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Phenomenology: A research approach for midwivery [sic]

By Smythe, E
on Tuesday, 01 Apr 1997 in New Zealand College of Midwives Journal - Volume: 16

...Does this poem written by Anne French evoke memories for you? Does she capture something in this description that is more than the words? Is there something here that has a sense of being universal, of being about all new born babies? She has called it a photograph, a photograph of the 'being' of her baby: his special smell, his warm head, the sounds he makes when joyous...Through the skilful crafting of words, Anne French has captured the essence of her baby. This is phenomenology. Phenomenology seeks to translate the felt understanding of an experience into words.

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Wendy's Story

By Cowan, J
on Tuesday, 01 Apr 1997 in New Zealand College of Midwives Journal - Volume: 16

Wendy's story is a dramatic case history of Hellp syndrome. As a midwife I found what was to unfold was to be a very frightening, enormous challenge. To be caring for a young woman in her first pregnancy over several months and to have a share in some of her plans for the birth and care of her baby and then watch her condition deteriorate rapidly almost to the point of death, was, to say the least, devastating. However, due to Wendy's personal strength and determination, the support of her husband, family and friends, the prayers of many and the skills of the specialist staff, she is now well and has a beautiful healthy son. In this case study I will look at what happened to Wendy in relation to the available literature on Hellp Syndrome and throughout the text I will include comments from Wendy and her husband Evan, describing their personal experiences.

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The Second Stage of Labour: Whose Urge to Push?

By Thompson, T
on Tuesday, 01 Apr 1997 in New Zealand College of Midwives Journal - Volume: 16

The first (human) baby I saw born was in a small country hospital in May 1976. There have been huge changes in maternity care since then. For example, women no longer have a shave and enema on admission. What exactly brought about that change, I wonder? Was it women saying 'NO!' Did people start to say 'Why do we do this?' Did maternity caregivers say, 'The research says...'? I'm fascinated how change comes about. One of the biggest changes about society, as well as about maternity care over these twenty years, I believe, is a general sense that the status of women has changed. The woman in labour is no longer the 'passive recipient' of the'standard institutional care'. This change of status of women in maternity in the modern world may range from: 'the woman is allowed to make choices', to: 'the woman is in partnership with her caregiver'. Thus, in the first stage of labour, a woman 'is allowed to' or chooses to, do just about anything she likes. She may pace the floor, or float in a pool; have soft music, quiet lights, aromatherapy, massage, hot towels; she can have whom ever she wants with her. The first age of labour, it seems to be accepted, 'belongs' to the woman. WHY then, does this suddenly change in the second stage?

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Editorial: NZCOM Conference 1996

By Manoharan, H
on Tuesday, 01 Oct 1996 in New Zealand College of Midwives Journal - Volume: 15

Great speeches are certainly not a thing of the past. Speeches packed with data, which were defiantly optimistic, uplifting and buoyant were plentiful at the NZCOM Conference recently held at Lincoln University in Christchurch.

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Letter to the editor re: Bioscience article (Issue 14, April 1996)

By Bryant, J
on Tuesday, 01 Oct 1996 in New Zealand College of Midwives Journal - Volume: 15

Thank you for the article 'How Useful is Bioscience Knowledge in Midwifery and is it Necessary for Safe Practice?' in the April 1996 edition of the NZCOM Journal. I am puzzled as to how bioscience could be considered any way other than necessary for safe midwifery practice.

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Welcome to Conference

By Pairman, S
on Tuesday, 01 Oct 1996 in New Zealand College of Midwives - Volume: 15

Kiaora Tatou. I am delighted to welcome you all to the fourth biannual NZCOM National conference. We come together today from all over New Zealand and from further afield: from America, Australia and the United Kingdom. We welcome our special guests... Professor Barbara Katz Rothman, Mina Timutimu, Joan Donley, Jane Burke, Learn O'Brien, Erihapeti Murchie, Dr Jane Fisher, Dr Caroline Crowther, Profesor Jill White, the Honourable Jenny Shipley and the Honourable Helen Clark.

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Address to the New Zealand College of Midwives National Conference

By Clark, H
on Tuesday, 01 Oct 1996 in New Zealand College of Midwives Journal - Volume: 15

Thank you for the invitation to address this fourth national conference of the College of Midwives. The very large attendance speaks volumes about the dedication of midwives to maintaining professional contacts, networking and working as a collective. These are qualities which have led to the profession in New Zealand making huge strides and, I believe, in establishing leadership for midwifery internationally...Midwifery has faced huge changes in New Zealand as in other Western countries. Had the dominant forces in the medical profession had their way in this country, midwives would have been permanently subjugated. Their places would have been as doctors' handmaidens, forever working under medical supervision - and never, never having the self-confidence and high self-esteem which comes from being independent professionals. Fortunately that was not to be. Irrepressible spirits kept the cause of independence and autonomy alive.

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Beyond the Comfort Zone of Rage: Shared Experiences for a New World

By Browne, J, Lohse, K
on Tuesday, 01 Oct 1996 in New Zealand College of Midwives Journal - Volume: 15

Paper presented at NZCOM Conference 1996: Last year in Canberra we had an opportunity to write a new curriculum, an opportunity we were surprised to get and one we had thought we would never have again. We had expected midwifery to transfer to the tertiary sector but that didn't happen as anticipated and we needed more midwives. In writing the new curriculum, we tried to mirror the changes already happening in midwifery and to produce further effective and radical change. A vision for the future, if you like.

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On the Edge: Midwifery and the Art of Knowing

By Pelvin, B
on Tuesday, 01 Oct 1996 in New Zealand College of Midwives Journal - Volume: 15

Paper presented at NZCOM Conference 1996. The theme of the 1996 conference is "The Balance of Intuition and Research" and when I first heard it, it set me thinking about another theme which becomes a part of the life of a midwife and this is the concept of 'not knowing'. What I want to do in my paper is explore that idea using some examples from my own midwifery practice and my career. I want to look at the need for midwives to develop abilities which can assist them to adapt to working in a profession that deals with the life process of a woman going through a profound experience of the birth of a baby; doing it over and over and over again with each individual woman that they care for, with all her individual circumstances - not only her social environment but more importantly her intrapsychic process and her changing relationships with those around her.

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Letter to the editor re: vaccination awareness

By Alber, E
on Monday, 01 Apr 1996 in New Zealand College of Midwives Journal - Volume: 14

Under the new vaccination schedule children are given eight combination injections and three polio sips containing a total of 25 vaccines including boosters between the ages of six weeks and 15 months, with six more vaccines to follow at the age of 11 years. Our government promotes this taxpayer-funded insanity through Immunisation 2000.

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