans
From the USA- An Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
retrospective study of 733 women who delivered fullterm, nonbreech
ybe
getting the women i to water would have encouraged their labour to progress
and avoid CS altogether
Belinda
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From:
Mary
Murphy
To: list
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 7:24
PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Caesareans
Belinda, I'd love to read that article. Do you know the reference?
Cheers, JenBelinda Maier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
what is interesting is the RCT in the BMJ which showed water was effective in decreasing the need for intervention/augmentation in women with 'dystocia'. So in these cases m
In
the news in New Zealand
from: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2843494a7144,00.html
New
guidelines for caesarean births
12 March 2004
New
guidelines recommending safe alternatives to caesareans in cases where
breech
births are expected or where woman have already ha
This article appeared on page 3 of the Weekend Australian (29-30 Nov 03) - Food for thought in the VBAC/csec decision as this is potentially applicable to any woman who has a csec (1st or not) and then a subsequent pregnancy.
Caesareans Put Next Child At Risk by Helen Tobler Medical Reporter
Wome
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