Comments on: Make a Submission to the Senate Inquiry http://www.mybirth.com.au/04-12-2009/make-a-submission-to-the-senate-inquiry.html Know your rights in labour. Protect your baby and protect your body. Get informed. Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:51:14 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Leah Stacpoole http://www.mybirth.com.au/04-12-2009/make-a-submission-to-the-senate-inquiry.html/comment-page-1#comment-49 Leah Stacpoole Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:44:58 +0000 http://www.mybirth.com.au/?p=1609#comment-49 The amendments remove choice for women and will make it impossible for a woman to choose private practice midwife led care in Australia. The amendments put doctors at the centre of maternity care when there are other ways of dealing with, lets no over medicate having a birth such as an independent registration and licensing body. You can not argue that it is safer and has less intervention using a doctor than a midwife. The amendments will have a greater impact on women living in rural areas. A woman should have the right to choose midwives for maternity care be respected and not restricted as a result of the amendment. We need choice, I have had 2 children and although I choose to have my children in a private hospital with ob, I respect the right of some of my friends to have a homebirth with a mid wife or to be in a mid wife run maternity wing. This is choice and nothing is clear cut and black and white especially with having children. With an understanding of exploring all options we can meet different needs of maternity care. My friend who went down the path of homebirth had the beautiful with very little intervention, I had to have intervention but very happy with all outcomes and another friend who for her 2nd opted for ob in a private hospital as opposed to a midwife care in a public hospital as she had done in NZ for her no. 1. She felt railroaded by the ob into an early induction, which she never got the real reason for and she ended up with all possible intervention. But we all had choice! And why is it in NZ and in the UK, midwifery based homebirth is very successful but we are afraid of it here. best wishes in your discussion but please lets keep our options open a women. The amendments remove choice for women and will make it impossible for a woman to choose private practice midwife led care in Australia.
The amendments put doctors at the centre of maternity care when there are other ways of dealing with, lets no over medicate having a birth such as an independent registration and licensing body.
You can not argue that it is safer and has less intervention using a doctor than a midwife.

The amendments will have a greater impact on women living in rural areas.
A woman should have the right to choose midwives for maternity care be respected and not restricted as a result of the amendment.

We need choice, I have had 2 children and although I choose to have my children in a private hospital with ob, I respect the right of some of my friends to have a homebirth with a mid wife or to be in a mid wife run maternity wing. This is choice and nothing is clear cut and black and white especially with having children. With an understanding of exploring all options we can meet different needs of maternity care. My friend who went down the path of homebirth had the beautiful with very little intervention, I had to have intervention but very happy with all outcomes and another friend who for her 2nd opted for ob in a private hospital as opposed to a midwife care in a public hospital as she had done in NZ for her no. 1. She felt railroaded by the ob into an early induction, which she never got the real reason for and she ended up with all possible intervention. But we all had choice!
And why is it in NZ and in the UK, midwifery based homebirth is very successful but we are afraid of it here.
best wishes in your discussion but please lets keep our options open a women.

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