Delivering change - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies
Delivering change - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies
Delivering change - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies
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The Maternity Care Collaboration Project: How do Midwives and Doctors work<br />
together<br />
One of the goals of the <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Centre</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Mothers</strong> and <strong>Babies</strong> is to work with health services to ensure<br />
doctors and midwives are able to work together. This includes learning how they can communicate well with<br />
each other and with the women they are caring <strong>for</strong>.<br />
To help us meet this goal, we are conducting a survey on how doctors and midwives currently work together,<br />
their beliefs about other maternity care providers, and how these affect working together in the future. At the<br />
moment, we have just under 500 responses and hope to receive a few more be<strong>for</strong>e preparing a report. Stay<br />
tuned <strong>for</strong> the results in future issues!<br />
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Your Top Tips<br />
Here in the <strong>Centre</strong>, we believe that women have valuable knowledge and expertise that deserves to be<br />
shared! In this section we will regularly feature your top tips <strong>for</strong> pregnancy, birth, and caring <strong>for</strong> yourself and<br />
your new baby after birth. The tips we include might be something you want to try, or you might have<br />
something that works better <strong>for</strong> you. If you have a top tip that you would like to share, drop us an email at<br />
info@havingababy.org.au so we can include it in our next newsletter!<br />
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Today’s Top Tip<br />
“Like many first time mums, one of the things that I found most challenging<br />
was getting my baby to sleep. Perhaps the best bit of advice I was given was<br />
to learn to look <strong>for</strong> my baby‟s tired signs. These usually include fussing and<br />
whimpering, frowning, jerky movements, and pulling ears. I think what was<br />
really key <strong>for</strong> me was not confusing these signs with boredom! So instead of<br />
giving my baby more toys, I could recognise she was tired and put her in her<br />
cot. That way, I could avoid her getting overtired and upset - much better <strong>for</strong><br />
her and <strong>for</strong> me!” – Claire from Mt Gravatt<br />
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Naming your baby<br />
If you are having trouble thinking of name <strong>for</strong> your baby, you might be interested in our survey results. One of<br />
the questions we asked women was what name they had picked <strong>for</strong> their baby. These were the most popular:<br />
The top 5 boys names:<br />
Samuel<br />
Jack<br />
Lachlan<br />
William<br />
Alexander<br />
The top 5 girls names:<br />
Ruby<br />
Caitlin<br />
Lily<br />
Emily<br />
Olivia<br />
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