Birth Matters News
- Our next special public seminar is "Natural Birth after Caesarean - Is it Right For Me?" on Friday 25 September, 7.15pm - 9.30pm at Eastwood. See here for further details.
- This year (2009) Birth Matters celebrates 10 years of providing independent information and support to help South Australians have better birth experiences.
- The latest information about the changes to national health professional registration and likely impacts on the provision of homebirth with an independent midwife are available on the website of a Homebirth Australia.
- The Women's and Children's Hospital (Adelaide) commenced its new Public Homebirth Service on 1st February (2009) out of the Midwifery Group Practice. More information here
- The SA Beautiful Birth Festival was a great success on Sunday 3rd May 2009 at Fullarton Park Centre (cnr Fullarton Rd and Fisher Street). Check out the websiteavailable here.
- The National Review of Maternity Services was launched in Adelaide on September 10th 2008 by the Federal Health Minister, Nicola Roxon. The Government is using the Review to direct changes to maternity services in Australia. The Report and submissions are publicly available here. The Birth Matters submission is available here.
If you want to compare the services available and the intervention rates of any hospital in South Australia, check out our Birth Choices Guide Metro and Country versions - just click on the link to your left in the side bar. Much of this information is not publicly available in one place and was obtained by SA Birth Matters and Maternity Coalition SA Branch by direct request.
- A 2030 Vision for SA Maternity Care was developed at a ThinkTank of leading consumers and midwives in South Australia in May last year. The Vision statement is available here.
Our last public information seminar was Waterbirth - Is it Right for Me in May, which was attended by 50 people at Eastwood Community Centre. Details for our next seminars are available here.
- QUESTION TIME - PARLIAMENT HOUSE 8th May 2008 Mothers and midwives, along with bellies, babies and toddlers, will be in the Public Gallery on Thursday 8th May to hear MP Frances Bedford air their grievances about maternity services in SA. Read Maternity Coalition Media Release here. Photos here.
- NEW LIBRARY ADDITIONS have been made recently - some more fantastic books, including Spiritual Midwifery, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, and double copies of 4 excellent birth DVDs (including an excellent homebirth DVD with information from Marsden Wagner, former Director of Women's and Babies Health for the World Health Organisation) .
Last updated 3 September 2009