I wholeheartedly agree, Kate! Hence my rather dogged insistence on sticking to the Turkish term 'sanci' rather than 'agri' in relation to what you feel in...
I am experiencing problems with reaching Elisabeth and Andrea directly... I was wondering whether this e-mail would reach them... All the best, Sebnem...
dear Sebnem, I ll get in touch with you tonight or tomorrow, sorry for the delay, I had some deadlines to meet at work, so I was pretty busy... I ll get in...
Andrea Busse
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I have found this rather useful: http://www.homebirth.org.uk/marycronkphrases.htm Best wishes Shebnem...
Hello All, I am new to this group and stumbled upon it because my mother was reading an article in Today's Zaman that mentions this group and midwifery today...
Dear Rasheedah, In Mugla state Hospital your cesarean rate will be approximately 50-60%. This was the rate in most of the state hospitals. (Getting down...
Dear Rasheedah My reply will be rather 'haricten gazel' as we say in Turkish, as I do not live in Turkey anymore and am familiar with the health system there...
Dr. Hakan Bey, Thank you so much for your words of advice. You actually cleared up some confusion we were having about our doctor who has both a private and...
Dear Sebnem, Thank you very much for your thoughts and feedback. We have learned quickly that things don't always go as you'd like them or expect them to go...
I think you might leave the rest of the talk to that day. ASs Serbnem wrote to you, If you are polite and determined about your preferences, I am sure they...
Dear Rasheedah, I would encourage you to do whatever you can to avoid an episiotomy. Not only does the use of episiotomy often result in an additional 200cc of...
Rasheeda and everyone, It seems Rasheeda's questions have stirred a vibrant conversation going right to the heart of issues in Turkey. I agree with ebnem...
Ladies, Nazende Yildiz, a doctorate student at Marmara University, has contacted me in the hopes of finding foreign women who have given birth in Turkey to...
I agree with what you say about episiotomies. But leaving this to the last minute is not what i will recommend. And especially a doula stopping the doctor to...
Dear Julia, I read your answer after I wrote the mail about trust. You explanied much better than me, as you most of the times did before. I think we must keep...
Dear all, I can understand and receive and agree that I have never worked or witnessed a birth in Turkey, and so I do not know what will and will not work for...
Dear Julia, You are so very welcome. I am truly grateful for every person like you who is out there on the front lines working and working their hearts out...
Dear Julia, Over the weekend, I happened to be teaching a class of student midwives which included one of our local activists, so I was talking with her about...
To Everyone, I am glad that my message has sparked such an important discussion on women's rights in childbirth here in Turkey. I wanted to let you all know...
Congratulations Rasheedah! Your little one was born on a great day! Our Gabriel turned one year old on June 27th! I am happy to hear that things went "pretty...
to all parents and other interested persons, this is everything i have to say about children and healthy food. i wrote it for our school website but thought id...
Hi Again, Our 35 day old baby's doctor has diagnosed him as having colic. We have the evening crying out sessions that we manage as well as we can. I think we...
Hi Elizabeth, I believe I thanked you via e-mail but just in case I didn't, I wanted to thank you again for all your support and advice. For the past two...
Hi, Rasheeda: As a diagnosis, "colic" basically means nothing, only that the doctor can't find anything pathological. My first suggestion would be to cut all...
Thanks, Kate. I am breastfeeding and was loosely doing elimination dieting but I wasn't watching it as closely as I should have. I had cut out dairy pretty...