Hi, I just had a good discussion with my father in law who is chief of anesthesiology at a hospital in Hawaii and has worked as an anesthesiologist for almost...
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jenneology
jenneologylds
Mar 9, 2011 8:18 pm
Hello everyone! Midwifery Today is adding a roundtable discussion on the topic of obstetric violence and informed consent. Jan Tritten has asked me to lead it....
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Lindsey Stewart Plumer
lsplumer
Mar 10, 2011 5:27 pm
Thanks Jenne for all you do. It's so great to have you on our side!  Lindsey Stewart Plumer, LMFT www.lindseyplumer.com Information contained in this...
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womynwyz1
Mar 11, 2011 11:56 am
Yet another reason to regret not being able to be in Eugene that week... But I'm with Lindsey, thanks for all you do, Jenne! Maggie...
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gratefuldoula
Mar 11, 2011 6:01 pm
Hey Heidi - I have tried to email you personally, but my web mail provider won't send it through. Please call me at 206-898-9793. Thanks! Angie Dobbins-Frisbie...
Two disasters I contributed to, the remaining ones due to staunch refusals to transfer. Struggling real hard to see where do I go from here with this....
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mosaicmomus
Mar 24, 2011 2:16 pm
As a midwifery student, I would be very interested to hear more about your experiences. Jennifer...
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DyAnna Gordon
completebegi...
Mar 24, 2011 2:21 pm
That is one of the things I worry the most about. As a woman who was traumatized in a homebirth I worry so much about my own clients. Please share if you feel...
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jenneology
jenneologylds
Mar 24, 2011 10:18 pm
It can be very difficult for providers to watch people make what is considered the by provider to be a bad decision. You feel responsible and ethically bound...
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womynwyz1
Mar 25, 2011 12:10 pm
Since there were 2 distinct parts to your query, I'm going to answer them in separate posts. First--big warm hugs to you! These experiences are so hard to...
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womynwyz1
Mar 25, 2011 12:58 pm
Part 2--'staunch refusal to transfer care' This is a boundary issue that every midwife must learn to attend to with great care and also at times, great...
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womynwyz1
Mar 25, 2011 1:11 pm
One more note on refusing transfer-- Throughout pregnancy I discuss tranfer plans with family from time to time. To which hospital, which doctor, the needed...
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minimaljen
Mar 25, 2011 1:38 pm
Maggie - what amazing posts! Thank you. As a woman who has had a difficult relationship with my mom, I find it hard to have intimate relationships with other...
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ArielFelice Phillips
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Mar 25, 2011 4:21 pm
"...and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights..." 1776...
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Heidi Koss
heidikoss
Mar 25, 2011 4:30 pm
Thanks for this great topic gals - I've been working with this issue starting as a doula for over a decade, and now morphing into a different role, as I went...
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minimaljen
Mar 25, 2011 4:39 pm
This was very helpful. Thank you. :) "If we ever feel pulled into a role of "rescuer" then that automatically means someone in the system is a victim...
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womynwyz1
Mar 25, 2011 9:53 pm
Whose rights are you referring to, Ariel? Maggie...
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womynwyz1
Mar 25, 2011 10:11 pm
Your post is also valuable to me, Heidi-- As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, and later in life surviving an abusive relationship with a partner, as well...
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womynwyz1
Mar 25, 2011 10:41 pm
Glad you appreciated my ramblings, Jen :) I also appreciated your words--could have written the first part myself...about mother-daughter turmoil, and...
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Heidi Koss
heidikoss
Mar 26, 2011 1:09 am
;-) Maggie - yes - that triangle is EXACTLY the model I was quoting from! It is one I'm sure many of us identify with, as - let's face it - most of us in the...
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Deb Harpster
harpsterdeb
Mar 26, 2011 1:27 am
your posts (maggie, heidi, jen) have been intimate, enlightening and powerful. thank you for being so open and honest. i am touched and feel like i have...
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womynwyz1
Mar 26, 2011 1:39 pm
Thanks for that, Deb :D Heidi--The AMBULANCE! I love it. I can totally relate, as well...yeah, coming into the 'helping professions' from a dysfunctional...
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womynwyz1
Mar 27, 2011 1:39 pm
I want to clarify something about calling 911 in a situation where a family refuses transfer of care: it is definitely NOT that I believe anyone should be...
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naowenomi
Apr 3, 2011 1:16 pm
Hi Everyone, I usually work with woman post c-section but have increasingly been asked to help woman with other birth trauma. I'm in Maryland. Thanks, Naomi...
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heidikoss
Apr 10, 2011 6:30 pm
Eastside Birth Trauma Support Group We aim to help support mothers and their partners and families process, integrate and heal from traumatic childbirth...
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jenneology
jenneologylds
Apr 19, 2011 4:07 pm
In this post (http://navelgazingmidwife.squarespace.com/navelgazing-midwife-blog/2011/4/13/birth-abuse.html) by Navelgazing Midwife she mentions the following:...
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womynwyz1
Apr 20, 2011 12:52 pm
Jenne-- the way you inserted Shepard's email addy, we can't pass it along because it's hidden. We could only email her from this website. Did you mean to do...
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Tara Gaston
tngaston...
Apr 20, 2011 3:10 pm
There are a number of lawyers working on this subject, with a number of us involved in the LABOR (Legal Advocates for Birth Options and Rights) page on...
