Does the maternity care system need to change? ‘Birth Time’ is a documentary film about birth trauma, an issue affecting many women – with over 300,000 births taking place in Australia each year one third of those new mothers reported that they emerged from their birth experience feeling traumatised. Listen to the Babytalk interview with
Postpartum haemorrhage - excessive blood loss after birth Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is a leading cause of maternal death and ill health. The incidence of PPH is reported to have increased in recent decades in high-resource countries, including Australia. Why is this so? A recently published research asked: Is the increase in postpartum haemorrhage after vaginal
Brazen Hussies The struggle continues today - same same but different Brazen Hussies is a documentary that celebrates the history of Australian feminism and remains very relevant today as the struggle continues today. You can view Brazen Hussies (https://iview.abc.net.au/show/brazen-hussies) You view a trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTOccDdT0Gg)
State of the World’s Mothers The birth of a child should be a time of wonder and celebration. But for millions of mothers and babies in developing countries, it is a dance with death. https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLlg02FQK1_uNFTEvewWoQ_ZG4nL2UFp2l&time_continue=9&v=L_jWAqalgxg&feature=emb_title https://scalingupnutrition.org/news/save-the-children-release-the-16th-report-on-the-state-of-the-worlds-mothers/
Making an informed decision during maternity care? Decisions are crucial to our relationships with the experts we rely on for maternity care. As consumers of maternity care we need to be enabled, informed and afforded agency in any decision to be made by us regarding our maternity care. We need to be able to tell
Dignity in Maternity Care is Respectful Care Dignity is a touchstone concept in human rights, ethics, politics, philosophy and Respectful Maternity Care. Human dignity is inalienable right, based on the inherent human worth of a person. Hence, pregnant women should never be treated as a means to the ends of others. Dignity is the opposite
Women are the solution – not the problem We call on governments and maternity care providers to refocus the maternity care discussion. Women are often made out to be the problem in maternity care. This causes suffering both physically and mentally for women. A Problem is something we do understand and thus we do not
To have the birth you want the two big decisions that have to be made are: Where you are going to give birth? and Who is going to provide your maternity care? The biggest impact on your birth outcomes will be where you decide to birth and who will provide your maternity care. Whether you
Live Panel Discussion – Birth Trauma Just wanted to share a link to the recent Facebook that SMFA in collaboration with Maternity Choices, Maternity Consumer Network, Pregnancy Birth and Beyond Media and others hosted – if you hold down control and click on the link or copy and paste this link to the URL it
Core practices for quality antenatal care The core practices in pregnancy care are based directly on the content of the Pregnancy Care Guidelines and include key information such as recommendations, information on tests and practice summaries. While intended for health professionals, they are very useful for pregnant women. They can be found at: https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/core-practices-in-pregnancy-care
