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24.01.2022 "At least you have a healthy baby!" "At least you're alive!" REALLY!?! Are we not yet done with accepting the brutality, mistreatment and degradation of... women in the name of having a healthy baby? Did you know a mum can feel over the moon, blessed and grateful for their beautiful, healthy baby, and simultaneously tormented, depressed, disappointed or TRAUMATISED by her birth experience? Not dead is not good enough. A healthy baby at the cost of a healthy mum is not acceptable. Women are the ones expected to nurture and care for their babies. STOP DAMAGING THEM DURING BIRTH AND THEN EXPECTING THEM TO MOTHER THEIR BABIES AS IF NOTHING FUCKING HAPPENED!! Please, for the love of mothers and babies, change the system that results in one third of women leaving their births with trauma. Women, please know that you don't have to accept this treatment! Call it out. Don't put up with it. Report mistreatment and negligence when it happens. It is not ok! If you need help, please reach out! You are not alone #ENOUGH #birthtraumaawareness #birthtrauma #notalone #obstetricviolence #informedbirth #thebirthroom #whatiswrongwithpeople #womensrightsarehumanrights #womensrights #birthisafeministissue #feminism

24.01.2022 Get this. Melbourne hospitals are blackmailing (healthy) pregnant women into coming into their (sick) hospital twice a week for covid tests from 37 weeks. ... I dont know about you but at 37 weeks I barely had a social life, barely able to waddle to the toilet let alone nativating busy hospital car parks, let alone during stage 4 lock downs.

23.01.2022 A wonderful article talking about the level 1 evidence for continuity of midwifery carer Clinical Excellence Queensland....what percentage of women in Qld can access this again? 18% Its never too late to write to your hospital explaining you would have preferred evidence based care....and if you were lucky enough to get into this program, write to them thanking them for offering this mode of care. https://clinicalexcellence.qld.gov.au//fascinated-miracle-

22.01.2022 What a chilling summary of the gravity of this maternity system Buy tickets NOW!

21.01.2022 This non evidence based experimental abuse of Australian women has to stop.

21.01.2022 All screening tests have downsides. They may lead to overuse of intervention. And every time we use technology like this, we are undermining womens own knowled...ge. The constant use of technology implies that our bodies arent capable of growing, birthing and feeding babies without a shed load of expensive machinery. And thats not just true. I spent last week chatting with a wonderful, passionate group of midwives, obstetricians, doulas, childbirth educators, hypnobirthing teachers and other birth workers from around the world, and this came up - again - as a key theme that so many of us are experiencing. It's so important to keep sharing positive messages about the awesomeness of the female body. And to remind people that we did this for millions of years before the machines came along. If it hadn't worked, none of us would be here today. If you'd like more information, see www.sarawickham.com where I have a whole information hub on screening as well as more than 500 pages of information. #midwife #midwifery #doula #decisionmaking #decisions #whatsrightforme #book #bookstagram #childbirth #childbirtheducator #childbirtheducation #hypnobirthing #pregnancy #pregnancyyoga #women #birthrights #trustbirth See more

20.01.2022 Homebirth NSW are seeking women and families with personal experience having trouble accessing maternity care in rural and regional areas to help with a submiss...ion for this parliametary inquiry: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au//P/inquiry-details.aspx Please email [email protected] if you would like to share your experience or if you would like our help preparing your own submission.

20.01.2022 How education interventions can make professionals more empathetic and woman centred.

20.01.2022 Maternity consumer reps, you know you do this

20.01.2022 Homebirth Newborn Resuscitation ~Potential trigger- newborn resuscitation~ One of peoples greatest concerns about homebirth is-... What if my baby isnt doing great at birth? These photos give an insight into homebirth resuscitation. The differences with hospital resus? The baby stays attached to the mother. In most hospitals in Australia the first thing that happens is the umbilical cord is cut and the baby is taken to a resuscitare on the other side of the room. At home, the cord is left in tact so the blood flow from the placenta continues to go to the baby, giving them essential red blood cells to oxygenate their blood until their breathing is established. The baby is moved and massaged, blown on and talked to to stimulate their reflexes. If this doesnt work, room air is bagged into them through a mask (or mouth) to help trigger their lungs to breathe. In a lot of cases, this is enough. If it isnt, there is a tank of oxygen close by, ready to administer. Youll see in these photos, the baby stays attached to her mother, everyone keeps their calm and the midwives methodically step their way through these processes. You will also notice the mother holding on to the cord to check it is still pulsating, giving reassurance her baby is receiving what it needs. You will also see the midwives assessing the babys heart rate throughout with both touch and stethoscope. Everyone is informed every step of the way, and everyone is involved. I am all too aware that a resus is not always this straightforward, and that babies can need a lot more help. What happens when, for example, the baby needs chest compressions (which are necessary when the fetal heart rate is below 60 bpm or if ventilation doesnt increase the heart rate to above 100 bpm)- in that case the woman is asked to get out of the pool and CPR is still commenced with an intact cord. As the first line of action- doesnt leaving the cord in tact make a whole lot more sense? . A recent study found it does. Intact cord resuscitation versus early cord clamping in the treatment of depressed newborn infants during the first 10 minutes of birth (Nepcord III) a randomized clinical trial- found that the newborns oxygen saturation (Sp02) and APGAR scores were higher at several measured points after birth along with other benefits such as both initiation of breathing and respiration rate when a necessary resuscitation was done bedside with the cord intact on an infant who was not breathing at birth. Midwives- Midwife Jo and Jacqui Wood Mama- Birth Aims - Doula Aimee Sing Aimee Sing . Thank you all involved for your willingness to share this moment. . #homebirth #birth #waterbirth #midwife #midwives #birthphotography #sydneybirthphotographer

19.01.2022 Here here. Here at MCA our volunteers cant wait to be made redundant. We hate taking meetings and ignoring our young children, paying a fortune in childcare but the most of all...we hate that women are being traumatised by the health dept policies and they refuse to even admit it. Playing pass the buck between department and hospital. Hospitals making it so difficult to complain. ... When this happens, we will rest. But now, we have to tell our children its TV time while Im trying to help every woman have every choice in childbirth. Macro level change is hard. Thank you to our doula sisters who are doing micro level change, 1:1 with women. Ps. Im totally selling it come join the team of passionate volunteers

18.01.2022 We. Need. Continuity. Of. Midwifery. Carer. Now. #harmreduction

16.01.2022 Calling all hospital-based maternity consumer reps: Zoom call with Hannah Dahlen this Wednesday lunchtime, hosted by Women's Healthcare Australasia.

16.01.2022 Results Women using EA were more likely to require a vacuum-assisted birth (RRR 3.35, p < 0.01) or forceps-assisted birth (RRR 11.69, p < 0.01). Exposure to EA was associated with significantly greater risk of 10 h first (OR 6.72, p = 0.01) and 2 h second (OR 2.25, p < 0.01) stage labour, increased likelihood of receiving IV syntocinon (OR 9.38, p < 0.01), antibiotics (OR 2.97, p < 0.01) and a greater probability of pyrexia (OR 10.26, p < 0.01). Women who used EA were half ...as likely to be breastfeeding at three months postpartum (OR 0.53, p < 0.01). No differences were observed between groups in neonatal outcomes. Conclusions Our data shows significant associations between EA use and several intrapartum outcomes. Liz Newnham - midwife changing the world

15.01.2022 Thank you Milli Hill from The Positive Birth Movement #birthtraumaawarenessweek #birthtime

15.01.2022 #notdead #humanrights

14.01.2022 Eliminate obstetric violence by asking your federal MP to ask Greg Hunt MP to hold states to account in regard to NSAMS, the even more airy fairy version of the National Maternity Services Plan

14.01.2022 Great research area University of Technology Sydney I’ve had these bad until I found magnesium via an IBCLC who showed me a research paper on it

14.01.2022 Dr Robert Herkes, Chief Medical Officer of the Australian Commission On Safety and Quality In Health Care

14.01.2022 More human rights in childbirth violations than ever before

13.01.2022 For anyone who missed yesterdays Facebook live here is it! https://www.facebook.com/maternalmentalhealthmattersaustralia/videos/600599787278808/

13.01.2022 Have you birthed at Ipswich Hospital in the last 1-2years? Or are you currently pregnant and will birth there? Have you had a poor experience? Were you not offered the safest, gold standard of care - continuity of Midwifery carer? IE the MGP program?... Our Qld branch president and a rep have just had a meeting with all the executives at Ipswich Hospital and they have asked if all women who have experienced poor care, trauma, undignified treatment to please make a complaint. We understand how difficult it can be as a new mum and potentially dealing with trauma to do this and I’m sorry it falls on your shoulders. This is a chance for you to have your voice heard and see change. Your experience and how you felt is valid. I’ll post the link to make the complaint in the comment below. Please also reach out if you feel comfortable doing so once the complaint is complete so we can ensure your voice is heard. Edit: the system might not be coping with so many complaints... Try these and say you want a written response [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Edit again- they have fixed the link Edit again- the link isn’t working AGAIN (it’s almost as if they don’t want feedback) Photo for attention by the fabulous Michelle Palasia Birth Photographer & Doula West Moreton Health wow over 100 formal complaints already and 1000 comments across the 3 groups, you will be busy reviewing and responding to all these in writing!

11.01.2022 Two new Aussie mums have reported this to us this week also...this has to stop

11.01.2022 Meanwhile in Australia it’s like banging your head against a brick wall trying to get services and uni’s to offer woman centred care All choices for all women, stop coercing them into hospital births. All choices for all midwives, stop coercing them into dual degrees.... Sign here to hold states to account https://maternalhealth.good.do/maternalh/MaternityAdvocacy/

10.01.2022 Past MC and MCA secretary Jodie Millar launches an incredible analysis of the trials and tribulations of birth reform. While its debatable that progress has been made in maternity services over the last 20 years, without the consumer rep there would be even more human rights violations than we are currently experiencing today.

10.01.2022 Can you imagine if premmie dyads were supported like this here!?!

09.01.2022 Well deserved Midwife Jo and team

09.01.2022 I wonder what the stats are for Australia?

07.01.2022 Some babies are born very purple. About 10 seconds after birth, they will take their first breath, which will inflate their lungs and star...t the oxygenation process. As they continue to breathe air, this color will turn more red, and then into pink. The hands and feet may retain a bluish hue for a bit longer, which is normal. Your care provider will keep a close eye on babys color and breathing- intervention will occur if baby continues to have trouble transitioning. #Repost @doulaheathertaylor @tncphoto

06.01.2022 Leading researcher in the world in the field of maternity care and midwifery, Distinguished Professor Caroline Homer honoured in the Australian: While Homers academic career grew, she continued to practise two years ago she delivered the fourth child for one patient. International work in developing countries has... been another strand of her scholarship. Her most influential papers, she thinks, were part of a 2014 Lancet series on midwifery. One of them showed that if you implement this whole package of interventions ... youll reduce your maternal death rate, your still-birth rate and your neonatal death rate considerably, somewhere between 50 and 80 per cent, Homer says. That work is used now in the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Population Fund. https://specialreports.theaustralian.com.au/1540291/8/

06.01.2022 What does research tell us about upright labor and birth? . According to the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group, a respected international organizatio...n that defines best practices based on research, the use of any upright or side-lying position, compared with supine or lithotomy positions (lying on back, legs supported by stirrups), is associated with the following results: shorter second stage of labor; a small reduction in vacuum or forceps-assisted birth; fewer episiotomies; less chance that the woman will report severe pain; fewer abnormal fetal heart rate patterns; a small increase in second-degree lacerations (in the upright group only); and an increase in estimated blood loss, although there was no evidence of serious or long-term problems from the extra blood loss (Gupta, Hofmeyr, & Smyth, 2004). Upright and gravity-neutral positions are safe during pushing and are often more comfortable than lying on your back. Following your own urge to push is less stressful for your baby than directed pushing. Pushing when and how your natural urge tells you to gives you the best chance of preventing tears and muscle weakness in your pelvis after the birth. : @breedownes_doula_photographer on IG -Reposted fromHome Sweet Homebirth

05.01.2022 Lets get these numbers down to 0% #knownmidwife #autonomy #placeofbirthofchoice... #informedconsent #informedchoices See more

05.01.2022 I wonder why women choose homebirth?

03.01.2022 Did you know that in 2014 it was found that only 912% of (obstetric interventions) Green-Top guidelines based on best quality evidence. What does that mean for us as consumers of maternity health services? We don't actually know. Research into interventions, especially to determine if they are unnecessary and what the outcomes are if used in such a way isn't as widely available as we would like to see. Of the recommendations published before December 2007, 52 (12%) referenc...ed level A evidence; 94 (22%) level B evidence; 126 (29%) level C evidence; and 163 (37%) were based on recommended best practice. Regarding guidelines published from December 2007 onwards, 114 (9%) were based on level A evidence; 145 (12%) level B; 210 (17%) level C; 276 (22%) level D and 502 (40%) were recommended best practice (Figure 1b). This suggests that, contrary to the aims of evidence-based medicine, guidelines published more recently are actually more likely to be based on clinical experience alone. However, since the new classification system places more stringent measures on evidence that can qualify as level A, the two sub-sets cannot be directly compared. (Prusova et al 2014: 3). https://www.sarawickham.com//only-9-12-of-green-top-guide/ See more

03.01.2022 Prenatal coersion has to stop. Birth coersion has to stop. Postnatal coersion has to stop. Every facet of maternity care is riddled with limited informed consent

03.01.2022 Couldn't scroll by. I'm livid. I want you to know, there's a massive difference between obstetrically managed vaginal birth, and normal physiological birth. .... . Homebirth has a roughly 90% spontaneous vaginal birth rate and an 80% intact perineum rate. It's half that in most hospitals. We just don't see these appalling birth injuries at home births. . . So if birth itself is not producing these terrible, life-altering injuries .... what IS??? . . From Maternity Consumer Network: . . "Does anyone really believe this bullshit data used in this "study"!?! There is NOTORIOUS under-reporting in private practice. This was raised in the 2017 Australia Atlas of Healthcare Variations for 3/4th degree tears. - 11-fold variance in 3/4th degree tears across care providers - questions wer raised about under-reporting or diagnosis (more diplomatic than we are being though!) Private OBs are notorious for routinely inducing women, high routine epidurals, episitomies, instruments......all risk factors for severe perineal trauma. Consumers who don't have a clue about how data is collected and why there are variances would believe the article as truth. " . . From Janet Fraser, Joyous Birth: . . "Obstetric lobby groups will do anything to try and manipulate women into highly intervened births. The idea anyone might be considering birthing at home without their dubious services during the pandemic obviously means women should be coerced back into hospitals asap. None of this serves women, it just serves the obstetric system. Resist, women. Own your births and don't believe their bullshit."

03.01.2022 This is a great case study of how to challenge and deimplement a practice that is not evidence based. Much respect for the team of midwives who did this work.

02.01.2022 The old bait and switch

02.01.2022 Join us LIVE now for this very important discussion about Birth Trauma Awareness. #birthtrauma #birthtraumaawarenessweek

02.01.2022 Only 20% of women are asked how was your birth experience? In the immediate postpartum period Jenny Gamble Midwifery@Griffith University @transforming maternity care collaborative ... Thank you for hosting Pregnancy Birth and Beyond Media and Maternal Mental Health Matters Australia 2020 Annalee Atia When will mothers matter? https://podcasts.apple.com//pregnancy-birth-/id1067153980