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Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009
and two related Bills
On 25 June 2009 the Senate, on the recommendation of the Selection of Bills Committee, referred the provisions of the Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 and two related Bills to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 7 August 2009.
The Bills may be accessed at the following links:
Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009
Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Bill 2009
Midwife Professional Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Bill 2009
The Committee invites you to provide a written submission which should be lodged by 20 July 2009. A public hearing will then be held later in July. The Committee prefers to receive submissions electronically as an attached document – email: community.affairs.sen@
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"Pit to Distress": Your Ticket to an "Emergency" Cesarean?
Monday, July 6, 2009 at 9:43PM
Jill from Keyboard Revolutionary wrote about a new term that she recently came across— “Pit to distress.”
“Pit to distress.” How have I not heard about this? Apparently it’s quite en vogue in many hospitals these days. Googling the term brings up a number of pages discussing the practice, which entails administering the highest possible dosage of Pitocin in order to deliberately distress the fetus, so a C-section can be performed.
Yes folks, you read that right. All that Pit is not to coerce mom’s body into birthing ASAP so they can turn that moneymaking bed over, but to purposefully squeeze all the oxygen out of her baby so they can put on a concerned face and say, “Oh dear, looks like we’re heading to the OR!”
The term is found in this 2006 article in this Wall Street Journal article:
Oxytocin is a hormone released during labor that causes contractions of the uterus. The most common brand name is Pitocin, which is a synthetic version. It’s often used to speed or jump-start labor, but if the contractions become too strong and frequent, the uterus becomes “hyperstimulated,” which may cause tearing and slow the supply of blood and oxygen to the fetus. Though there are no precise statistics on its use, IHI says reviews of medical-malpractice claims show oxytocin is involved in more than 50 percent of situations leading to birth trauma.
“Pitocin is used like candy in the OB world, and that’s one of the reasons for medical and legal risk,” says Carla Provost, assistant vice president at Baystate, who notes that in many hospitals it is common practice to “pit to distress” — or use the maximum dose of Pitocin to stimulate contractions.
It’s also used on this AllNurses forum:
I agree, and call aggressive pit protocols the “pit to distress, then cut” routine. Docs who have high c/s rates and like doing them, are the same ones that like the rapid fire knock em down/drag em out pit routines.
“Pit to distress” appears on page 182 of the textbook Labor and Delivery Nursing by Michelle Murray and Gayle Huelsmann. In this example, the onus is on the nurse to defend the patient from the doctor if he or she sees the order “pit to distress” by immediately notifying the supervisor or charge nurse.
Jill asks the questions, “OBs, do you still think women are choosing not to birth at your hospitals because Ricki Lake said homebirths are cool? Do you still think we are only out for a “good experience?”
I imagine that all of us who have openly questioned the practices of obstetricians in the U.S. have been hit with the same backlash. We must be selfish, irrational and motivated by our own personal satisfaction. We’ve been indoctrinated into a subculture of natural birth zealots and want to force pain on other women or just feel mighty and superior. We fetishize vaginal birth and attach magical powers to a so-called natural entrance to the world.
Nah. It’s stuff like “pit to distress” that made me run for the nearest freestanding birth center. If I had to do it all over again, I’d stay home.
Have you heard this term before? What is your experience with “Pit to distress?”
Before you comment here, please go applaud Jill from Keyboard Revolutionary for blogging about this term and enjoy her brilliant and honest commentary.
-sigh-
So night two we slept in shifts, tonight I'm ok to sleep...lightly.
It's tragic having them all sick but seriously a babe this little sick is torture.
As ever singing "twinkle twinkle little star" fixed the crying fits 90% of the time, which I love (cause his name is Galileo!) and no other song will do. However for the other 7% of the time there is nothing but the worst is the last 3%...my tea cup. Gali got a sip of tea, he STOLE a sip of tea and now fixates on all cups anywhere in the room.
Oh dear, I'm too tired and sick to type more...-yawn-
almost all our sheets are in the wash, our beds are almost all bare and so we are crowded in. I've side-car'ed the cot onto our bed, we'll see how we go.
I was bored and it is pretty - it IS PRETTY DAMNIT.
Two parents on two hours sleep + two nuclear powered kids + school holidays = ....the zoo?
Mama packed a huge pull along trolley of picnic rugs and lunch and took us to the zoo. The boys go every three or so weeks, but they really love it.
The crowds were not terrible, but crowds + boys + sling made it hard to get nicer photos, but I enjoyed the day so much it didn't matter. The only thing that annoyed me was that the Tiger was out but there were so many people in the way with their reflections in the glass...grrr.
I'm sorry if these images are small/huge - I shrunk them to 'tiny' on my laptop and photo hosting site...
It seemed the zoo used the items people had tried to smuggle through customs - ie snake skins/cat pelts. It's a very clever thing to do, allow people the tactile access to the animal, but also show the animal alive and beautiful - it makes the skins/pelts very sad and the message of conservation clear to everyone very quickly.
The Koala's are pretty much the smelliest animals in the zoo, also the laziest, sleepiest, most self absorbed and disdainful of the general public. They are, just like celebrities
By far my favourite show of all the shows at the zoo is the free flight bird show. We got there an hour early, had lunch and got front row seats. It's always worth it. Seeing a Wedge Tail Eagle soar out over Sydney Harbour and then come back for meat treats 2 meters from where you sit is brilliant.
The grand finale of all the incredible native birds in all their colours is unreal too.
This beautiful bird collected money from people at the end and dropped it into a box. Felt a bit sorry for the poor thing having to use it's mouth to collect something as filthy as money - but it's for a good cause...
This is a shot of our healthy lunch provided by a Grandma who doesn't believe in spoiling children and doesn't need to be told to stop.
(We had actual food too of course - not just cake!
) 
This is the guilty Grandmother with my tiny 8 week old son.
The meerkats are actually really really tiny and hilariously cute. I was never a fan, but they are so opportunistic and optimistic about people feeding them whatever they have - that they perform like little clowns.
I still like the otters more, but the meerkats would be easier to steal for a pet
. The enclosure is more open. 
The boys ran 400 hundred steps forward and 400 hundred steps back and saw everything 4 times over by the time I caught up with them.
Also, the little details the zoo has included now are very beautiful. Little touches and accents from whatever country the animal is from.
This room and all the beams are like a paper parasol, it's beautiful.
And this was a huge carved wooden piece that was sadly in the dark...
And more animals....
The Giraffe enclosure looks out over the harbour, I guess they are putting those long necks to good use with that view!
The new Elephant enclosure is beautiful, the last time I was there it was still the horrible concrete thing with the moat. Also when I was younger one of the Elephants ate my sisters hat.
Mama also remembers when people used to ride the Elephants, 6 kids per ride!
I missed out on a few things having to pit stop for breastfeeding - I cannot walk and feed. So I missed seeing the snakes which was sad but I did get to the see the Komodo dragon who's enclosure is a bit boring...but omg, so easy to fall into!! I was horrified. How many children has this thing eaten??
Also got a sheet of glass away from some lovely freshwater crocodiles.
It's actually nesting season for the Penguins at the moment, which is fine as I really am not a fan after being attacked by a gang of them, but I got a photo for Nano.
Notice the lack of cute - but rather the shark like evil that is the fairy penguin...(jaws music)
Much more lovely were the Pelicans which Nano loved. He's a big fan of Storm Boy
Toward the end, I surrendered Galileo to his father's good baby wearing intentions...
Because near the exit is a fantastic little wadding pool that is another new addition since I visited last. I was so excited by it that I made the mistake of letting the boys wade in the water which quickly turned into totally drenched and eventually near nude children.
This is the pool....
It has fake seaweed and starfish and so on and would only come up to the ankle of most adults, but after a long walk uphill it's so nice to wade in.
Testament to Birkenstocks, an tourist couple who came by just walked right in wearing their sandals, apparently they are the 4WD of footwear
Anyway - the day ended soggy and lovely. We got the Sky Safari back up to car and came home where everyone (except sick Mummy) fell fast asleep.
so cute. precious baby.
Fox - "Monsters did it."
Don - "Stop telling lies"
Fox - "MONSTERS!" Fist waving. (His pronounciation of 'monsters' is more like Monshtahs)
I love my Fox. He is so wild and feral right now.
He brought us a tin of biscuits this morning in bed, drop it on us and announced -
"Breakfast. Hungry."
I'm also enjoying Orlando's use of the word "Flummoxed"
"Whoa I'm flummoxed, why is that cobra so aggressive!?"
It's a vocab few 4 year olds have, with the enthusiasm (and direct influence) of Steve Irwin. But of course Nano calls him "Steven" - so formal.
Thank a Feminist
I don't know the original source, but this is being circulated on another forum I belong to:
If you are a woman voter, thank a feminist.
If your doctor is a woman, thank a feminist.
If you open the help-wanted section of any U.S. paper and see job listings
classified by occupation rather than "help wanted - male" and "help wanted -
female", thank a feminist.
If your depression is taken seriously rather than considered a byproduct of
having a uterus, thank a feminist.
If, in counseling, you aren't assumed to envy a man for having a penis,
thank a feminist.
If you can have birth control prescribed to you without first obtaining your
husband's written permission, thank a feminist.
If you're allowed to teach school regardless of your marital status, and
you're a woman, thank a feminist.
If you're allowed to enter an apprenticeship program, thank a feminist.
If you are told you can become something other than a nurse, a grade-school
teacher, a housewife and mother, or a nun, thank a feminist.
If you expect to be considered for admission to university programs based on
your qualifications rather than your gender, thank a feminist.
If you expect your qualifications for admission to educational programs to
be considered equally, rather than after every male applicant has been
admitted, thank a feminist.
If you have ever heard of the crime of spousal rape, and know that there's a
law against it, thank a feminist.
If you've heard of the crime of domestic violence, and know that it's
illegal, thank a feminist.
If you can drive, thank a feminist.
If you expect to be paid the same wage as a man doing the same job you are,
with the same seniority and the same qualifications, thank a feminist.
If you are considered a person in your own right rather than the chattel of
a man, thank a feminist.
If you're legally permitted to own property in your own name, thank a
feminist.
If you don't expect to be fired because a man "needs your job to feed his
family", thank a feminist.
If the phrase "non-traditional occupation" seems a little old-fashioned or,
better yet, you don't understand it at all, thank a feminist.
If you can look in the yellow pages of your nearest major metropolis and
find a dedicated women's clinic, thank a feminist.
If you hear terms like "firefighter", "police officer", or "postal worker"
in everday life, thank a feminist.
If the phrase "she's a woman lawyer" seems odd, thank a feminist.
If you or any person you know receives child support, thank a feminist.
If your parent received child support when you were growing up, thank a
feminist.
If you aren't expected to leave the room at a party when the conversation
turns to current events and politics, thank a feminist.
If you're a grown woman and don't expect to be called "girl" when you're
fifty, thank a feminist.
Feminists brought about all of these things. Before the feminists got
involved, the reverse was true in each and every case.
Take some time, today, and thank a feminist.
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N - "Is David Attenborough dead?"
C - "Nope"
N - "Oh good...I just want to be his robot"
...?
You horrible horrible LIARS!!!
I love Big Love.
( Read more... )Twenty Alternatives to Punishment
http://www.awareparenting.com/twenty.htm
by Aletha Solter, Ph.D.
http://www.nospank.net
http://www.neverhitachild.org
http://www.nopunish.net/
http://www.naturalchild.org/
http://www.stophitting.com/
http://www.geocities.com/cddugan/homepag
http://www.stoptherod.net
http://www.ezzo.info
http://www.umich.edu/~urecord/0405/Sept1
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/childhealthm
http://www.religioustolerance.org/spanki
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