April is “International Cesarean Awareness Month”, an event organised by ICAN – The International Cesarean Awareness Network. However, I am writing this blog at the beginning of May because I think we should uphold the intentions of ICAN all year round....
I am not sure how I missed it but the “Western Australia’s Mothers and Babies, 2015, 33rd Annual Report” was released in July 2019. As always I wonder why there is a 4 year lag on reporting the data, and how different the actual data for 2019 would...
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...
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...
Why is Professor Dietz so determined to scare women out of a normal, natural process…vaginal birth? I already replied his claim that “human childbirth is a fundamental bio mechanical mismatch, the opening is way too small and the passenger is way too...
You may be wondering why a birth blog is mentioning Donald Trump. Well, the reaction to the Trump Phenomenon in the US, has got me thinking. When people are discussing the fact that so many Americans are voting for him, I keep hearing this comment. “It could...
UPDATED: November 2020 I just had an email from a client with a concern I get quite a lot, so I thought I would share this and my response: “Hi Pip, The main concern I have right now is that I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes (borderline) and even though...
The Western Australian Department of Health Mother and Baby Report for 2015 has been published. Among all the data that I am yet to deeply analyze, are the individual Perth hospital’s caesarean section rates. I thought it would be interesting to compare these...
Here are the latest Perth cesarean section rates and induction of labour rates from WA Health. They are the latest although they are still only the 2011 rates. Countries such as the US are trying to reduce their cesarean section rates as they think 33% is way too...
I was just listening to the radio news and heard that there is yet more research showing that Australian women are at more risk of having intervention if they choose to go to private hospitals. I haven’t been able to read the paper yet but apparently it will...
