The Having a Baby in Queensland Book Dec 2010 v1.0

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AboutthisbookThe aims of the Having a Baby in Queensland book are to:» Give you information that is consistent, clear and trustworthy» Support you to know what to expect from your care duringpregnancy, labour and/or birth» Give you ‘tools’ to help you to understand the decisionsthat you can be involved in, what your options are, andwhich options may best suit your needs and preferences» Support you to communicate your needs and preferencesto your care provider/s (midwife, doctor and/or obstetrician)and ask questions» Increase your satisfaction with your pregnancy, labourand/or birth experienceThe Having a Baby in Queensland book is not meant to give youmedical advice or recommend a course of treatment. You should notrely on it to provide you with a recommended course of treatment. Itis not intended and should not be used to replace the advice or careprovided by your midwife, doctor and/or obstetrician. You shouldask about and discuss your treatment options with your midwife,doctor and/or obstetrician before making any treatment decisions.This book aims to help you to make informed decisions aboutyour maternity care options. Making an informed decision involvesthinking about different options, getting enough information toknow what happens if you choose different options and thenpicking the best option for you. If you have trouble understandingany of the information in this book you may like to speak with yourcare provider/s. Your care provider/s should be able to give youone-on-one support to understand the information in this book.We hope that this book is useful and supports you to access to thetype of maternity care that meets your needs and your preferences.We use this symbol when thereis something you might like to askyour care provider about.The information in these decisionaids are from the best studiesavailable. When you’re reading, youwill see small numbers at the end ofsentences, eg [5]. The numbers showthat the information is backed up bythe results of a study/studies.Some of the studies that we talkabout are better quality than others.Whenever we talk about the resultsof a study, we give you some idea ofits quality, using the following rating:An is given to studies that arehigh quality. level studies tellus we can be very confident thatchoosing to do something causessomething else to happen.studies are the very highest qualityof studies.A is given to studies that aremedium quality. level studiescan tell us we can be moderatelyconfident that choosing to dosomething causes something elseto happen.A is given to studies that are lowquality. level studies can tell uswhen things tend to happen at thesame time. But level studies can’ttell us that choosing to do somethingcauses something else to happen.2
Eachdecision aidin this bookFor each topic in this book, we have developed a decision aid.A decision aid is a tool designed to give you information about youroptions. Each decision aid in this book:»»Gives you information about the decision and what youroptions might be»»Aims to answer your questions about what might happen if youchoose different options, including the option of doing nothing»»Aims to help you think about how your values and preferencesmay play a role in making these decisions»»Aims to help you think about what options might be best for youand your baby»»Gives examples of questions you might ask your care providerto find out more»»Includes room for you to make notes or write down yourthoughts or questionsThis book has been written about pregnancy, labour and birth.Many different aspects of these experiences are discussed indetail. This book includes photographs of women before, duringand after birth, including naked women and women undergoingmedical procedures. This book also includes diagrams anddrawings of women’s bodies, including the organs inside theirbodies. You are free to choose whether you read this book, andwho you show this book to.3
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