16 April 2008
Kim, our administrator, and I got together today because I'm heading overseas for the next 5 months for Common Knowledge Trust and The Pink Kit.
We've just installed Google Analytics ... a sophisticated tracking program so we know how people are using our websites. I'm just learning and wanted to show Kim. We discovered that a number of visitors were coming from a natural birth website.
We went to the website and discovered this Pink Kit Package review.
http://www.naturalbirthandbabycare.com/the_pink_kit.html
We don't know the woman who runs this website. What we do know is that she had a personal experience with The Pink Kit Package that echoes everyone who uses it!
I'm not going to say anything more. Just go and read the review.
Oh, one thing. You might not be planning a 'natural birth'. You're pregnant. You will give birth. You and your partner need the right skills to do the job well no matter what type of birth you have.
That has always been The Pink Kit Method For Birthing Better® message.
http://www.naturalbirthandbabycare.com/the_pink_kit.html
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The blog is on my mind
15 April 2008
I wish I knew how to add audio to this blog! Oh, well. Techie I'm not.
The blog's been on my mind.
Tomorrow I meet with our District Health Board. The Nelson/Marlborough region on the top of the S. Island of New Zealand is sort of separated geographically from the main centers of the S. Island such as Christchurch, Dunedin etc. And it's separated from the N. Island by the Cook Straight.
Our district probably has a population of 200,000 (that's a wild estimate). I know that our local hospital has about 1,000 births a year and Bleinheim about 500.
The DHB has a 20 year maternity plan being developed. Why 20 years? Gosh that's a long time forward. They've been talking with people about a 'strategy' and we had a general meeting two weeks ago.
Our Trust is pretty much out of the loop. The meeting was primarily midwives, the 3 obstetricians, one childbirth educator, one lactation consultant, no consumers and me representing the concept of growing a skilled birthing population.
Well, the meeting was interesting for sure. It's so easy to see how people get caught up in the day to day stuff. Basically the questionnaire was about 'strategic plans' but the responses were about 'management' stuff.
Anyway, I'm meeting with head of DHB tomorrow. They are interested in doing a 2 year trial with The Pink Kit. The head of the DHB does see the concept as part of a strategic plan which is good.
New Zealand is a bit unique in many ways. Midwives are the lead maternity carers and women are referred to obstetricians but remain under the care of the midwife. Careful thinking would suggest that midwives should be the primary advocates of growing a skilled birthing population in NZ.
But what about the rest of the world? Well, it's up to you really. In my role as a trustee to a charitable Trust, I have to constantly find the right language to use so the message gets across better and inspires expectant parents to act for themselves.
Certainly from my 15 years in New Zealand where midwifery care has been the primary maternity care, there is no evidence to date that midwives have a strategic plan to grow a skilled birthing population. I don't know why so our Trust looks outward to families overseas who may or may not be under midwifery care.
I guess it boils down to two thoughts:
Right or wrong ... you will still do the activity. No one says that an activity doesn't have road blocks or obstacles. The purpose of having your own set of skills IS so you can do the activity under all circumstances.
There's no doubt that women who fought for their right to walk around were totally bewildered by their own desire to lie down! Without skills, they often felt they 'failed' because they weren't upright. Isn't it weird.
This is why it's so important you understand that your Pink Kit skills are your Strategic Plan! Childbirth is not about whether there will be enough food for your partner, whether they have a place to stay or whether you'll be forced out of the hospital due to a bed shortage.
Your Strategic Plan is about what you'll do during the activity of giving birth.
I'll write tomorrow after I've met with the chairperson. He really gets this as he mentioned in the meeting. He sees The Pink Kit as a Strategic Plan.
Now, all we have to do is get the 3,60,000 pregnant women in the US to purchase The Pink Kit Package and develop their own Strategic Plan. Better yet, let's get all the expectant fathers to do so ... they're the ones who see the practicality of having skills.
http://www.thepinkkit.com
http://www.birthingbetter.com
http://www.commonknowledgetrust.com
I wish I knew how to add audio to this blog! Oh, well. Techie I'm not.
The blog's been on my mind.
Tomorrow I meet with our District Health Board. The Nelson/Marlborough region on the top of the S. Island of New Zealand is sort of separated geographically from the main centers of the S. Island such as Christchurch, Dunedin etc. And it's separated from the N. Island by the Cook Straight.
Our district probably has a population of 200,000 (that's a wild estimate). I know that our local hospital has about 1,000 births a year and Bleinheim about 500.
The DHB has a 20 year maternity plan being developed. Why 20 years? Gosh that's a long time forward. They've been talking with people about a 'strategy' and we had a general meeting two weeks ago.
Our Trust is pretty much out of the loop. The meeting was primarily midwives, the 3 obstetricians, one childbirth educator, one lactation consultant, no consumers and me representing the concept of growing a skilled birthing population.
Well, the meeting was interesting for sure. It's so easy to see how people get caught up in the day to day stuff. Basically the questionnaire was about 'strategic plans' but the responses were about 'management' stuff.
- more food for fathers
- place for family members to stay
- better hand over from midwifery care to Plunket (after birth care)
- need for more after birth care
- bottles for bottle feeding in a 'child friendly' hospital that focuses on breastfeeding.
- private entrance for women in labour rather than coming through the main entrance. (This is a new hospital and neither obstetricians or midwives liked the maternity unit. It's too small and shares an operating theatre with general surgery. It used to be a separate building.)
- women being given early discharge because there aren't enough beds.
- inconsistent information given by staff on breast feeding issues.
Anyway, I'm meeting with head of DHB tomorrow. They are interested in doing a 2 year trial with The Pink Kit. The head of the DHB does see the concept as part of a strategic plan which is good.
New Zealand is a bit unique in many ways. Midwives are the lead maternity carers and women are referred to obstetricians but remain under the care of the midwife. Careful thinking would suggest that midwives should be the primary advocates of growing a skilled birthing population in NZ.
But what about the rest of the world? Well, it's up to you really. In my role as a trustee to a charitable Trust, I have to constantly find the right language to use so the message gets across better and inspires expectant parents to act for themselves.
Certainly from my 15 years in New Zealand where midwifery care has been the primary maternity care, there is no evidence to date that midwives have a strategic plan to grow a skilled birthing population. I don't know why so our Trust looks outward to families overseas who may or may not be under midwifery care.
I guess it boils down to two thoughts:
- Childbirth is an activity that only you will do no matter what the circumstances.
- You can do an activity better when you have the appropriate skills.
Right or wrong ... you will still do the activity. No one says that an activity doesn't have road blocks or obstacles. The purpose of having your own set of skills IS so you can do the activity under all circumstances.
There's no doubt that women who fought for their right to walk around were totally bewildered by their own desire to lie down! Without skills, they often felt they 'failed' because they weren't upright. Isn't it weird.
This is why it's so important you understand that your Pink Kit skills are your Strategic Plan! Childbirth is not about whether there will be enough food for your partner, whether they have a place to stay or whether you'll be forced out of the hospital due to a bed shortage.
Your Strategic Plan is about what you'll do during the activity of giving birth.
I'll write tomorrow after I've met with the chairperson. He really gets this as he mentioned in the meeting. He sees The Pink Kit as a Strategic Plan.
Now, all we have to do is get the 3,60,000 pregnant women in the US to purchase The Pink Kit Package and develop their own Strategic Plan. Better yet, let's get all the expectant fathers to do so ... they're the ones who see the practicality of having skills.
http://www.thepinkkit.com
http://www.birthingbetter.com
http://www.commonknowledgetrust.com
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