This has my heartfelt endorsement. MM
My involvement with midwifery has been the very best life I could have. I
feel I have been living on sacred ground.- Jan Tritten
We
need to find a way between the rock of medical model standard of care and the
hard place of women's insistence on pain-free, rapid childbearing to meet the
needs of both mother and baby. Sharon Glass Jonquil
dwifery Today Issue 57
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From:
Mary
Murphy
To: list
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 5:44
PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] QUOTE OF THE
WEEK
"We need
to find a way between the rock of medical model standard of care and the hard
pl
The flowering of midwifery education is in the opening, the grace, the
surrender, the beauty and the union with what is great and good, and the
strength that comes with this.
From Midwifery Today.
My apologies
if this is a repeat.
We
midwives can do little about societal influence unless we get ourselves into
the media and say that birth can be normal and positive. Jenny Hall
Since
1990, the number of women giving birth with a midwife has doubled, signaling a
growing trend among women who seek a more natural -- as opposed to medical --
childbirth.
While
only 4 percent of women gave birth with a midwife in 1990, 8 percent of women
chose a midwife in 2003,
There is not a single report in the scientific
literature that shows obstetricians to be safer than midwives for low risk or
normal pregnancy and birth. So if you are among the over75 percent of all
women with a normal pregnancy, the safest birth attendant for you is not a
doctor but a
Unfortunately
we live in a society that is addicted to drama, and the mainstream media
continue to help satisfy the addiction with their sensational stories about
birth.
Linda
McHale and Barbara Nobel Schelling
I have to make
myself open for a woman to be open to me. Mabel Dzata
Childbirth
being one's most significant life passage, those close to us when we open to
birth a baby will never be forgotten. Robin Lim
These are
the moments when a woman is only who she is. There is no pretending, and there
is no running away. There is only being. Heather Hilton
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jo Watson
Sent: Sunday, 2 April 2006 9:22 PM
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So true, Mary. Women are the harshest judges of eachother. Some
, 2006 5:58
PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] quote of the
week
"If I
could wave my wand, our culture would be matriarchal...one of peace, of
softness...where children are beloved, where women are revered and taken care
of, where birth and mothering are honored and supported.&qu
So true, Mary. Women are the harshest judges of eachother. Some of the pregnancy/birth/parenting forums I read show this to be true in almost every topic. :(JoOn 02/04/2006, at 3:58 PM, Mary Murphy wrote:"If I could wave my wand, our culture would be matriarchal...one of peace, of
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Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] quote
of the week
So true, Mary. Women are the harshest judges of eachother.
Some of the pregnancy/birth/parenting forums I read show this to be true in
almost every topic. :(
Jo
On 02/04/2006, at 3:58 PM, Mary Murphy wrote:
If I
. By
strengthening women we strengthen our children and therefore our communities. Julie Brill
Hi all
Probably Mary has already pasted this but couldn't resist sharing it again in case some midwives missed it.
I came upon it on Ina May's website
Cheers
Jan
x-tad-smallerIt's not just the making of babies, but the making of /x-tad-smallerx-tad-biggermothers/x-tad-biggerx-tad-bigger
Keep
your hands off and keep your hands out; keep the lights dim and the talking
down. Expect normalcy. Vicki Penwell
"The deadening of the sensory awareness of the body that occurs with the
administration of regional anesthesia for birth not only threatens the memory of
how to birth, but the part of the heart's energy that tells us we have the
capacity to give birth."Judy Luce. midwifery Today eNews.
"The unborn baby is truly a sentient and intelligent human being who has much
to go through at birth. We owe it to future generations to change birth
experiences to make birth an easier transition and a gateway to a fuller life."
Nick Owen -Midwifery Today
Midwifery calls upon you to be the best you can be: the best advocate,
guide, healer, counselor, mother, comrade, and confidant of the women seeking
your care. Anne Frye
]Mary Murphy
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From Midwifery Today: H. Deutsch, a psychologist active in the 1940s,
knew that at the time of birth, it is not just a vagina that is opening,
the woman's entire psyche
(Feb 28 9.15 am, another boy, Tobias Michael, 3.6kg and so far
a gentle soul)
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Hello Geesje,
When
Congratulations to you your family Justine. I hope all went well.
Best wishes, Tina H.
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Here
t happened last night I can fully understand why
some women seek homebirths for high risk births.
Geesje
From: Mary Murphy
To: list
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 7:51
PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Quote of the Week
From Midwifery Today: "H. Deutsch, a psychologist acti
From Midwifery Today: "H. Deutsch, a psychologist active in the 1940s, knew
that at the time of birth, it is not just a vagina that is opening, the woman's
entire psyche is open and vulnerable."
"It may be worth considering that ultimate satisfaction with the experience
of giving birth may not be related to lack of pain." Sarah
Buckley
"Given the opportunity to voice their opinions about what is happening in
their labor and how their baby is doing, women will often give you a very
accurate account. The key is to listen to them " Jill
Cohen
Hi all, from midwifery today enews...
Quote of the Week
"I don't practice medicine. I am a midwife."
-Valerie Vickerman Runes
--
Yours in reforming midwifery
Tina Pettigrew.
B Mid Student ACU Melb
http://groups.yahoo
Every pregnancy, labor, and birthing experience is unlike any other. Why
expect the same birth model from every woman?"
Samantha
Clemens
"The current medical backlash in birth is actually the death throes of an
outmoded way of thinking and behaving. Men and women, mothers and babies,
midwives and doctorswe are all awakening together." Sarah
Buckley
Quote of the Week
"If a woman knows too little today, knowledge is replaced with fear and her
chances for a normal birth are nil."
Jan
Tritten
Quote of the WeekOne of the most important questions
midwives can ask [a pregnant woman] is How do you see yourself giving birth?
Andrea Mietkiewicz
and then assist her to achieve her goal instead of trying to sabotage her
efforts.MM
We are accustomed to thinking that we know what we know from what we have
observed, but it is just as true that how we practice sets up what is observable
in the first place. Barbara Katz Rothman in Midwifery
Today
"If you want to know what has gone wrong in obstetrics, read the pediatric
journals."
Thanks
Mary please keep these quotes with words of wisdom coming
kind
regards, Robyn
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DOESN'T THIS SAY IT ALL?
"Medicine and midwifery are not sciences, they are clinical practices. It
is the nature of scientific work to expose inconsistencies, to show the flaws in
the old paradigm. Clinical practice is not about generating data--it's about
treating people." - Barbara Katz
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