There is not one ounce of doubt that having a baby in the comforts of my own home with an extremely skilled
midwife was best for my family.
Not exact matches
• Shake up the parental leave system so fathers can spend more time with kids under two years - old • 25,000 more dads per year to sign their child's birth certificate, to reach international standards and halve the number of those who don't • Dads able to stay overnight in hospital with their partner when their baby
is born • Modern and relevant antenatal education
for both parents • Dads reading with their children in all primary schools •
Family professionals — midwives, teachers, health visitors, nursery workers, social workers — confidently engaging with dads as well as mums, and supporting all family
Family professionals —
midwives, teachers, health visitors, nursery workers, social workers — confidently engaging with dads as
well as mums, and supporting all
family family types.
Midwives give informed consent and let the
family decide what
is best for them,» Dr. J Peter O'Neil, Canadian Obstetrician offering vaginal breech birth.
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Rebecca Dekker, PhD, RN, APRN, has
been leading a lot of trainings
for nurses,
midwives, doulas and public educators to help
families get the
best evidence - based care they can.
@dionna - code - name - mama:
Well, when I
was having recurrent yeast infections (this
was back when I
was using antibiotics
for acne, and I had a yeast infection every two weeks
for a year — ugh), the nurse -
midwife at my OBGYN's office made a big point of saying I needed to wash my undies (she assumed, correctly at the time, no cloth pads or
family cloth) in vinegar to kill the yeast — that just washing them normally wouldn't necessarily do it.
With a
midwife in attendance, I felt a home birth
was the
best fit
for my
family.
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The
midwife - led continuity model of care includes: continuity of care; monitoring the physical, psychological, spiritual and social
well being of the woman and
family throughout the childbearing cycle; providing the woman with individualised education, counselling and antenatal care; attendance during labour, birth and the immediate postpartum period by a known
midwife; ongoing support during the postnatal period; minimising unnecessary technological interventions; and identifying, referring and co-ordinating care
for women who require obstetric or other specialist attention.
We
were lobbying
for legislation that would remove the barrier of the written practice agreement and give
families all over New York
better access to
midwives in April in Albany.
I enjoy every minute of this little person that God has entrusted us
for looking after, and I
am filled with deep gratitude towards all the people that made this birth so special — Ralph, the star in the performance as
well as the prize, Peter who supported me in an amazing way in this second birth, Joshua who made it a proper
family happening, Luschka whose presence and support
were amazing throughout and the
midwives who really supported rather than directed me.
We found examples of excellent bereavement care where
midwives had provided long term support
for families in a way that surpassed normal expectations, high quality interpreter services when these
were needed as
well as a high standard of post mortems.»