Managing birth variations and complications: Midwives’ workshop
(2 day retreat)
To find out more and book visit Capers’ website
PLACES/DATES:
- Daylesford: 24-25 March 2012
- Noosa Heads: 19-20 May 2012
- Blue Mountains: 1-2 September 2012
- Brisbane: 3-4 November 2012
Trust Birth Conference April 13-15 2012, Nashville Tennessee
To find out more about this conference and register visit the conference website.
I am facilitating sessions on:
- The Umbilical Cord – a thorough exploration
- Shoulder Dystocia – a situation based approach
- Evidence Based Practice?
- Stages of Labour and the Emperor’s New Clothes
28th Homebirth Australia Conference 28-29th July 2012, Hobart Tasmania
To find out more about this conference and register visit Homebirth Australia’s website
I am presenting the findings of my PhD:
Rites of passage and rites of protection during birth
Can’t wait to see you in person in Nashville, TN. So proud of you for getting out there and sharing your love of this work. Gloria Lemay in Vancouver BC
Thanks Gloria. I am very excited about finally meeting you in person. I’ll be feeling a little out of my league amongst speakers such as yourself.
what responsibilities are you trained to do in order to meet your patients needs?
its nice to learn abit about midwifes in Australia
As a midwife my responsibilities and scope are to provide care for women from conception to 6 weeks postnatally. The ICM have core documents that provide information about the definition and scope of the midwife: http://www.internationalmidwives.org/Whatwedo/Policyandpractice/CoreDocuments/tabid/322/Default.aspx
Essentially the role of the midwife is to provide woman-centred care and information for women and their babies throughout their childbearing journey; to recognise complications (of pregnancy, birth and postnatal) and offer appropriate referral to other practitioners (eg. obstetricians) when required. Unfortunately in Australia this mother-midwife relationship is blocked by politics and money ie. obstetricians/gps want to provide the midwifery component of care therefore makes it difficult for women to access midwives. This has left most midwives practising in fragmented systems ie. no continuity of relationship between mother and midwife and being required to meet the needs of the medicalised system/obs before the woman.
I along with other midwives have opted out of working in the system in order to work to our full scope and provide continuity of care for women. We specialise in facilitating normal birth but also recognise that to some extent birth is unpredictable. Therefore, we are also ‘trained’ in managing emergencies such as shoulder dystocia, haemorrhage, newborn resus etc.
I hope that answers your question