The Australian Doula College is Australia’s only integrated health care centre providing education, support, natural therapies and continuity of care for women during pregnancy, childbirth and
beyond.
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- Marrickville, Australia, 2204
- Telefone:
- 02 9558 2500
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- BRISBANE Doula Training Course
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Sábado, 6 de Fevereiro às 11:00
Australian Doula College Check out December's edition of 'Good Health' Magazine page 86 - 'Happy Homecoming' featuring Renee Adair and the Australian Doula College
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Homebirth Rally Coverage - Click on the link to watch the video
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/11
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Hundreds of women around Australia rally against Federal Government plans to restrict home births, with 300 protesting outside the Prime Minister's office in Brisbane.
Australian Doula College Many thanks to all those who organized and attended the rally in Surry Hills or in other states today. Whist the crowd was not so large (not so bad considering the lack of preparation time) we were loud and passionate! Let us continue to hope, rally and campaign so our daughters and grand daughters can birth where they... want and with whom! Our bodies, our choice! We must not give up the fight!.In solidarity, Renee
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Sydney Rally on MONDAY
MY BIRTH, MY CHOICE RALLY
MONDAY 9TH NOV 2009
from 10.30 am (THIS MONDAY!)
Outside the office of Tanya Plibersek,
Federal Minister for Women
111-117 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Rallies are also being held in Brisbane and Melbourne
Hi all,
Please find at the bottom of this Newsletter a media st...atement for Nicola Roxon regarding a Midwives/Nurse Practitioner Amendment. The point that will redefine the fundamental nature of midwifery and certainly homebirth midwifery in Australia is that “collaborative arrangements with medical practitioners will be required to access the new arrangements”. In short this amendment will require midwives to work with GP obstetricians and private obstetricians and have a “collaborative arrangement” in place at all times.
This is NOT acceptable. How will it be possible for a midwife who attends homebirths and for women wishing to birth at home to gain the support of a GP ob or private obstetrician when their own college statement does not support homebirth?
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) statement reads -
“The College does not support Home Birth or ‘Free-standing’ Birth Centres (without adjacent obstetric and neonatal facilities) as appropriate Health Care Settings. The College acknowledges that a very small minority of women will choose to birth in these centres, even if appropriately informed of the consequences”
In solidarity with our northern and southern sisters (who will be rallying outside Kevin Rudd’s Brisbane office and Julia Gaillard’s Melbourne office) please come and rally outside the Minister for the status of women, Tanya Plibersek’s office in Sydney.
We need this to be as big as possible. We invite other groups to join the rally to make this the beginning of a very clear election campaign.
Politicians need to understand that we have a very big problem and we are not going to go away. We have tried writing submissions, protesting in Canberra, contacting the health minister Nicola Roxon by phone and email, but she is not listening.
Our message:
My Birth, My Choice
We are:
Women, children, men, families, friends who support choice in birth, including homebirth with a private midwife.
Bring:
Bring banners, drums and percussion instruments. Let’s make sure we are seen and heard!!
Bring a 'calling card' to drop off, letting our Minister for the status of women know that women want choice in childbirth and this includes the choice to hire a private midwife to birth at home (or in hospital). The calling card should be an A4 piece of paper (can be larger or smaller) with your name and address, concerns, experience, suggestions and a request for a response from Tanya Plibersek about this important issue.
Rally organisers:
The rally is being organised by Homebirth Australia and is supported by Maternity Coalition.
More info -
HBA: Jo Hunter jophil@aapt.net.au 0412 315 228
MC: Lisa Metcalf l.metcalfe@tpg.com.au 0437 577 576
Roxen Media Statement
NICOLA ROXON MP, MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND AGEING
MEDIA STATEMENT – 5 NOVEMBER 2009
Midwives/ Nurse Practitioner Amendment
The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon has today circulated an amendment the Government intends to introduce into the Health Legislation (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill and the Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Bill.
This amendment makes clear in the legislation something that was articulated both on introduction of the Bill to parliament and in the explanatory material tabled at that time.
Following requests for clarification, this amendment will simply clarify in legislation that collaborative arrangements with medical practitioners will be required to access the new arrangements.
The details of these requirements will be specified in subordinate legislation following the ongoing consultation with the professional groups.
These bills are a key plank of the Government’s 2009/10 Budget commitments which recognises for the first time the role of appropriately qualified and experienced midwives and nurse practitioners in our health system.
The Minister for Health and Ageing said today “I thank the doctors, nurses and midwives for their constructive engagement to date to ensure these new opportunities for nurses and midwives are implemented in an integrated fashion for the benefit of patients.”
For more information contact the Minister’s office on 02 6277 7220
Hora:Segunda-feira, 9 de Novembro de 2009 10:30
Local:111-117 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills
Australian Doula College URGENT! Homebirth needs YOU more than ever! See our event page for more information on the emergency rally being held THIS coming MONDAY in Surry Hills.
Australian Doula College A warm hello to you all. We are thrilled to inform you that places for our first ever Queensland training to be held in Brisbane in Feb 2010 are filling fast! To avoid disappointment as places are limited, we are suggesting that students get their registrations in ASAP! We look forward to being of service to all of our... students and clients in QLD. For further details on our training, please contact 02 9558 2500.
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More than 90 percent of pregnant women not given choice of birth location
Posted By Shawn Douglas On October 26, 2009
Pregnant women are still not offered choices according to a recent NCT report, but the Department of Health disputes the findings.
The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) recently released a report stating tha...t only 4.2 percent of pregnant women were given all the available options for their upcoming birth.
In 2007, the government issued a report titled “Maternity Matters” that outlined a plan to allow by 2009 all women a choice among three options of giving birth at home with a midwife, at a local midwifery facility, or at a hospital.
“Offering choice over where and how to give birth will lead to more flexible, responsive and accessible maternity services … [and] improve the safety, quality and family friendliness of maternity services,” said then Health Secretary, Patricia Hewitt in 2007.
Yet the NCT contests that the data they analyzed shows that there’s much more work to be done to ensure that the promised options become a reality.
“We are shocked by how far behind the government is in fulfilling its promise,” said Belinda Phipps, the NCT’s chief executive, to The Guardian.
“It is extremely disappointing that for every 10 pregnant women, nine are not able to choose where they want to give birth. We know that across the UK, government policies support women with choice. However, in reality this is not even close to being delivered yet.”
“We want the governments to act now. Although in a few cases more investment in maternity services will be needed, with a simple re-thinking of the way their maternity services are delivered, every trust and board can ensure choice is available to all women.”
‘”We know there are some financial policy obstacles hindering the achievement of choice; the NHS could make much faster progress if it corrected these,” added Phipps.
However, the Department of Health contests that the way NCT analyzed the data was improper leading to severely skewed results.
“A Healthcare Commission review of maternity services in England published in 2008 used the same 2007 data and found that 81% of women said they did have a choice of place of birth,” said Dr Sheila Shribman, the National Clinical Director for Children, Young People and Maternity Services.
“We reject the findings of this [NCT] report, which uses flawed methodology and out-of-date data. The NCT defines choice based on the percentage of home births and the distance of maternity units in some areas of the country. Both of these definitions are unrealistic and ignore the most important evidence—whether a pregnant woman was actually offered choice or not.”
The Department of Health’s Christine Beasley and David Flory expressed to head NHS officers that they think the choices should be fully in place by the end of 2009. “There is an expectation that the specific commitments outlined in Maternity Matters will have been met by the end of December 2009—commitments around continuity of care and access to maternity care, types of antenatal and postnatal care, and place of birth.”
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Read this fabulous article on Doulas from the U.K - http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2
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'Labour coaches' help increasing number of women get safely through childbirth
Australian Doula College The latest book on birth in Australia maybe the best to date! The ADC recommends The Birth Wars by Mary-Rose MacColl. It is a powerful, honest account of the maternity system and how women are currently being treated within that system when they are going into birth.
Australian Doula College The ADC wishes to congratulate Maha Al Musa - Bellydance for birth, for her latest work of art; Dance of the Womb on DVD. The College has endorsed Maha's DVD and we would recommend it to Doulas, Educators and mothers alike. It is now available on doula.com.au
Australian Doula College Dear followers of the ADC and all things birth. Wanted to remind you that our last Doula training for 2009 begins on Friday 23rd October 10am - 2pm weekly and we will break for Christmas.....There are only a couple of places left....Is one of them yours? Please call us for more info or to book your place for our wonderful 20 week program.
Australian Doula College The Rally in Canberra yesterday was a great but there is still a long way to go! (see inbox for more details from HAS) The ADC had a bus of Doulas in Canberra to support independent midwives and homebirth. Tons of fun was had by all and I would personally like to thank the Doulas that joined me. A special mention goes ...to honorary Doulas Miller and Audrey, for being such gorgeous, well behaved girls! Blessings to all.
Australian Doula College Good afternoon everyone, the Australian Doula College wishes to acknowledge the difficulty in committing to workshops and other information sessions that may be costly to you as well as your time commitments. It is with this in mind that we have restructured the Bellydance For Birth workshop on Saturday 19th September.... Investment is $60+gst. Check out the EVENTS page for more details.
