by Pip | Apr 28, 2021 | birth choices, birth interventions, c-section rates, due dates
Today the Fourth Atlas of Healthcare Variation was launched and I was just asked to comment on it on ABC Perth. It is a report by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care and its number one concern was the rising number of early planned births...
by Pip | Dec 12, 2018 | birth choices, c-section rates
I have updated my graph for c/section rates in Perth Hospitals because I have been able to fill in some of the gaps. When the Western Australia’s Mothers and Babies, 2014 32nd Annual Report of the Western Australian Midwives’ Notification System was released in...
by Pip | Sep 4, 2017 | birth choices, birth interventions, continual fetal monitoring, midwifery-led care, monitoring, Uncategorized
I was just reading about a new invention that the media are calling ‘the pregnancy patch’ (although it seems it is meant to be used during labour to measure contractions and fetal heart rate) will apparently lower intervention rates. I am left wondering...
by Pip | Aug 23, 2017 | birth choices, birth interventions
Have you been told that your hypermobility and having an increased risk of prolapse following a natural delivery? I find it really interesting that OBs are raising this issue yet do not raise the benefits of a natural birth nor all the risks associated with Caesarean...
by Pip | Dec 19, 2016 | birth choices, c-section rates, caesarean section, Childbirth education, obstetricians
Have you been eagerly awaiting the Western Australia’s Mothers and Babies, 2013 31st Annual Report of the Western Australian Midwives’ Notification System? I have. Unfortunately, the data is 3 years old. I am really not sure why it can’t be more up to date with...
by Pip | Oct 5, 2016 | birth choices, birth plans, c-section rates, caesarean section, skin to skin
Have you seen the article floating around Facebook about the couple who were charged around AU$40 for skin to skin after c/section? I know most people were horrified that this couple got charged for this, and we could discuss the ethics at length, but a couple of...
by Pip | Sep 19, 2016 | birth choices, birth interventions, due dates, fear of childbirth, Hypnobirthing Australia, induction of labour, Sara Wickam
Are you reading this because you have been told of your “Risk of Stillbirth”? Firstly take a deep breath to lower your stress hormones and read on. I recently did an online course with Sara Wickham: “Post-Term Pregnancy: Exploring Evidence, Inspiring...
by Pip | May 31, 2016 | birth choices, birth interventions, c-section rates, induction of labour, obstetricians
Have you heard that your placenta will stop working properly after your ‘due date’ or the words placental insufficiency? Sounds scary, doesn’t it? But what is the evidence for this claim? I recently did an online course with Sara Wickham: “Post-Term Pregnancy:...
by Pip | May 29, 2016 | birth choices, birth interventions, due dates, induction of labour
Are you starting to think about Being Induced because your baby is “overdue”? Have you stopped to think what this is all about? Do you really think all babies have to be born at the same point in pregnancy? Just think about it. Why is there so much emphasis placed on...
by Pip | May 19, 2016 | birth choices, birth interventions, induction of labour
I feel so sick after watching the recording of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Colloquia (fancy name for academic conference or seminar) from this Monday. I have actually been in a state of shock for 2 days and quite speechless. For...
