Homebirth General Discussion #10

[HotI]

One of Sydney's most respected independent midwives, Sonja MacGregor will be attending a hearing tomorrow before the Nursing and Midwifery Professional Standards Committee.
The Health Care Complaints Commission lodged a complaint of unsatisfactory professional conduct against Ms Macgregor within the meaning of section 139B of the Health Practitioners National Law (National Law).
The Health Care Complaints Commission has recommended conditions be placed on Ms McGregor's registration. These conditions will mean that she will be unable to practice as a homebirth midwife for at least 2 years.
The Nursing and Midwifery Professional Standards Committee will hand down their decision tomorrow.
If you would like to attend tomorrow's hearing and support Sonja, it will be held at 477 Pitt St Sydney (just up from Central Station) and starts at 10am.

this is on today. hoping things work out.

[lady_neon]

lady_neon I am also hoping to birth through the CMWA, really need to finish my application and send it in! When did you find out that you were accepted, and when was your first appt?

I received the paperwork/info pack etc in the post at around 12/13 weeks, then the midwife called me to have the first visit which was at 16 weeks. I applied at about 9 or 10 weeks I think.

AFM: had our first m/w appt yesterday ahhh so nice to see a familiar face at the door and have loads of hugs and laughs again. i almost broke her teeth with my shortbread...i let it burn in the oven when i was going through a serious nesting moment hahaha. so stoked as well because she told me that our local clinic do collaborative care with her so now we get medicare rebate on all ante and post-natal appts...sooo different to a couple of years ago i tell ya what!

Yep that's what I love about homebirth, except my amazing midwife left CMWA however I've met my new midwife and we hit it off, she seems great

[Aimz]

If you could recommend just ONE favourite pregnancy/birth book, what would it be?

My midwife has a whole library for me to borrow from but I know if I get too many I'll probably be overwhelmed and read none

[BellyBelly]

Sonja? Oh no.... what on earth for, breathing?? GRRRR!!!

Tan, my belly has been off and on for a while too, for my first birth it was one of the first signs for me it was all on, but this time around my belly is more unsettled than usual. So not really going by that this time.

Aimz, so hard to pick just one and depends on the stage of your journey. What books HAVE you read? If you've read New Active Birth and The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth (bare, basic essentials I reckon!) then it might be time for some Ina May

[Aimz]

I haven't read any, so will start with those!!

[Mirimum]

Sonja? O.O

Crap.... she's my midwife.

[Cassius2]

Mirimum: oh far out! I have everything crossed that she is allowed to continue practising

Aimz: Ina May is really lovely to read (anything of hers lol). For more general pregnancy stuff (but still a bit more complimentary for alternative birth choices) try Sheila Kitzinger's "new pregnancy and childbirth" (think that's the title)...between those and my Frederick Leboyer "birth without violence" i find myself in the groove 100%