Category Archives: consumers’ rights

Medical veto over women’s rights?

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Janet

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Honey, we’re having a homebirth.

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Janet

Have you had this conversation at your place? Thank you to those families who shared such intimate images. I hope it can be a part of more conversations about birth as a family event rather than a medical management bonanza. … Continue reading →

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Be very clear what you’re reading in ACOG’s homebirth policy.

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Janet

Via The Unnecesarean this marvellous piece on basic unpacking when reading anything to do with birth and in this case, the ACOG position paper on homebirth you silly women who don’t know what’s good for you. Once you unpack the … Continue reading →

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Homebirth? Why would you do that? TRIGGER WARNINGS

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Janet

Thank you for making this, HBACER. Thank you. Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com Tweet

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The mother of all rallies – a year on.

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Janet

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Birth ur doin it rong

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Janet

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Press cuttings

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Janet

Updated list-in-progress here. Shamed but not named: bad medics use law to hide their identities Paying for negligence: Birth bungles cost $115m in NSW alone Hypervirulent strain of Clostridium difficile in Epworth Hospital in Richmond Melbourne Scared nurses’ secret evidence … Continue reading →

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What does your uterus really do?

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Janet

Thanks, Gloria, for sharing this on your blog. How many of us know all the stuff in this video? I sure didn’t! The increase of emergency hysterectomy after caesarean is quite marked in Australia in recent years. Tweet

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Collaboration? Oh now I get it. They mean “collaboration”.

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Janet

One of the big things the government keeps banging on about in its anti-homebirth drive is “collaboration”. You might think that the existing situation – woman hires midwife, woman and midwife seek obstetric surgeon or hospital in the unlikely event … Continue reading →

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Fate of earth – fate of birth

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Janet

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