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Article in Australian

By Lisa Barrett on January 9, 2009

This article appeared in the Australian yesterday. Seems to me that slowly people are getting picture that the fear generated in society (by the medical establishment) is really what is affecting childbirth at the moment.
The down side of these articles is that they never really offer a solution. We all know what it is. Good education of [...]

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News Article

By Lisa Barrett on December 30, 2008

After a very busy December and a week where I decided to rest I’m back to activism and information.
Here is a great article by Dr Brett Hill to end the year.
Birthing at home or hospital?
In Australia the option to birth at home is not one that many people consider. In fact many people don’t even realise that they have that [...]

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Birth And The God Complex

Birth And The God Complex

By Lisa Barrett on July 13, 2008

I’ve had a few awkward weeks with the hospital and find the attitude more and more difficult to understand.
The situation is that the hospital were worried about a woman’s infection risk after her waters broke and labour didn’t immediately start. It was a planned hospital birth (due to previous complications) so after waiting a home for labour we went to [...]

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Independent Midwives Don't Stitch You Up

Independent Midwives Don’t Stitch You Up

By Lisa Barrett on June 24, 2008

As an Independent Midwife I spend a lot of time in my car driving from one appointment to the next (I’ve just about exhausted the talking books at the library). Of course it would be far more convenient if I made all my clients visit me and allocated them a fixed time-slot. But that isn’t the service I offer. Women [...]

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Homebirth vs Hospital: Statistics To Die For

By Lisa Barrett on June 3, 2008

I noticed “she who must not be named” has been espousing the value of newly available statistics to show how dangerous homebirth is in comparison to hospital birth. Whittling Obstetricians do love statistics, because they too can be sliced and diced any which you want.
A link was kindly provided to the American Linked Birth /Infant Death Records for 2003/2004 where [...]

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Transfer To Hospital

Transfer To Hospital

By Lisa Barrett on April 10, 2008

Transfer to hospital can be a big worry to women who are thinking about staying home to birth their baby. In a recently published report they looked very carefully at the main reason for transfer in Sweden. They chose this country because women are not supported by the government to birth at home so they felt that the issues wouldn’t [...]

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Guide Of SA Hospital Stats, What’s Available Anyway

By Lisa Barrett on March 27, 2008

The World Health Organisation recommends that all hospitals should provide statistics on their outcomes and services so that people in their area can use this information if they want in making choices about where to go for their health care.
Birth Matters SA and the Maternity Coalition SA Branch have compiled this guide to help maternity consumers in South [...]

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News Paper Article Skill Of Doctors

By Lisa Barrett on March 24, 2008

Here is an article I just have to talk about. The ego of a Doctor, even a good one, seems abounding.
The number of doctors able to deliver naturally if there are complications has dramatically dropped because of lost skills and lack of resourcing, according to two of the state’s leading maternity specialist.
This sentence Alone suggests that women aren’t able to [...]

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The Safety Of Hospital Birth Myth Versus Reality

By Lisa Barrett on March 19, 2008

Here is yet another article highlighting the facts surrounding the safety of home birth. At every risk section even the highest risk you are safer if your not at the hospital. When is it that people are going to start to listen to the overwhelming evidence in support of birthing in our own homes with no obstetric interference.

The Safety of [...]

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