Physological breech birth.

 I have not posted here for a long time  but came across this important work by Dr Shawn Walker on physiological breech birth which I want to share. 

 

 Physiological breech birth

New GBS pamphlet for 2017

I have updated this pamphlet again. The only change is related to the antibiotics which are now recommended and also a brief comment on immunisations which are being developed.
Here is a link for the new version of the pamphlet. As always you are welcome to use and adapt to your own circumstances while acknowledging the original source. If you do use this pamphlet it would be lovely if you would leave a comment to let me know. Or if you have any difficulty accessing it.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_vcpJnsdquTQ1pfbDZURGRNLUE/view?usp=sharing 

Group B Streptococcus information for women

I attended Sara Wickham's Queenstown workshops over this last week. Picked up on many things which I may blog about later. There was mention of my Group B Streptococcus pamphlet which some midwives kindly commented fabourably on.
This has stimulated me to repost this pamphlet again now. I have also loaded it to Google Docs which I hope makes it more easily accessible. It is published with a creative comments licence which means you can freely use it and adapt it to your own practice context and needs but please acknowledge that the I was the original source.
Here is the link  GBS pamphlet 2013

Documentation presentation with voice over

Group B Strep pamphlet

Anyone looking for this pamphlet I have loaded it to Dropbox as a free open document. You will need a dropbox account to access it but it is free to register and is not a hassle, no spam emails etc Here is the link https://www.dropbox.com/home?preview=GBS++2013.pdf As the dropbox link may not work for everyone here is a link to the same pamphlet on Google Docs. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_vcpJnsdquTN2ZvU25IM2YzT3M/view?usp=sharing

 If you have trouble accessing please please leave a comment.

Human Immune system

Source:LiveScience

Supporting vulnerable Families

On the 12th June I attended a study day in Gore which involved a presentation from  Dr Kay Mckenzie from the 1000 day trust. This is a trust which is about vulnerable families with early parenting. It is an initiative which has received some funding to run as a pilot to see if it does make a difference. It is an important initiative for vulnerable Southland families and Kay is helping to make southern midwives aware of it so they can identify signs of parents who are struggling or not bonding with their babies and refer them on. This video is about the 1000 day trust.

Kay presented a video which demonstrates how an infant reacts to an attentive parent and also when the parent  ignores the child. It is pretty powerful, here it is. 

What initiatives are there in your area to support vulnerable families?