Born in the Caul ~ May 2008. Check out our updated Birth Stories section
The birth of Jasper James
It was a few days after the estimated date of our first child to be born, and I was a little anxious, I was so excited, and ready to meet our little one. I was getting a few Braxton Hicks and sometimes they seemed quite strong and coming pretty regularly, I had never been in labour before so I had no idea if it was the real thing or not. Every time they happened I would get my hopes up that our tiny angel was on their way, then I would go and lay down or go to bed and they would disappear. When was I actually going to go into labour?
Midwives Naturally is a Melbourne based midwifery group practice offering a range of services such as pregnancy care, birth attendance, birth education, post baby care and lactation consultancy. Please take a look around our website and contact us if you have any queries.
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Nicola, Jennie, Clare & Helen attend ICM conference in Scotland
The conference reinforced that the philosophy underpinning our practice, was backed up by evidence.
That homebirth is a safe & viable option that should be available to women & their families.
That midwives are best placed to support & promote normal birth.
Facilitation of normal birth for women who have had a previous caesarean should be led by midwives through a one to one midwifery model of care.
Private Midwifery Services under threat! Midwives Naturally midwives attended a fabulous 'Mother of all rallies' in Canberra on Sept 7th 2009.
Midwives Naturally have been deeply concerned regarding the proposed legislation that stipulates that midwives will have a legal requirement to have Public Indemnity Insurance (PII) in order to have a private practice.
Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 and two related Bills
This Senate Committee received over 2000 submissions mainly highlighting the negative impact that this legislation will have on private midwifery practice, effectively outlawing planned homebirth with a midwife. Members of Parliament are currently debating this legislation and community pressure should not be lifted until a solution has been obtained.
Nicola Roxon, the federal health minister, announced a 2 year reprieve on midwives having PII insurance to practice as a requirement for registration, however, this reprieve only comes with as yet unknown practice criteria. So the future of private midwifery remains uncertain.
Unfortunately, midwives have not been able to access PII since 2002 and have continued to support women & their families to birth at home and in hospital. Privately practicing midwives have provided the community with a safe and alternative choice grounded in a wellness philosophy. It is internationally recognised that having a known and trusted person support women & their families throughout the childbirth continuum equates to reduced intervention rates, high normal physiological birth rates & fantastic outcomes for mother and baby. This model of care also increases long term breast feeding rates and supports the whole family emotionally so that postnatal depression is less likely to occur.
Currently, Victoria does not offer publicly funded homebirth services so women wanting to continue birthing at home will be denied this opportunity to do so with a highly qualified & registered midwife.
We urge visitors to our website to contact your federal minister http://www.aec.gov.au/ to highlight your concerns.
Homebirth Australia http://www.homebirthaustralia.org/ articulate the issues very well and offer consumers strategies that will assist you to understand what is at stake and what can be done about it.
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The Canberra rally was a huge success. Tracy Bartram was MC and despite the rain, over 2000 women & their families, proponents of choice and midwives attended. It was a fantastic event and continued pressure needs to be applied to local and federal MP's to ensure that midwives naturally and other MIPP's will be able to provide this valuable service to the community.
Photos of the day
Also, midwives in private practice (MIPP) have a regularly updated blog http://midwivesvictoria.blogspot.com/ that you are invited to view & keep up with the latest information at this critical time.
Above all, feel free to contact any of the midwives in our team as we are determined to provide choice and access to the services that you want.
Autumn Picnic 2009 held at Lilydale Lake - huge success!
Midwives Naturally invited past clients to the second picnic on Sunday 7th April. Despite the overcast and windy day, we were joined by many women & their families who we have had the privilege to share their birthing journey with.
Please ring Mal Morieson on 0408 363 802 to book these sessions, as spaces may be limited.
Please note Midwives Naturally, like all independent midwives world-wide, are unable to obtain indemnity insurance. Not because of anything we have done, midwives are simply too small in number to create a pool of funds to cover any potential payout.
