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	<title>Private Midwifery in Sydney &#187; Home birth</title>
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	<description>The blog of Melissa Maimann: a Medicare-eligible midwife in Sydney.</description>
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		<title>Maternal Death following a Homebirth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much has been published recently about the very unfortunate death of a mother following a homebirth with private midwives. No details have been released that could allow us to form an opinion that this woman&#8217;s death was &#8220;because&#8221; she birthed at home, and it is also possible that an appropriate and timely transfer was arranged and that she died of complications that arose in hospital. I am not privy to any more details than what can be found in the local press. Even though at this stage, no-one really knows how or why Caroline died, many people have taken the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homebirth: the right choice, naturally</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link WHEN Kate Randell and Chris Lockyer welcomed baby Mali, it happened in their comfortable family home. The couple decided to have a homebirth because Ms Randell&#8217;s pregnancy was low-risk and, after nine years&#8217; experience as a midwife, she knew she would feel more natural and relaxed in her own house. &#8230; the couple were prepared with a homebirthing kit, including oxygen and advanced medical supplies, had a registered midwife on hand and were willing to go to hospital if there were any complications. She said she would never have considered a home birth if she was having twins or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Women Choosing To Have Their Babies At Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link Despite a decrease in home births between 1990 and 2004, the number of home births actually increased between 2004 and 2009 by 29%, an upturn of 0.56% in 2004, to 0.72% in 2009. In 2009, a total of 29,650 home births were reported in the United States. This is the most home births reported since researchers began analyzing data on this topic in 1989 &#8230; Benefits Of Home Births More private, less chaotic The woman is surrounded by the comforts of her own home Fewer people involved Lower chance of a C-section Cheaper More personal experience Midwives Are Present [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Unkindest Cut: Countdown to a C-Section</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link &#8230; “Usually I start off by telling people my C-section started even before I got to the hospital &#8230; &#8230; Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns had the highest rate of cesarean section deliveries in San Diego County in 2009. The California average was 29.8 per 100 births; at Sharp Mary Birch, the rate was 37.7. &#8230; At 40 weeks &#8230; Cooper-Schultz’s water broke, though she was not in labor. In a birthing class &#8230; they told her, we have to get the baby out within 24 hours. So she and her husband went to the hospital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An amazing homebirth story</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isabel is an amazing, strong woman who came to me for pregnancy care. She had planned to move overseas, and as you&#8217;ll read, her pregnancy came as a surprise. She planned a homebirth with a midwife overseas &#8211; but the story has a twist in it! We went about the pregnancy, preparing thoroughly for an active, natural and drug-free birth. I was thrilled to receive Isabel&#8217;s birth story, and she has kindly agreed to share it here. Thank You to all the women out there who shared their birth stories and experiences which gave me to determination to birth at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NC Women Face Charges After Newborn&#8217;s Death</title>
		<link>http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2012/01/nc-women-face-charges-after-newborns-death/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nc-women-face-charges-after-newborns-death</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link Two women have been charged with practicing midwifery without a license in North Carolina after a newborn died following an underwater home birth. &#8230; Charlotte police say the women were at a private home last week assisting with an underwater birth, in which the baby is delivered in a tub of warm water &#8230; there were complications with the delivery, and the newborn died after being rushed to a local hospital. Visit my website to learn more about my services.]]></description>
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		<title>Couple threaten legal action to ensure homebirth service; hospital engages private midwives for homebirth service</title>
		<link>http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2012/01/couple-threaten-legal-action-to-ensure-homebirth-service-hospital-engages-private-midwives-for-homebirth-service/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=couple-threaten-legal-action-to-ensure-homebirth-service-hospital-engages-private-midwives-for-homebirth-service</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link Bosses at Whipps Cross University Hospital have decided to reinstate its home births service after a couple threatened legal action. The cash-strapped hospital in Leytonstone announced earlier this month that it would be impossible to provide midwives to households from December 18 for up to six weeks due to staff shortages. But now &#8230; extra funding has been made available to pay for an independent midwife service for those who were hit by the sudden suspension. Adam and Michelle Boult &#8230; were planning to have a home birth in January and were so outraged by the hospital’s plan to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unassisted: Home Birth in Nebraska</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link &#8230; Birth is big business to a healthcare industry &#8230; Hospitals are reinventing themselves to create an atmosphere catering to a woman’s evolving needs. However, some Nebraska women want to take their business out of the hospital altogether, but find their choice may not be a legally viable option. Methodist Women’s Hospital &#8230; sits just off the interstate in Elkhorn. The modern, two-building facility is a “one-stop shop” for women’s health. Women-centered facilities are not a new concept in the health care industry, but resorting back to a more home-like and natural birth experience is &#8230; the hospital’s new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Midwives Use Rituals To Send Message That Women&#8217;s Bodies Know Best</title>
		<link>http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2011/12/midwives-use-rituals-to-send-message-that-womens-bodies-know-best/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=midwives-use-rituals-to-send-message-that-womens-bodies-know-best</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link In reaction to what midwives view as the overly medicalized way hospitals deliver babies, they have created birthing rituals to send the message that women&#8217;s bodies know best. The midwife experience uses these rituals to send the message that home birth is about female empowerment, strengthening relationships between family and friends, and facilitating participatory experiences that put mothers in control, with the ultimate goal of safe and healthy deliveries less focused on technological intervention. These are some of the findings from an Oregon State University researcher and licensed midwife who witnessed more than 400 home births in order to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low-risk births don’t need hospital</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link A new study in England shows little difference in complications among the babies of women with low-risk pregnancies who delivered in hospitals versus those who gave birth with midwives at home or in birthing centers. &#8230; home births are advisable only when there are low risk factors. If the patient has &#8230; [medical] conditions, is about to deliver twins, or has high blood pressure or hypertension, home births aren’t recommended &#8230; “Home birth can be just as safe as hospital birth if people are providing it to the correct patient appropriately,” &#8230; &#8230; “Birth isn’t an abnormal process, it’s [...]]]></description>
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