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My Purple Cow
MY PURPLE COW
You may wonder what this has to do with midwifery.?
Earlier today I met with my business mentor in a delightful cafe in downtown Mooloolaba. It was a very stimulating session about marketing and Know YourMidwife. She asked me "what is your purple cow?" For those ...
Read more... Best Practice Maternity Care is Continuity of Midwifery Care
I believe it is a little known fact in Australia that the majority of women will have the best possible outcomes by receiving one-to-one midwifery care. This means the same midwife providing all your antenatal, labour, birth and postnatal care. Consider this excerpt from the National Maternity Actio...
Read more... Pregnancy and Birth Care Options on Australia’s Sunshine Coast
The two main reasons why expectant mothers opt for Private Hospital care and a Private Obstetrician are:
1. Because when they tell their GP they have private health insurance, that’s what is suggested to them.
2. They want to have the same obstetrician for all of their care, and b...
Read more... Birth Quotes
“Letting a woman discover her own power is a delicate art…You’ve helped her go to a place where she feels safe…and she will grow there when she is ready. We cannot take away her strength by controlling. We need to shelter and encourage her strength.” –Midwife...
Read more... Who Knew?: International Confederation of Midwives Defines Role Of Midwife At Meeting In Brisbane, Australia.
I’ve always had a lot of respect for The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM).
I share its vision for “a world where every childbearing woman has access to a midwife's care for herself and her newborn “
I find it reassuring also that the organisation works...
Read more... 5 Hospital procedures that ruin your birth
Are there only 5 Hospital procedures that ruin your birth?
I was intrigued to read an article that named only 5 hospital proceeures that could ruin your birth. Today, there are many hospital policies and procedures that not only make labour harder and more painful, but can also be&nb...
Read more... Sunshine Coast Expectant Mothers Will Be Able To Claim Private Midwife Costs Through Medicare.
Many Sunshine Coast expectant mothers are unaware that legislative changes may soon make it possible for them to use Medicare to secure the benefits of working with a private midwife.
As of November 1, 2010, appropriately experienced and qualified private midwife practices will be able to access t...
Read more... Risks of Routine Practices.
I read a very interesting new birthing book by Brisbane GP and mother of 4, Sarah Buckley, which talks about the little told risks of many routine antenatal and birth procedures, including ultrasound scans and epidurals which are used commonly throughout Australia and the western world.
Gent...
Read more... Continuity of Midwifery Care Can Shorten Your Labour
Could this be right? I found interesting research that supports the labours I have witnessed in my own private practice of 8 years in New Zealand.
The authors and researchers of Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth included an international search of all trials that met their criteria and al...
Read more... MY BIRTH - MY BODY - MY BABY
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR GP
What birthing options are available on the Sunshine Coast?
Do you collaborate with Private midwives?
At what stage of my pregnancy will you refer me to a Private midwife,
an Obstetrician for Private Hospital Care or to the Public Hospital?
If I ch...
Read more... Bravo RCM: Love The Campaign For Normal Birth.
The Royal College of Midwives’ Campaign for Normal Birth is a wonderful initiative that began in 2005 and continues to “inspire and support normal birth practice in the midwifery profession”.
RCM is witnessing the same things in the UK that we’re seeing here in Australia; “the last 30 ye...
Read more... Video Evidence: Birthing Can Be Blissful
This ABC News 20/20 article shares with us a very different birthing experience. Very different, that is, to the images of birth we see so often on TV, in the movies, and very different to the stories we hear so often from friends and relatives.
I've been helping women birth for a long time, and h...
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