Category Archives: surgical monopoly

What’s really going on in South Australia at the moment?

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Janet

You can find that out here. As Lisa Barrett says: They have raided my house so I no longer have a computer or a telephone, my husband can’t carry on his business as they took his computer and the children … Continue reading →

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Sunday Snicker

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Janet

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Sunday Snicker

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Janet

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Birth ur doin it rong

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Janet

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Sunday Snicker

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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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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Ways we silence women

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Janet

This is a beautiful and important post by Heather Armstrong, presented on The Unncessarean. I know many women will relate to it. Unfortunately. Read the rest at the link. Thank you, Heather. Every time this is articulated, another woman comes … Continue reading →

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Breastfeeding, not special, just normal.

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Janet

I support a lot of women to find their way through personal and political gunk and reach a point where they can birth their babies in nice simple births.As the end of pregnancy draws near I encourage women to start … Continue reading →

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