Articles of interest

Medical Indemnity in Australia: How one birth changed maternity services.

Justine Caines explores How one birth changed the maternity landscape and why this affects your choices NOW.

Rights and Responsibilities: Where did they Go?

Justine Caines examines our rights and responsibilities as maternity consumers

Why planned attended homebirth should be more widely supported in Australia

Lareen Newman on why Homebirth should be supported with an interesting editorial reply from Obstetrician, Dr David Ellwood.

This article argues that the continuing reluctance on the part of professional and bureaucratic bodies in Australia to provide for and support planned attended homebirth for low-risk women is unfounded according to the research evidence. It also suggests that such lack of support might be encouraging some planned but intentionally unattended homebirths to occur in Australia, particularly as in recent years there appears to have been an increase in popularity in freebirth (or do-it-yourself homebirth). The article calls for RANZCOG and Australian state health departments to support planned attended homebirth for low-risk women in the face of what is now a considerable amount of evidence showing its safety, when compared with unplanned homebirth and hospital birth. The article raises a number of challenging issues for obstetricians, midwives and managers or planners of maternity services.

Women’s Birth Rights Under Threat

Sally Dillon, Writer and homebirth Mother of 2 explains what homebirth meant to her and why we must have the right to choose

Infant and Neonatal Mortality for Primary Cesarean and Vaginal Births to Women with ‘‘No Indicated Risk,’’

Research from the US found an increased death rate from babies born by caesarean section without medical indication

Budget Does not treat all Mothers Equally

Homebirth Australia's response to tge 2009 Budget.

Homebirth Awareness Week: Celebrate or Commiserate? Minister’s Weakness and Bureaucrats ignorance continues

This week marks Homebirth Awareness week. Homebirth Australia fears that this time next year Australian women will not have the option of homebirth.

Hundreds of women expected outside AMA office in Melbourne. Telling the AMA to but out - Challenging Rudd to honour health reform promise.

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Wednesday 20 January 2010

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