Recent media: Birth trauma in today's Age, Homebirth in NY and 2 radio programs on caesareans in Australia

**** Article in today's Melbourne Age newspaper about maternity services and birth trauma in Australia. It contains quotes from mothers, Sydney midwife in private practice Melissa Maimann, Jenny Gamble and Melissa Bruijn and midwife Debby Gould from Birthtalk:
Hard labour by KATHY EVANS, June 20, 2010

**** An article about the current situation for homebirth in New York:
Doctors’ Group Fights a Bill That Would Ease Restrictions on Midwives by ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS, 17 June, 2010

**** A recent replay of two Radio National programs (first broadcast Nov 2009)

Caesarean sections: part one of a two part feature, 7 June, 2010

Caesarean sections are on the rise. In Australia one in three babies are born this way, and once a mother has one caesarean she's got at least a 50% chance of having another one in a following pregnancy. The rising rates have got some people very worried. There can be serious consequences of caesareans, for both mother and baby, and they're not talking about it. In the first of a two part special Nicky Phillips looks at what factors are driving our caesarean rates.

This program is a repeat and was first broadcast on 2 November 2009.

Guests

Professor Caroline de Costa
Professor of Obstetrics, James Cook University, Cairns

Nicky Phillips
Reporter, Science Unit, Radio National, Sydney

Dr Vijay Roach
Obstetrician, North Shore Private Hospital, Sydney

Dr Jenny Fenwick
Associate Professor of Midwivery, University of Technology, Sydney

Presenter

Norman Swan

Caesarean sections: part two

Nicky Phillips has made this two part feature about caesarean sections. In this second program we take a look at some of the consequences of the operation and we'll meet two mothers who developed serious complications from their caesars.

This program is a repeat and was first broadcast on 9 November 2009.

Guests

Dr Chris Smith
Virologist, Cambridge University, UK

Kylie Heffernan
Mother

Sharon and Neil Evans
Parents

Professor Caroline de Costa
Professor of Obstetrics, James Cook University, Cairns

Professor David Ellwood
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Australian National University, Canberra

Associate Professor Jenny Fenwick
Associate Professor of Midwivery, University of Technology, Sydney

Nicky Phillips
Reporter, ABC Radio National, Science Unit

Presenter

Norman Swan