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	<title>Private Midwifery in Sydney</title>
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	<description>Melissa Maimann is an endorsed eligible midwife in Sydney, providing antenatal shared care and private midwifery care</description>
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		<title>Instinctive versus directed pushing: which is best for you?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second stage of labour.  This is the time between the cervix being fully dilated and the birth of the baby.  It is also called the pushing stage.  Typically, if we watch births on TV, we will see a woman &#8230; <a href="http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2013/05/instinctive-versus-directed-pushing-which-is-best-for-you/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons that women don’t engage private midwives</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 18:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[She doesn’t know what a private midwife does. A private midwife is a midwife who works in a private practice.  Women who elect to be treated as private patients choose their care provider, so this means that a midwife who &#8230; <a href="http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2013/05/reasons-that-women-dont-engage-private-midwives/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Early discharge and private midwifery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breastfeeding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I talk about early discharge with women, they often seem concerned.  It seems the media has a lot to do with this, with reports of women being sent home from hospital unable to feed their babies and with little &#8230; <a href="http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2013/05/early-discharge-and-private-midwifery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Independent childbirth education classes: a midwife&#8217;s perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antenatal care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women who book with me for care will know that I am a firm advocate of independent childbirth education classes.  Why do I feel that these classes are so important?  It’s not that I believe that women need to be &#8230; <a href="http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2013/05/independent-childbirth-education-classes-a-midwifes-perspective/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Tale of Two Births: what is the post really about?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antenatal care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have received lots of comments about yesterday’s post, &#8220;A Tale of Two Births”. What is the post really about? The women in the post are not individual women: they are my reflections of many women whose birthing journeys I &#8230; <a href="http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2013/05/a-tale-of-two-births-what-is-the-post-really-about/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A tale of two births</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 18:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/?p=4565</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Sally (not her real name) became pregnant, she asked her friends for advice.  &#8220;Who is the best obstetrician?&#8221;  &#8220;What is the best hospital to go to?&#8221;  Various recommendations came back and Sally was a bit confused but eventually met &#8230; <a href="http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2013/05/a-tale-of-two-births/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-labour: what to expect?</title>
		<link>http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2013/05/pre-labour-what-to-expect/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=pre-labour-what-to-expect</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 18:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birth]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/?p=4569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pre-labour is a topic that has come up recently with some of the women I have cared for.  In particular, women have asked what the difference is between pre-labour and labour itself. I&#8217;ll start by saying that pre-labour has many &#8230; <a href="http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2013/05/pre-labour-what-to-expect/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ultrasounds and antenatal care</title>
		<link>http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2013/05/ultrasounds-and-antenatal-care/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ultrasounds-and-antenatal-care</link>
		<comments>http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2013/05/ultrasounds-and-antenatal-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Antenatal care]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/?p=4550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reflecting on the past new months, I have noticed that some women derive an enormous amount of satisfaction and meaning from ultrasound scans.  It seems the more ultrasounds, the better, or at least the more reassured the woman feels. I &#8230; <a href="http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2013/05/ultrasounds-and-antenatal-care/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Breastfeeding and blood pressure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breastfeeding]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/?p=4542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More good news about breastfeeding! The University of Western Sydney&#8217;s research has found that women who breastfeed are less likely to develop high blood pressure later in life than women who have never given birth, and even less likely than &#8230; <a href="http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2013/05/breastfeeding-and-blood-pressure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What is driving our rising caesarean rates?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caesarean]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The answer seems quite clear, according to BMJ Open. Caesarean rates were calculated according to the woman&#8217;s admission status / funding source (public / private) and type of hospital (public / private). The study found that most of the increase &#8230; <a href="http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2013/05/what-is-driving-our-rising-caesarean-rates/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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