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Clinton News-Record, 1986-08-06, Page 7G.I.C.10/4 Local women • from page 6. to help her through difficult tunes by sug- gesting different positions for Lois to rest in. Lois finally found comfort during her transition by kneeling at the side of her bed with her elbows resting on the bed. "When the baby came, he came out like that!" she says snapping her fingers. "It didn't bother me at all." Though she tore a bit, she says the tear healed much more quickly and painlessly than her previous episiotomy. "I don't want to hurt the feelings of doc- tors and nurses because they're doing their best. I just want a different option. My demands were so basic and so natural but they didn't seem to be able to hear me. With their intervention, they deny you a basic life experience," she says. Both Lois and Jeanette are the first to admit there is a need for technology and the expertise of obstetricians when there is an abnormal birth. But, aside from the two to three per cent of high risk mothers, birth should tie allowed to progress nor- mally without technological intervention, they say. "In emergency manuals for police of- ficers, firemen and taxi drivers, it says that 99 per cent of all births will progress normally if you leave the mother alone. Why don't they tell the mothers that?" asks Lois. She also says that midwives give the ownership of the birth experience back to the mothers. "Midwives do not deliver the baby. In fact, no one delivers the baby but the mother. The midwife is only there to catch the baby," she says. Another advocate of midwifery, Carol (who wished her last name not be used) had an opposite experience to that of Lois and Jeanette. After the beautiful and natural birth of her first child by midwives . in Tennessee, she was unprepared for the different experience she had in a hospital. With her second child, labor was induced and she had a Caesarian section before she could understand what was happening and why. "I felt completely out of control and I had no real support through the labor. The midwives were constantly there encourag- ing you and making you feel things are go- ing well. In the hospital, you become a part of a big machine. Good nurses would go off shift leaving you with no personalized care. It was all for their convenience, their set-up," she says. After a successful vaginal first birth, Carol was extremely disappointed about having a Caesarian. She felt she'd been pressured into having the operation without being given a chance to give birth naturally. "They tell you you have 15 minutes to BEST INTEREST 1 0 1 Guaranteed Investment Certificates *Subject to change Gaiser-Kneale Exeter 235-2420 ' Clinton 482-9747 Insurance Brokers Inc. Grand Band 238-8484 Goderlch 524-2118 are advocates for midwifery give birth and that ultimatum puts you under such tension when you should be relaxing. How can you push a button and make birth happen on demand?" Carol was also upset that the nurses kept taking her baby away from her. "They even put up a screen over the win- dow of the nursery so 1 couldn't even see my baby throughAthe glass if I walked to the nursery," she says. . Though doctors told her not to grumble about the birth experience since she had a healthy baby, Carol says it does matter how a woman gives birth. '"The first time, I felt strong and proud. I went through a long, difficult labor and I did it all myself without drugs. The second time I felt like a failure," she says. , As a farm woman, Carol says she understands the doctors' impatience when it comes to birth. "1 get impatient with the lambing and I want to yank out thejamb. But, I know it's almost always better if you let things pro- gress naturally," .she says. For her third child, Carol was determin- ed to have a vaginal birth despite the fact many doctors say, "Once a Caesarian, always a Caesarian." She hired a midwife, found a doctor sym- pathetic to natural birth and together they wrote out a birthing plan surrounding Carol's needs. She found the midwife. valuable when talking about her negative feelings and fears about her hospital birth and when she needed encouragement. Because hospitals are nervous about women who are attempting a vaginal birth after they've had Caesarians, C•01 had to"' argue against the use of a fetal heart monitor. And, after five hours of labor, she asked for an epideral. "There I was waging war and giving birth at the same time," she says. "But, I did it. I had a vaginal birth. It wasn't a pure birth but it wasn't a Caesarian," she beams. All three women agree that midwives are invaluable allies to women who want natural births whether the setting is home or hospital. They believe that for the mid- wifery profession to be effective, it must be self-regulating, autonomous and on the same level as doctors. As obstetricians are specialists for abnormal births, midwives must be recognized as specialists for nor- mal births, they say. "We like people to have the option of go- ing straight to a midwife and then on to an obstetrician if there are any problems. Midwives have the expertise to s&een out high risk mothers;" says Lois. The three disapprove of the idea that midwives fall under the jurisdiction of the College of Nurses since nurses are trained to be subordinate to doctors and to look for disease. Midwives come from the opposite apps' ach of encouraging childbirth as a natural life experience. which needs a minimum of interference. They say the continuous care from the same midwife before, during and after the birth humanizes the eitperience for the whole family. "We're not saying that everyone should use a midwife or that there isn't a demand. for what doctors, do. This is a story of op- tions and choices. We want to have the choice to give, birth our way, too," they say. • Anyone interested in joining a midwifery support group or in helping to write a brief to present to the Ontario Task Force on the Implementation of Midwifery, can call Jeanette Harris at 523-9509 or attend an educational meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Wingham town hall. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1986—Page 7 west coast travellers return By Mrs. Lewis Stonehouse BELGRAVE - Mr. and Mrs. Les Shaw and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Anderson returned on the weekend from a month's motor trip to the West Coast. While in Vancouver they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Pickell and spent three days at Expo. Mr.and Mrs. Rob Roy and baby Christina of Lakefield and Sheila Anderson of Waterloo spent the holiday weekend with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Ross Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Rick Ball, Matthew and Alicia of Hanover visited on Monday with the rest of their family at the same home. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Leitch, Julie and Jeff of Waterdown and Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston, Tara and Erin of Ilderton, visited on the holiday weekend with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grasby. Don Campbell of Toronto visited on Sun- day with his mother Olive Campbell and his sister Ivy Cloakey. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Garniss of Wingham and Mr. and Mrs. James H. Leishman of RR 5 Brussels attended the funeral of their cousin Harry'Oberend, who died at his home in Milton, after a lengthy illness. Dorothy Procter of Belgrave spent a cou- ple days with Mr. and Mrs. Allan Walker of Owen Sound and visited with her sister Mrs. Carl Bennett who is a patient in the Owen Sound Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Procter, Mark, Kyle, Kirk and Andrea of London spent the weekend with their parents Dorothy Procter of Belgrave and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pear- son of Brussels. Mrs. Don Vincent, Patrick, Angela and Aaron from Riverview, New Brunswick are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. George Webster of Whitechurch and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Vincent and other relatives in the area: Mel Gateman of Matkdale spent last week with his sister and brother-in-law Mr. and Mrs. John McIntosh. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Haldenby of Lucknow spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. John McIntosh. Keith Massey of the second line of Morris is spending a week's holidays with his friend Chris McIntosh. Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston, Tara and Erin of Ilderton spent the weekend with his mother Laura Johnston. Joint Service A joint service was held at Knox Presbyterian Church, Belgrave on August 3 with members present from Calvin -Brick and Knox United Churches. Pastor Don Vair was the guest speaker who spoke on "Repentance." Cheryl Cronin of Blyth, guest soloist, sang "The King is Coming" and "The Wonder of It All" ac- companied by Hazel Dalrymple of Blyth on the piano. Mrs.Dalrymple played the organ prior to and during the service. WMS Meet The Belgrave Women's Missionary Socie- ty (WMS) held a summer meeting at Knox Presbyterian Church on July 28 with Mrs. Mac Scott presiding. Mrs. Garner Nicholson read scripture and Mrs. Jack McBurney read a story on "Faith," Mrs. Joe Dunbar led in prayer. The topic was taken. by Ivy Cloakey who read a story about an Indian lady who lives on the reserve near Peterborough and the .story of how some Indians built a sweat lodge and offered prayers. The secretary's report was given by Mrs. McBurney and the roll call was answered by a verse on "Faith." Twenty-four sick and shut-in calls were recorded and the treasurer's report was given by Mrs. Cloakey. 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Now, if a surviving spouse elects to receive an equalization of family property, any death benefits paid are to be credited against the surviving spouse's entitlement, thus permit- ting the immediate payment of death benefits. ODC Loan For Exeter Finn I am pleased to announce a $100,000 Export Support Loan recently approved by the On- tario Development Corporation for DanBrie Moulded Plastics Limited of Exeter. My col- • • league, Industry, Trade and Technology Minister Hugh O'Neil, has stated the money will finance annual, exports worth over $600,000 and help create 17 new jobs over the next five years. The loan will provide DanBrie Moulded Plastics Limited with a revolving line of credit to finance its export sales. The company manufactures plastic products mainly for the farming community. Information on all financial assistance pro- grams is available from the Ontario Develop- ment Corporation's London office by telephon- ing 433=2871, or toil free at 1-800-265-4746. 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