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Archive for the ‘ surgical monopoly ’ Category

Birth ur doin it rong

29th August 2010 | 2 Comments

Birth ur doin it rong


Sunday Snicker

29th August 2010 | 0 Comments

Sunday Snicker


Press cuttings

26th August 2010 | 2 Comments

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 of intimidation No room at the hospital for sick toddler Hospital blunder turns into family [...]


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

23rd August 2010 | 16 Comments

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 of need, often midwives have relationships built up with hospitals or surgeons so that’s not [...]


Fate of earth – fate of birth

23rd August 2010 | 3 Comments

Fate of earth – fate of birth


Ways we silence women

18th August 2010 | 0 Comments

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 in from the cold and realises her feelings are valid and important, that she’s not [...]


Breastfeeding, not special, just normal.

20th June 2010 | 10 Comments

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 thinking about how they’re going to manage the early stages of the new breastfeeding relationship [...]


Why I don’t do due dates – one woman’s perspective

9th June 2010 | 2 Comments

A first time birthing woman I know has been managing the fear others are feeling around her upcoming birth by choosing to present some facts for those who haven’t yet found out that obstetrics is mostly antiquated nonsense. I found her thoughts and perspective interesting given my own perspective as a writer and birth attendant [...]


The real birth wars

16th May 2010 | 0 Comments

The “quality and safety framework” has been released. My response looks like this: Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com The real birth wars


Weasel words revealed by the government

19th April 2010 | 0 Comments

In a nicely Orwellian turn of phrase where we’re assured that our choices are being expanded, the government deigned to share some of their maternity “care” plans with us. Finally. The AMA’s choices are sure being expanded but those of birthing women have been reduced to “When? How high?”. Luckily for me, Lisa Barrett has [...]


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