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The Australian College of Midwives congratulates the Australian Health Ministers on timely recommendations for private midwives.
"The Australian College of Midwives (ACM) congratulates the Australian Health Ministers on the excellent and timely recommendations coming out of the Standing Council on Health (SCoH) regarding privately practising midwives," said Sue Kruske, President of the Australian College of Midwives.
Ministers recommended an extension of the professional indemnity insurance exemption for privately practising midwives until June 2015, enabling midwives providing homebirth services to have assurance that they would not be forced to abandon women or face prosecution for violating registration requirements. There has been no insurance available for birth at home since 2001 when HIH collapsed, and the current exemption was due to expire in June 2013. All efforts must now be made to access affordable insurance for midwives providing homebirth services before the new 2015 deadline.
At the SCoH meeting the Commonwealth also agreed to vary the Determination on collaborative arrangements to enable agreements between midwives and hospitals and health services. The ACM has been fighting for this outcome for two years. "In September 2010 the ACM met with the former Minister for Health's office, Minister Roxon, asking for changes to be made to collaborative arrangements by removing the words with a 'named medical practitioner' and replacing them with a 'health provider organisation.' At the time this request was not heeded but ACM was given assurances that if medical professionals were reluctant to enter into arrangements then the Determination would be changed. The Federal Health Minister has recognised that the current arrangements are not working and been true to the undertaking given in 2010, one the AMA was fully aware of. Contrary to their claims the AMA was consulted about both these issues again at a recent roundtable organised by the Federal Health Minister in June of this year," said President Kruske.
Midwives for the past two years, in good faith, have sought collaborative arrangements with obstetricians, with only a couple being successful in the entire country. Some midwives have written to every obstetrician in the State they live in seeking a collaborative arrangement, only to have either no response or negative responses.
"The vast majority of midwives practising today collaborate without the requirement to have a formal arrangement with a 'named doctor'. The only time a collaborative arrangement is required under legislation is when women want to access Medicare rebates for private midwifery services. It is women who have suffered due to the current arrangements. There is misinformation being put out that this change is about homebirth. There are no Medicare rebates for birth at home so changing the Determination will have no impact on midwifery care for homebirth at all," said President Kruske.
The largest randomised controlled trial in the world (2314 women), undertaken in Australia and published this month in BJOG, involved women receiving all their care from a primary 'known midwife' compared to women receiving standard fragmented care. The study showed much better outcomes under 'known' midwife led care, including a 22% reduction in the caesarean section rate. This is an example of the high degree of safety and quality that can come when midwives are able to collaborate with a whole health service and everyone in it.
"Midwives are committed to collaboration with all health service providers and this variation in the Determination will ensure this can now occur. It will not be a 'hospital administrator' midwives will be collaborating with, as claimed by the AMA, but an entire health service team, of which obstetricians are an important part. This is how the majority of health care is undertaken today and how 99% of midwives work. These changes will make sure 100% of midwives can now work in this optimal model of collaboration and hopefully open the doors of hospitals to private midwives through clinical privileging arrangements which to date have been slow," said President Kruske.
Published 15th August 2012
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Jane have you any idea when these changes might come into play? I have been led to believe by Midwives Australia that as long as we have everything in writing to and from the women's hospital and family doctor and keeping strict records of this documentations that this is enough to prove a collaborative arrangement? Now I am planning on offering only private antenatal and postnatal care and education and I am very interested in the medicare aspect. I am an eligible midwife with a medicare provider number. I am very interested in the way things are going at present.
Hi Virginia - I don't have any idea as yet when the changes will occur. It could be ages yet (but it will happen). At this point the collaborative relationship is with an individual doctor so it has to comply with the details outline in the legislation (see below). Unless the collaborative relationship is with an approved doctor within a hospital - communication with the hospital doesn't come into play in regards to the collaborative relationship for Medicare purposes.
Here is the excerpt from the Medicare Schedule Book (December 2012):
To provide Medicare rebateable services an eligible midwife must have a collaborative arrangement in place that must provide for consultation, referral or transfer of care as clinical needs dictate, to ensure safe, high quality maternity care.
Under the legislation a collaborative arrangement can be with the following "specified" medical practitioners: 1) an obstetrician; 2) a medical practitioner who provides obstetric services; or 3) a medical practitioner employed or engaged by a hospital authority and authorised by the hospital authority to participate in a collaborative arrangement.
The types of practitioners listed 1) and 2) are defined in the Regulations as "obstetric specified medical practitioners".
Collaborative arrangement can be established in the following ways: a) being employed or engaged by 1 or more obstetric specified medical practitioners or by an entity that employs or engages 1 or more obstetric specified medical practitioners; OR b) receiving patients by referral in writing to the midwife for midwifery treatment from a specified medical practitioner, OR c) having a signed written agreement with one or more specified medical practitioners, OR d) having an arrangement with and acknowledged by at least one specified medical practitioner a. an arrangement requires that the eligible midwife must record the following in the midwife's written records: i. The name of at least one specified medical practitioner who is, or will be, collaborating with the midwife in the patient's care (a named medical practitioner); ii. That the midwife has told the patient that the midwife will be providing midwifery services to the patient in collaboration with one or more specified medical practitioners; iii. Acknowledgement by a named medical practitioner that the practitioner will be collaborating in the patient's care; iv. Plans for the circumstances in which the midwife will do any of the following: 1. consult with an obstetric specified medical practitioner; 2. refer the patient to a specified medical practitioner; 3. transfer the patient's care to an obstetric specified medical practitioner. b. The midwife must also record the following in the midwife's written records: 827 i. Any consultation or other communication between the midwife and an obstetric specified medical practitioner about the patient's care; ii. Any referral of the patient by the midwife to a specified medical practitioner; iii. Any transfer by the midwife of the patient's care to an obstetric specified medical practitioner; iv. When the midwife gives a copy of the hospital booking letter for the patient to a named medical practitioner – acknowledgement that the named medical practitioner has received the copy; v. When the midwife give a copy of the patient's maternity care plan prepared by the midwife to a named medical practitioner – acknowledgement that the named medical practitioner has received the copy; vi. If the midwife requests diagnostic imaging or pathology services for the patient – when the midwife gives the results of the services to a named medical practitioner vii. That the midwife has given a discharge summary at the end of the midwife's care for the patient to: 1. a named medical practitioner; and 2. the patient's usual general practitioner


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas State entered Thursday's Big 12 quarterfinal with Colorado riding as much momentum as any team in the league. The Wildcats had won six games in a row, eight of their last nine.
The afternoon ended with Colorado beating Kansas State for a third time. No other team, not even Kansas, was able to beat KSU more than once.
"They're a hard matchup for us because their two wings (Alec Burks and Cory Higgins) are real good off trhe dribble," KSU coach Frank Martin said, "and our weakness the whole year has been our (in)ability to guard the dribble.
"That presents a problem for us. Alec obviously came out of the chute and was as aggressive as he can be. Then Cory played like a senior that was determined to get his team deep into this tournament and hopefully to play past this tournament.
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Why I won't donate to relief efforts for Typhoon Haiyan0
By Eric Friedman
The damage from Typhoon Haiyan has been absolutely horrific. We've all seen the images of the disaster by now. The death count is still being tallied, but many people believe it could be 10,000 or more, and hundreds of thousands of people have had their homes destroyed. Children have been orphaned, towns destroyed, and lives turned upside down.
Many charities are actively soliciting donations to fund relief efforts, tapping the public's willingness to help those who suffer due to large-scale natural disasters. This is a pattern of generosity that says a lot about the collective heart of our world.
Nevertheless, I will not be donating to the relief efforts. I also didn't donate to the relief efforts for the Haitian earthquake of 2010, Japanese earthquake and tsunami of 2011, or the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. Before you write me off as a stingy, selfish scrooge, you might be interested to know that I give far more to charity than the national average—just not to disaster relief.
It's not that I'm concerned about charity scams (which are easily avoided with modest amounts of due diligence) or have doubts about the severity of the disaster (which is obvious from the media reports). My rationale is very simple: some charities that are involved in developmental aid can do more good, dollar-for-dollar, than those that handle disaster relief.
Every day, 18,000 children around the world die from preventable causes like malaria, tuberculosis, and diarrheal diseases (from dirty drinking water and poor sanitation). We have the knowledge and technology to prevent these deaths—in fact, they have been virtually eradicated in the United States before most of us were born. The bottleneck to preventing these deaths is the money for mosquito nets, clean water, and vaccines. Deaths from preventable causes don't get the same coverage as natural disasters, but they happen every day, adding up to a lot more suffering and deserving of our attention.
Unfortunately, I don't have enough money to pay for all the needs of victims of "event" disasters as well as "every day" disasters. Even Bill Gates isn't that rich. Donors face choices about how to allocate their giving. Many people find it offensive for donors to pit people who suffer from one horrible thing against those who suffer from another. I, too, find it offensive, but prioritization is reality in a world with limited resources.
Many donors avoid prioritizing by slicing their giving pie into many pieces, giving small amounts to lots of different causes and charities—putting some money in development and some in disaster relief. However, spreading donations thin is an evasive response to challenging questions about the best use of donor money. Your money will make more of an impact if you give larger amounts to fewer organizations that you have more conviction in, so if you care about impact, it's your responsibility to make these choices.
Consider the following as you make your choice:
• Charities working in global health and development prevent tragedies from happening, rather than respond afterward. While disaster relief can certainly prevent additional suffering and loss of life, it is much more compelling to address problems before they happen rather than clean up after them.
For charities working in global health and development, lack of money is often the most critical barrier to providing more aid. In contrast, well-publicized disasters can elicit billions in donations over a short period of time; the biggest obstacles for charities working in this area are logistical, not financial. Roads and other infrastructure are often destroyed, so charities can't get supplies to those in need. This points toward developmental charities being able to make better use of donations.
• Charities that work in global health and development typically use extremely inexpensive, but proven solutions to save lives. Examples include mosquito nets (to prevent malaria), clean water, and vaccinations. Disaster relief, on the other hand, is often much more costly due to the logistical challenges associated with rushing aid to areas where the roads and other infrastructure have been destroyed. This inefficiency means that disaster relief can't get as much "bang for the buck."
These reasons for favoring "every day" aid over disaster relief are supported by research from experience. A report from the World Bank echoes this view: "The emotional and sensationalized climate of disaster response has prevented the adoption of a cost-effectiveness approach in decision making. Emergency health interventions like temporary shelters and field hospitals are indisputably more costly and less effective than time-tested health activities" (Source: Disease Control Priorities Project).
Charities rarely acknowledge this, possibly because it might cause people to stop giving to disaster relief altogether, but it is implicit in their budgeting processes. As an example, when donors give unrestricted gifts to charities that do both disaster relief and development like Oxfam and UNICEF—letting them decide where it is needed most—more of it may go to development than disaster relief. (And if you do feel compelled to do something to help others in the wake of the typhoon, making an unrestricted donation to an organization like this would be more effective than earmarking your gift for their typhoon relief fund.)
The reason I don't give to disaster relief efforts is not due to callousness or obliviousness. The evidence is clear that there are charitable programs that are more effective than disaster relief, and I want my donations to do as much good as possible.
Eric Friedman is the author of "Reinventing Philanthropy: A Framework for More Effective Giving." An excerpt is available at www.ReinventingPhilanthropy.com.


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Intel will see its processor house in 1 in 10 mobile devices by 2015, as it slowly claws into ARM's market.
Intel is the new kid on the block when it comes to mobile processors, with British firm ARM Holdings all but dominating the market at the current time.
However Intel is determined to produce mobile processors which are so good that Apple won't be able to resist using them in its iPhone and iPad ranges.
Healthy growth predicted by rival
According to ARM CEO Warren East, Intel will break into the market and predicts a healthy growth for its rival.
Speaking to Dow Jones, East reckoned Intel would claim 5% to 10% of the smartphone market by 2015 – which would be an impressive gain in just two and half years.
The Santa Clara-based firm is expected to launch itself into the mobile devices market later this year, with a range of smartphone and tablet offerings, including the Android-based Lenovo K800 handset.
Intel certainly has a big job on its hands convincing manufactures to switch to its chips, but its pedigree in the PC and laptop sectors could well help drive it forward.
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Some years back during a visit to the Gambia--the West African nation ruled by a thin-skinned and mercurial president, Yahya Jammeh--I holed up in the sweltering Interior Ministry and pressed officials to release imprisoned journalists and ease up on the country's brutal media crackdown. The officials resisted, arguing that the press in Gambia was "reckless and irresponsible," that it made unfounded accusations, published falsehoods, and destroyed people's lives, and therefore the government had no choice but to step in and impose order and regulation.
I have heard variants of this argument from countless political and diplomatic leaders, from the Venezuelan ambassador to the United States to the Singaporean minister of law. I generally respond with the same argument: The media's shortcomings--which are always present--never justify government intervention. Once government involvement is legitimized, it is easy to increase the pressure, which in turns weakens the media's accountability role.
This is why the taint of government regulation in the United Kingdom is damaging to global press freedom advocacy, as we maintained in a letter we sent to British Prime Minister David Cameron back on April 2. Any statutory framework, even one designed to achieve such laudatory goals as protecting the regulator from government intervention and restricting the ability of Parliament to limit press freedom, sets a poor international precedent.
CPJ has not been active in the debate over how to address the complex and difficult problems identified in the Leveson inquiry. But we oppose any solution that requires Parliamentary action. This is a position of principle that we maintain around the world whether the alleged media misconduct is minor or massive; whether the proposed measures to counter these shortcomings are draconian or narrowly tailored; and whether the proposals are put forward in the Gambia, Venezuela, Singapore, or the U.K.
On April 4, Brian Cathcart, the executive director of Hacked Off, published an open letter criticizing CPJ's position. He alleged that our letter to David Cameron contained inaccuracies and distortions. We take any such claims very seriously and have carried out a review. Our research has not found any misstatements, but rather a difference of perspective and emphasis.
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Total sales revenue for the Canadian solar thermal market in 2014 was $17.6 million, a 4% increase over the $16.9 million reported in 2013. Annual collector sales increased in 2014 to 99,666 m2 , up by 19% from 84,070 m2 installed in 2013. Following a record year in 2010, when domestic sales alone were $34 million (199,491 m2) and total revenues reached $37.4 million, the Canadian market has experienced a series of declines until this year.
This improvement in 2014 is due to an increase in export sales from 26,003 m2 ($3.2 million) to 41,599 m2 ($4.0 million), primarily to the United States, which more than offset the reduction in domestic sales from 58,067 m2 ($13.6 million) to 57,688 m2 ($13.5 million). The reduction in the domestic solar thermal market since 2010 is due to the ending of financial incentive programs at the national level and the low cost of natural gas for heating.
In recent years, solar air heating collectors dominated the Canadian domestic and export markets after solar pool heating. In 2013 and 2014, solar air heating collectors exceeded unglazed solar pool heating collector sales for the first time with 50% and 54% of solar collector sales and 52% and 61% of the revenue, respectively. For several years there has been a significant increase in glazed solar air collector installations compared to unglazed, however, unglazed still represents 60% of total air heating collector revenue and 63% of air collector area sold in 2014. Unglazed solar pool heating collectors are the next largest segment of the collector market with 41% of domestic sales and 22% of export collector sales in terms of area, although the solar pool heating market represents only 18% of the solar thermal sales revenue.
The typical applications for solar thermal products in Canada are space and ventilation air heating for commercial and industrial buildings (primarily using integrated unglazed and glazed collectors in open loop systems to heat outdoor air), residential outdoor pool heating (primarily with unglazed plastic flat plate liquid solar collectors) and domestic hot water heating for residential and commercial application (both glazed flat plate and vacuum tube liquid solar collectors.
In 2014 in the residential sector, which accounted for 30% of total sales revenue, 40% of that revenue was for DHW, 31% for pool heating, 5% for space heating and the remaining 24% for combined/other systems. In the ICI sector (70% of total sales revenue), 83% of revenue was in space heating, 9% in service water heating, 6% in process heating and 2% in swimming pool heating.
The typical packaged sdhw system is a low flow pumped glycol system with a side-arm thermosyphon heat exchanger connected to a solar preheat tank.
Currently there are no regulations requiring the use of solar thermal in new or existing buildings in Canada. The key driver for purchasing solar thermal has largely been financial therefore changes in conventional fuel prices and financial incentive programs have a signficant impact on purchase decisions. Current low prices for natural gas heating and the expiration of national financial incentives for solar thermal have resulted in a decrease in the domestic solar thermal market in Canada. Heavily subsized FIT (feed in tarrff) incentives for photovoltaics in Ontario have also had a negative influence on the solar thermal market. In general, there is a low level of awareness of the potential for solar heating and cooling. New building energy performance standards under development may be a key future driver for the sale of solar thermal products in Canada as builders look for ways to meet the higher energy performance targets.
There is a small domestic manufacturing base for solar thermal in Canada. The industry includes collector and system manufacturers, importers, as well as wholesale, retail, and installers. Solar thermal exports represented 23% of total sales in 2014. Compared to 2010, exports have grown by 18% and their relative importance has generally increased as total sales have tended to decline. The majority of export sales (79%) were solar air heating collectors, both glazed and unglazed with liquid glazed flat plate collectors at 10% of exports and unglazed liquid pool heating collectors at 11%.
Total employment in the solar thermal industry in Canada among respondents of a survey for 2014 was reported to be 110 employees, down from 153 in 2012. This survey was not designed to capture all employment at the manufacturing, distribution, retail and installer levels, and therefore total employment is likely to be much higher than this.
In 2014, the installed cost of large-scale solar district heating systems is estimated to be about Canadian $1,000/m2 for high-solar fraction (>90%) Drake Landing-like designs including the installed cost of: roof-mounted solar collectors, district heating network, borehole field seasonal storage, short-term thermal storage tanks, engineering, supervision and commissioning.
A typical forced-circulation, 6m2 (two-collector), residential solar domestic hot water system with a preheat solar tank, circulation pump, side-arm heat exchanger costs CAD $7,750 installed, taxes excluded.
Commercial-size solar water heating systems including solar collectors, forced-circulation pumps, solar storage tanks and heat exchanger typically cost between CAD $1000/m2 and $1500/m2 installed, taxes excluded for liquid heating flat plate or evacuuated tube collectors and approximately $250 (2013) for liquid heating unglazed (pool) collectors.
The typical installed cost, of commercial-size air heating systems in 2013, including fans and distribution ducting range between CAD $150/m2 and $300/m2 using unglazed (open-to-ambient) air heating collectors and between $150/m2 and $1,500/m2 with glazed (open-to-ambient) air heating collectors, taxes excluded.
In Canada, there is a focus on energy-efficient buildings rather than on solar buildings. In addition to solar water heating, several solar technologies including passive solar, solar air heating of the ventilation air and the living space, daylighting and photovoltaics are applied in such buildings along with non-solar technologies. Net-zero or near net-zero buildings represent the leading edge of research and development of highly energy efficient buildings. Certifications such as LEED for commercial buildings and Energuide for Houses in the residential sector are often sought for recognition of the efficiency levels achieved.
Currently there are no regulations requiring the design and construction of very energy efficient or solar buildings in Canada. It is thought that a key driver for their construction is the desire to showcase the owners committment to reducing the environmental impact of their business. The current low price of natural gas is not believed to have resulted in a decrease in the very energy-efficient buildings market in Canada. Heavily subsized FIT (feed in tarrff) incentives for photovoltaics in Ontario have increased the use of PV on buildings. New building energy performance standards under development may be a key future driver for the highly energy-efficient buildings market by requiring builders to meet the higher energy performance targets.
The incremental cost of building to achieve net-zero energy performance for a single-family Canadian house has been found to be between CAD $50,000 and $ 90,000, depending on the approach taken in the design and equipment selected.
National R&D programmes exist for both solar thermal energy and for building energy efficiency through Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). In 2014, the budget for solar thermal energy was approximately CAD $1.1 million.
The main priority is to accelerate the development by working with industry on technologies that have potential to be economically viable and contribute to significant greenhouse gas emission reduction. The current active solar R&D program is focused on increasing the utilization of solar energy through seasonal storage for both community scale and single family home applications and development of solar cooling systems for commercial/institutional applications.
In addition to the above, a Smart Net-zero Energy Buildings Research Network, consisting of 32 top Canadian researchers in solar energy and buildings from 14 Canadian universities, have joined forces to develop solar-optimized homes of the future. The budget of the Network is about $6 million, with $4.8 million from the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council's Strategic Research Networks over 5 years.
Previous major active solar R&D accomplishments in Canada include the transpired solar air collector and the low flow solar water heater product developments. These are now commercialized and the main technical support in these areas is related to testing and certification standards both nationally and internationally.
Renewable energy currently provides 17% of Canada's primary energy production, primarily from large hydro (11%) and biomass (6%). Canada's goal is to accelerate the development of renewables by working with industry on technologies that have potential to be economically viable and contribute to significant greenhouse gas emission reduction. Canada plans to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. The federal government has provided sustained research and development funding to this end through the Program on Energy Research and Development (PERD).
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is the lead federal department responsible for solar heating and cooling R&D in Canada. R&D funds for solar heating and cooling are managed by the Renewable Heat & Power Group within NRCan's CanmetENERGY-Ottawa. NRCan's National Solar Test Facility (NSTF) located near Toronto, operated by Exova Canada, is Canada's leading solar testing facility and supports NRCan's R&D activities. It includes a 200 kW large area indoor solar simulator and climate controlled chamber where testing is performed for both product development and to Canadian and international standards for certification and rating.
Other federal government organizations that conduct activities in support of solar energy and buildings research include Environment Canada's Meteorological Service, which continues to manage solar resource measurement and meteorological data base development activities, the National Research Council's Institute for Research in Construction in Ottawa, which conducts research in windows and daylighting technologies, and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation led a demonstration of equilibrium or net-zero homes across Canada which was completed in 2014.
In addition to the above, a Smart Net-zero Energy Buildings Research Network, consisting of 32 top Canadian researchers in solar energy and buildings from 14 Canadian universities, have joined forces to develop solar-optimized homes of the future. The budget of the Network is about $6 million, with $4.8 million from the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council's Strategic Research Networks.
R&D funding is currently the most important support measure for solar thermal technologies and for low-energy and net-zero energy buildings in Canada. Training and education in these technologies through Universities and Colleges is also a very important support mechanism. Most solar thermal systems installed by business are also eligible for income tax reductions through accelerated depreciation. National standards set minimum quality levels for solar collectors and SDHW systems. Certification programs were established for solar collectors, SDHW systems and SDHW installers, however, they were not sustainable with the small market remaining after purchase incentives ended.
The Canadian Solar Industries Association acts on behalf of both solar thermal and solar photovoltaic industries, however, Its focus in recent years has been primarily on PV. http://www.cansia.ca/
Canadian Home Builders Association (CHBA) http://www.chba.ca/
Canadian Green Building Council (CaGBC) https://www.cagbc.org/
Solar Thermal - http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/renewable-electricity/solar-thermal/7301
Energy Efficiency in Buildings- http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/efficiency/buildings/4261
Energy Efficiency in Housing - http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/efficiency/housing
Solar and Building Technology - http://www.iea-shc.org/
SOLutions - Published by Canadian Solar Industries Association
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's insurance commissioner said Monday that there is "no way at all" that people have enough information to make decisions when the new health insurance marketplaces created by the federal Affordable Care Act open next week.
Registration opens Oct. 1 for the thousands of people who don't get health insurance through work to shop for coverage through online marketplaces, with coverage to begin Jan. 1.
Federal subsidies will be available to many low- and middle-income families to help cover costs. At the same time, a new federal requirement will kick in that mandates most Americans must have health insurance or face fines.
Louisiana's health insurance marketplace will be run by the federal government under a decision made by Gov. Bobby Jindal, but the marketplace has some oversight from Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon's Department of Insurance.
Donelon said the insurance choices and subsidies available are so complicated that he expects it will be difficult for people to navigate and for accountants to work through the tax credits involved.
"The complexity of it is mind-boggling," Donelon, a Republican who opposed the federal health care law, told the Press Club of Baton Rouge.
The insurance department has posted information on its website and has a consumer assistance office that will answer questions as the insurance enrollment period opens and continues through March 31.
Donelon said his department also will be doing various outreach efforts to provide information about the marketplace and insurance options.
In addition, four organizations in Louisiana are splitting $1.8 million in federal "navigator" grants to help with education and enrollment across the state.
Companies that are offering health insurance plans through the exchange also will advertise them, insurance agents will have information and federally-qualified health centers around the state will be helping with enrollment. Organizations that help eligible people sign up for Medicaid and Medicare also will be providing information.
Two companies plan to sell insurance plans statewide through Louisiana's exchange: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana and the Louisiana Health Cooperative, a nonprofit that Donelon said is still working to begin its operations.
Vantage Insurance will offer plans on the marketplace in many Louisiana parishes, while Humana will do so only in Jefferson Parish, according to Donelon.
The insurance commissioner said he's pleased with the participation in Louisiana's health insurance marketplace and believes it will offer people options, depending on how much they want to pay and what they want covered.
"We have enough to meet all the demand," he said.
He said, however, that some people likely still wouldn't be able to afford coverage even with the federal subsidies and could face penalties, up to $95 per uninsured individual in 2014.
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PRESCOTT, Arizona (Reuters) - An elite squad of 19 Arizona firemen killed in the worst U.S. wildland firefighting tragedy in 80 years apparently was outflanked by wind-whipped flames in seconds, before some could scramble into cocoon-like personal shelters.
Details of Sunday's deaths of all but one member of a specially trained, 20-man "Hotshots" team remained vague a day after they perished in a blaze that destroyed scores of homes and forced the evacuation of two towns in central Arizona.
But fragments of the firefighters' final moments painted some of the picture as investigators launched a probe into exactly how the disaster unfolded.
Fire officials said the young men fell victim to a highly volatile mix of erratic winds gusting to gale-force intensity, low humidity, a sweltering heat wave and thick, drought-parched brush that had not burned in some 40 years.
The deaths brought an outpouring of tributes from political leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama, who is on an official trip to Africa.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer called the deaths "one of our state's darkest, most devastating days" and ordered state flags flown at half staff from Monday through Wednesday.
The blaze was sparked on Friday by lightning near the town of Yarnell, about 80 miles northwest of Phoenix. It was still raging unchecked on Monday after scorching some 8,400 acres of tinder-dry chaparral and grasslands.
Still, conditions faced by the "Hotshots," who fight flames at close range with hand tools, were typical for the wildfires they are trained to battle, fire officials said.
They were trapped as a wind storm kicked up and the fire suddenly exploded on Sunday, said Peter Andersen, a former Yarnell fire chief who was helping the firefighting effort.
"The smoke had turned and was blowing back on us," Andersen said. "It looked almost like a smoke tornado, and the winds were going every which way."
The powerful gusts abruptly split the fire, driving it in two directions, then pushing flames back in on the Hotshot crew, who were working on one flank of the fire front, he said.
The firefighters deployed their personal shelters, capsule-like devices designed to deflect heat and trap breathable air, in a last-ditch effort to survive, officials said.
Andersen said some of the men on the ground made it into their shelters and some did not, according to an account relayed by a ranger helicopter crew flying over the area.
"There was nothing they (helicopter crew) could do to get to them," he said.
Prescott Fire Department Chief Dan Fraijo said Hotshot crews typically establish a secure "safety zone" to which they can retreat if flames start to close in on them.
Authorities ordered the evacuation of Yarnell and the adjoining town of Peeples Valley. The two towns are southwest of Prescott and home to roughly 1,000 people.
Officials said on Sunday at least 200 structures, mostly homes, had been destroyed, most of them in Yarnell, a community consisting largely of retirees, but the figure could rise.
The so-called Yarnell Hills blaze was one of dozens of wildfires in several western U.S. states in recent weeks in what experts say could be one of the worst fire seasons on record.
Sunday's disaster in Arizona marks the highest death toll among firefighters from a U.S. wildland blaze since 29 men died battling the Griffith Park fire of 1933 in Los Angeles, according to the National Fire Protection Association.
The association lists seven incidents in the United States during the past century that killed as many or more firefighters as Sunday's in Arizona. The highest toll was 340 killed in the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York.
Arizona Forestry Commission spokesman Mike Reichling said one member of the 20-man crew had been driving in a separate location and survived unhurt.
Evacuee Rick McKenzie, 53, a bow hunter and ranch caretaker, said the fire exploded on Sunday with flames 30 to 40 feet high. He said he had warned the Hotshots about the dense oak woods where they would be working.
"I said, 'If this fire sweeps down the mountain to the lower hills where all this thick brush is, it's going to blow up, guys, you need to watch it,'" McKenzie said.
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Jamie just can't get over the hump and get that elusive 250th win. Two walks did him in last night. Wes Helms followed those walks with the home run.
Offensively, Ryan was the show. A puzzle as to why we play better on the road. Hard to believe, Harry, as Richie Ashburn used to exclaim.
TV Ratings
Banner weekend for the tube. Friday night's WPHL telecast drew a season-high 8.8 rating for that station, a figure that was surpassed by Sunday's. 9.1.
Saturday's FOX telecast was the third for the Phillies. It drew a 6.9 rating, much better than the previous FOX games (Braves and Mets).
Then, last night drew an 8.6 for Comcast SportsNet, the highest number for a cable game this season.
Season's best rating remains the opener, Sunday night on ESPN, April 5, a 10.4 rating.
Fans continue to pour into Citizens Bank Park. Everywhere the Phillies go on the road, Phillies fans come out in big numbers. Sunday's game at Yankee Stadium resembled a home game. Home average is 43,208; road, 31,111.
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Woody Allen has revealed the title of his next movie: "Magic in the Moonlight."
The prolific director isn't saying yet what the film is about. But it is set in the South of France and, judging by images released from the production, appears to be set sometime in the 1930s. (The title may be a reference to Dean Martin's romantic ballad "Magic Is the Moonlight.")
The movie stars Eileen Atkins, Colin Firth, Marcia Gay Harden, Hamish Linklater, Simon McBurney, Emma Stone and Jacki Weaver, and costars Erica Leerhsen, Catherine McCormack, Paul Ritter and Jeremy Shamos.
Allen's latest film, "Blue Jasmine," is still in theaters and has made has made a robust $31.7 million domestically and generated critical praise for lead actress Cate Blanchett.
The French location of "Magic in the Moonlight" returns Allen to the site of his late-career hit, 2011's "Midnight in Paris," which grossed $56.8 million domestically.
"Magic in the Moonlight" is expected to be released in 2014, though it does not yet have a U.S. distributor.


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Team co-captain ... USILA All-American honorable mention choice ... Named to Tewaaraton Award Watch List ... Unanimous selection to All-Ivy League first team ... Honored on Ivy League all-tournament team ...Named to NEILA All-New England first team ... Earned NEILA Senior Scholar-Athlete honors ... Tabbed Midseason All-America by Inside Lacrosse ... Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America honorable mention ... NEILA Preseason Team ... Started all 16 games ... Ranks ninth in school history with 155 points and 11th with 63 career assists ... Amassed 59 points in senior season, which ranks ninth in program history ... Dished out 29 assists, tied for the ninth most for a single season in Harvard history ... Led the Crimson with 59 points (30-29-59) and was second in the Ivy League in scoring and seventh in the nation in points per game (3.69) ... Tallied six man-up goals, the second most in the conference ... Tallied three or more goals in seveng games ... Netted three goals, collected a career-high five ground balls and caused a turnvoer against Canisius (Feb. 26) ... Had four goals and a ground ball versus No. 20 Georgetown (March 8) ... Amassed a career-high nine points, handing out six assists and scoring three times, while causing a turnover and grabbing a ground ball against Bellarmine (March 11) ... Tabbed Ivy League Co-Player of the Week and NEILA Skor/Sports Player of the Week March 14 ... Tallied a goal and an assist while picking up three ground balls versus Holy Cross (March 15) ... Recorded a hat trick and collected two ground balls in win at Brown (March 19) ... Dished out four assists and had two ground balls at Dartmouth (March 26) ... Scored three times and picked up four ground balls in victory over No. 14 Massachusetts (March 29) ... Had two goals, two assists and collected a ground ball at Albany (April 2) ... Named NEILA/Skor Sports Player of the Week April 5 ... Dished out three assists, caused a turnover and picked up a ground ball against No. 6 Cornell (April 9) ... Amassed four points (one goal, three assists) and had a ground ball in win at Quinnipiac (April 12) ... Dished out two assists and scored a goal against No. 15 Penn (April 16) ... Tallied three goals and handed out three assists for six points in key victory at Princeton (April 23) ... Honored as Ivy League Player of the Week and COOP Athlete of the Week (April 25) ... Scored two goals, assisted on two tallies and collected three ground balls in win over No. 14 Yale (April 30) ... Recorded a hat trick, dished out two assists and scooped up two ground balls in win over No. 15 Penn in Ivy League tournament semifinal (May 6) ... Dished out an assist in Ivy tournament final against No. 2 Cornell (May 8).
2010 (Junior):
Started all 12 games ... Earned USILA All-America honorable mention status ... Named to All-Ivy League and NEILA All-New England second team ... Tabbed to NEILA Preseason All-New England team ... Led Harvard with 41 points, 14 assists and six man-up goals ... Was second in the Ivy League in scoring ... Stood second on the Crimson and ranked fifth in the Ivy League with 27 goals ... Scored multiple goals in nine of 12 games ... Tied a career-high with five goals in win over Canisius (Feb. 27); honored as NEILA Player of the Week for effort ... Had a goal, two assists and collected a ground ball at Georgetown (March 3) ... Netted four goals, added an assist and snared two ground balls at Holy Cross (March 6) ... Tied a career-best with five points, coming on two goals and three assists, in win at Massachusetts (March 13) ... Scored a goal, handed out an assist and grabbed a ground ball agains Colgate (March 16) ... Had two points on a goal and an assist and snared two ground balls against Brown (March 20) ... Tied a career-best with five points on three goals and two assists in victory over Dartmouth (March 27) ... Scored twice, handing out an assist and collected a ground ball against No. 7 Duke (April 2) ... Netted two goals, assisted on two other tallies and picked up two ground balls at No. 10 Cornell (April 10) ... Tallied two goals, including one on a man-up opportunity, caused a turnover and grabbed a ground ball at Penn (April 17) ... Scored twice, dished out an assist and picked up a ground ball in victory over No. 6 Princeton (April 24) ... Netted two goals, collected a ground ball and caused a turnover at Yale (May 1).
2009 (Sophomore):
Tabbed to NEILA All-New England second team ... Named All-Ivy League honorable mention ... Played in 10 games, starting eight ... Ranked second on the Crimson with 21 goals and 27 points ... Stood second in the Ivy League with three game-winning goals and seventh with 2.10 points per game ... Had four goals, handed out an assist and collected two ground balls in season debut at Stony Brook (Feb. 28) ... Named NEILA Player of the Week and to Ivy League honor roll for effort (March 2) ... Tallied two goals against Massachusetts (March 7); selected to the Ivy League honor roll (March 9) ... Scored once and handed out two assists in 11-4 victory over Penn (March 21) ... Had two goals and an assist for three points and grabbed four ground balls at Georgetown (March 25) ... Scored five times and dished out an assist for career-high six points against Presbyterian (March 27); tabbed to Ivy League honor roll (March 30) ... Handed out an assist at Cornell (April 4) ... Netted a hat trick and collected a ground ball at Princeton (April 11); selected to Ivy honor roll for fourth time (April 13) ... Scored twice against Brown (April 15) ... Tallied two goals, including the game winner, at Dartmouth (May 2).
2008 (Freshman):
Played in all 14 games, starting 13 ... Finished second on the Crimson with 28 points and led the team with 14 assists ... Finished 10th in the Ivy League with 1.00 assists per game ... Was tied for second on the club with 14 goals ... Tallied four goals at Brown (April 16) ... Followed that performance with one goal and three assists in win at Holy Cross (April 19) ... Was selected Ivy League Rookie of the Week April 21 after finishing with five goals and three assists ... Scored four points (1-3-4) against Cornell (April 5) ... Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week April 7 for effort against Big Red ... Collected a career-best four assists and grabbed three ground balls at Denver (March 29) ... Tallied two goals against Fairfield (March 15) and vs. Dartmouth (May 3) ... Had three points (1-2-3) at Hartford (March 11) ... Scored first-career goal and collected assist in 9-6 victory over Stony Brook (March 1) ... Netted a goal in four straight games (March 1-March15) ... Tallied a goal and grabbed an assist in win at Yale (April 26) ... Had four ground balls and seven shots in opener at Siena (Feb. 23) ... Collected two ground ball vs. Princeton (April 12).
Won the gold medal with Team USA at the 2008 Under-19 International Lacrosse Federation (ILF) World Championship ... Scored 14 goals and added six helpers for 20 points ... Had three hat tricks during the tournament, including one five-goal effort.
Before Harvard:
Lettered in lacrosse and football at Gardeny City High ... Named as a Top 15 Incoming Freshman by Inside Lacrosse Magazine ... Nassau County Player of the Year ... All-America selection in 2006, 2007 ...Tied current Harvard attackman Max Motschwiller for the Long Island scoring record with 236 career goals ... Set the Long Island scoring record for a season with 101 goals ... All-Nassau County quarterback in football.


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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) Cashmere Wright scored 23 points and No. 21 Cincinnati snapped a two-game losing streak and stayed unbeaten on the road with a 68-58 victory over Rutgers on Saturday night.
JaQuon Parker added 11 points and Sean Kilpatrick had 10 for the Bearcats (14-3, 2-2 Big East), who had lost two straight and three of four and dropped from being ranked as high as No. 8 in the Top 25. They are 6-0 on the road this season and that's good news because this was the opening game of a seven-game stretch with five on the road.
Myles Mack had 15 points for Rutgers (11-4, 2-2), which had won two straight and seven of eight. The Scarlet Knights are 2-2 under coach Mike Rice since he returned from a three-game school-imposed suspension for inappropriate behavior.
Eli Carter, Rutgers' leading scorer at 16.7 per game, was 1 for 11 from the field and finished with six points. He was 3 for 14 from the field against St. John's, making him 4 for 25 in his last two games.
Cincinnati led 27-15 after a first half that saw the Bearcats shoot 29.0 percent (9 of 31) and the Scarlet Knights managed to make just 4 of 19 (21.1 percent).
Cincinnati scored the first six points of the second half for a 33-15 lead. Rutgers never threatened until the final minute when the Scarlet Knights got within 64-56.
The game was almost 5 minutes old before either team made a field goal.
Parker hit a 3 with 15:06 left to give the Bearcats a 4-0 lead. Thirty-two seconds later Mike Poole hit a foul line jumper to bring Rutgers within 4-2.
The first team to double figures was Cincinnati and the game was 12:14 in when Sean Kilpatrick hit a driving jumper to make it 11-5. Rutgers finally needed a second column on the scoreboard when Austin Johnson hit a jumper with 4:25 left to bring the Scarlet Knights within 21-11.
Rutgers' first-half total was one point better than the lowest it ever had in the Big East, against Pittsburgh in 2003.
The win was coach Mick Cronin's 127th at Cincinnati breaking a tie for third place with Gale Catlett.
Rutgers was looking for its first 3-1 start since joining the Big East. The Scarlet Knights had beaten four of the last six ranked teams to visit the Rutgers Athletic Center, including then-No. 24 Pittsburgh in its previous home game.


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Oliver's twist: Developer or activist?
At six-feet, four-inches tall, 230 pounds, and with a tiny remnant of a German accent left over from his European childhood, downtown developer Oliver Kuttner could present an intimidating first impression.
But sit down and chat with the man responsible for much of downtown's recent revitalization, and you find– could it be– a softie?
A man who says that for the past decade he has raised rents in his properties by only four percent a year– no matter what the market might bear? A man who, despite considerable resources, drives a 13-year-old car? A man who recently became a doting father to not one but two children?
Don't let the sweet side fool you. Kuttner says he's not one to let injustices pass unnoticed, and he hasn't hesitated to go head to head with the city over a variety of issues he believes are keeping Charlottesville from being all it can be.
"The zoning department is out to lunch," blasts Kuttner, who says the ever-growing mountain of paperwork required to get approval on even simple projects has led him to scale back his in-town property development projects.
But should he change his mind on that, the city wouldn't object.
"We enjoy working with him," says Jim Tolbert, head of neighborhood planning. "He's a good friend, and he does good work," admits Tolbert, "But he marches to his own drummer."
Kuttner's done a lot of that marching. In addition to owning the old National Linen building and the Skatetown building on East Market Street, he oversaw most of the construction on The Terraces (the former Woolworth's building that now houses Foot Locker). With partner Lisa Murphy, he also developed the former Cavalier Beverage Building– now better known as The Glass Building for its walls of windows.
During his work on the Downtown Tire building– now a hive of Water Street boutiques including Eloise, Blush, and Lushlife as well as local music haven Spencer's 206– Kuttner showed a special knack for getting around red tape.
When the Board of Architectural Review told the developer he'd have to present a detailed plan for the building before any external work could be done, he fought back– by simply retaining the sliding garage doors on the western end of the building. Since all changes happened behind those doors, he was able to complete the renovation without having to secure approval.
Surprisingly, the BAR didn't frown on Kuttner's maneuver.
"I thought it was great," says BAR chair Joan Fenton, calling the solution "incredibly creative."
But while Kuttner has spent the past five years renovating buildings, it's not his only talent. In addition to running a used Maserati parts shop, which he calls a "slow but very steady business," Kuttner has long been a racecar driver who's whizzed around tracks at speeds up to 200mph.
These days, however, life has slowed a little. The birth of son Christoph eight months ago, and his February marriage to wife Kimberly, mother of four-year-old son, Ronnie, made a quick family man of Kuttner.
"It was a huge adjustment," he admits.
But it hasn't put his life entirely in park. The Kuttner clan has "driven across country, gone to Mexico and Germany a couple of times," Kuttner reports. This summer the family will head to New York and to Europe for a lengthy stay.
"I have it made," he says, shaking his head. "I have a really nice life."
Age: 42
What brought you here? My parents had a house here, and I got into grad school at UVA in 1983. But I didn't graduate.
What's worst about living here? The size of the community is not large enough to support the kind of industries I find really interesting. There are times I think I would be better off in a larger market. If it wasn't for my kids, I'd probably be living part time in the L.A. area or in New York City.
Favorite hangout? My shop on Market Street
Most overrated virtue? Appearance
What would people be surprised to know about you? I don't think anything surprises anybody about me.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I'd like to weigh 30 pounds less.
What accomplishment are you proudest of? The fact that I've figured out how to have a different career every five years. I keep the best of what I learned or did and start venturing down a different road. I like the fact that I've had many careers, and I will continue to do so.
What do people find most annoying about you? I'm probably fairly forceful when it comes to getting my point across– and I usually do get it across.
Whom do you admire? My friend Jim because he has his priorities straight. [Kuttner declines to give Jim's last name because "he likes being low key."]
Favorite book? The World According to Garp.
What subject causes you to rant? Inefficiency
What thrills you about life in the 21st century? The fact that oil prices are going up is going to cause a lot of things to be rethought that should have been rethought a long time ago. I'm a proponent of $5-a-gallon gasoline. I'd have no trouble with that at all. I think we should be driving little cars and we should be more responsible.
What creeps you out about life in the 21st century? The extreme short-sightedness with which a lot of things happen. One reason we're in the richest country in the world is that we have a lot of existing wealth, and now we're building things that won't last. I think it's a shame.
What do you drive? A 1991 BMW 750– I tow my trailers with it. It's the least gas hog you can tow a trailer with.
What's in your car CD player right now? I listen to NPR
What's your next journey? Ohio
What's the most trouble you've ever gotten in? I got arrested for illegal entry into Venezuela. My ex-wife packed her passport instead of mine, and they thought I was pulling some kind of stunt. They caught me leaving [the airport] and didn't like that. Life got inefficient.
What do you regret? I don't regret much. I guess not having made a deal with John and Alice from Oxo when they talked about opening the restaurant in the Downtown Tire building. I think they're really great, and I wish I had done that with them.
Favorite comfort food? Rice pudding
What's always in your refrigerator? Rice pudding
Must-see TV? None
Favorite cartoon? Don't have one
Describe a perfect day. 60-75 degrees back down to 70, slightly overcast. I'd be racing a car.
Walter Mitty fantasy? To have become an engineer
Who'd play you in the movie? I'd play myself
Most embarrassing moment? I don't get embarrassed much– I'm sure there's something, but I don't remember.
Best advice you ever got? If someone else made something, it can be made again. Charlie in my body shop said that about mechanical devices. It's good advice. I don't think there's a whole lot that I couldn't do.
Favorite bumper sticker? "My other car is a broom" is cute.
Oliver Kuttner


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Here is our story. I hope that it may bring some comfort to other women who have had a similar birthing journey.
DOB: 15/8/74 – I was 37 when I gave birth
Child's name: Lior Grace Elizabeth Drimer born 14/2/2012
After a lot of research, my husband and I chose a to have a homebirth with independent midwives because it is the safest and most gentle birthing option. We wanted to work with healthcare professionals who are in alignment with our views on childbirth and we had one hundred per cent trust in the qualifications, knowledge and experience of the midwives we chose. We wanted to have maximum time frames for labour and delivery and to enjoy the calm and comfortable environment at home. We also wanted continuity of care from people that we had built a positive relationship with throughout our pregnancy. We did not have any fear about birthing at home, but on the recommendation of our midwives we booked in to our local hospital and packed a hospital bag (just in case we needed to transfer).
We did not want to birth in a hospital or birth centre because we wanted a natural and drug-free birth. We also wanted to avoid the cascade of intervention that can occur in a hospital setting. Most importantly, we did not want to be pressured about time frames and we wanted to have choices, for example to cut the cord once it has stopped pulsing.
I have a history of major depression and anxiety and part of the reason that I wanted a gentle homebirth is that I did not want to increase my risk of post-natal depression with a potentially traumatic hospital birth experience. We knew that it was important (for optimal labour progression) for me to labour where I felt most comfortable. For me, this was at home and with independent midwives.
I began labouring at 41 weeks gestation. I laboured at home for two weeks before needing to transfer to hospital. I had three nights of pre-labour contractions, followed by start-stop stage one labour for eleven days. My labour at home was arduous. We had hardly any sleep for two weeks, but somehow, we had the strength and energy to keep going. My midwives only needed to attend to me at home for one day throughout this two week period. On that particular day, I laboured from 2am until 11pm (when I fell asleep). My midwife checked me before she went home and I had only dilated one centimetre after six days labouring at home. I didn't let this news deter or discourage me. I just kept going! My body was so sore the next day that I felt like I had split my abdominal muscles down the side. I was in so much pain that it was difficult to walk. Thankfully the next day my body gave me a day and a night off to recover a little.
At 42 weeks (normal healthy gestation is 40-42 weeks), we decided to book foetal wellbeing tests at the hospital in one week's time (43 weeks gestation). I was hoping that our baby would be delivered at home before we needed to enter the hospital system, but we did end up going in for the tests in the end. I was relaxed about my dates because my mother birthed my brother and sister at 43 weeks. It was also helpful not having a doctor pressuring me to be induced sooner. My midwives monitored us frequently throughout our two-week labour and we were both healthy and well throughout that period. The night before the tests I tried everything I knew to get my labour to progress to stage two naturally. I tried nipple stimulation, homeopathics, pelvic rocking and walking up and down stairs (and hills). I also avoided using the bath or birth pool (both of which had provided me considerable relief in the two weeks prior). The day before the tests I laboured from late afternoon and all night. I was still in labour when we went in for the tests the next morning.
We had chosen not to have any ultrasounds throughout our pregnancy, so the 43-week ultrasound was the first time that we had seen our baby. It showed that the flow through the cord was good and that the placenta was healthy. The only concern was low amniotic fluid (this is not unexpected at 43 weeks, plus I had a suspected hind-water leak). The doctor dated my baby at 37 weeks and asked me if I was sure of the dates? I was 100% sure about my dates because I had tracked everything in my period tracker!
I was concerned that the hospital staff would berate me for being 43 weeks pregnant and for planning a home birth. And I was worried that the doctors would try to convince me to be induced by using fear tactics. So, I told the doctors that I had a history of major depression and anxiety and that I would appreciate if they could deliver their findings and recommendations without any fear. Thankfully they respected my request.
We were planning on going back home after the tests, but I had a significant meconium leak after the tests, so we decided to stay at the hospital and to deliver vaginally in the maternity ward. After two weeks of labour I had only dilated one cm, so I agreed to having my waters broken (we discovered that they were already broken) and to an induction. I was afraid of being induced because my uterus was already so sore and tired and because I did not want the cascade of intervention that sometimes follows. However, it was the right decision given the circumstances. The induction was unbearable for me both physically and emotionally and my baby did not cope with it either. Her heart rate dropped dangerously, so the staff stopped the induction.
The doctor then recommended an epidural so that I could try to keep labouring and to give us both a rest. I agreed to this because I could not have kept going with the pain and exhaustion I was experiencing. In my head I kept thinking 'just make this over', but I refused to give up on delivering vaginally or to voice my thoughts. The epidural gave me pain relief and about one hour of sleep. The doctor stopped the syntocinon during this period and when they started it again, bubby's heart rate plummeted for the second time. After two weeks labouring at home and two inductions, I had only dilated 4cm. The doctor recommended a caesarean before the situation became an emergency, and I agreed! I had written a very detailed birth plan and the doctor referred to it each time he made a recommendation. Because of this, I felt respected and that I was in charge of all the decisions made. This was of enormous importance to me because it helped to lessen any trauma that I may have felt after such an ordeal.
Before the caesarean, I was given too much anaesthetic and this left me temporarily paralysed. I could only see out of one eye when my baby was born and I could not move at all. I fought like crazy to remain conscious for her birth. I was in recovery for 3 hours and then in the maternity ward for another 7 hours before I was reunited with her. I felt quite shell-shocked and numb and I didn't feel like I had given birth at all. I kept being told that she would be brought up in the next hour and this went on and on. Eventually the ward midwife arranged for me to be taken down to NICU in my hospital bed.
My husband remained with bubby, talking to her and touching her the whole time we were apart. She was in the NICU because she was having trouble stabilising her temperature and the staff there would not allow her to be skin-to-skin with her Daddy. As soon as she was in my arms, I put her on the breast and she drank enthusiastically (she had already been given expressed colostrum). Her temperature stabilised fully as soon as she was skin-to-skin with me. In hindsight, I would have insisted on being taken to the NICU as soon as I had left recovery and my husband would have been more insistent on skin-to-skin with bubby in the NICU (it was against hospital policy at the time though). I kept bubby skin-to-skin for five days in hospital once we were reunited and we bonded and established breastfeeding beautifully.
In the end I had all the interventions that I had wanted to avoid, but I am at peace with this because I did everything I possibly could to deliver my baby naturally at home. I was also treated with respect and kindness by the hospital staff and this made the world of difference to my experience in the hospital and to my emotional recovery afterward (thankfully I did not suffer from post natal depression). My independent midwife said that many women feel bullied and disrespected by the doctors attending them and that I was very fortunate to have been cared for by such a fantastic doctor.
I am one hundred per cent happy with all the choices that I made throughout my pregnancy, labour and birth and I am thankful that intervention was available to me (given the rare complications I experienced). I am pleased that my daughter was born at 43 weeks, because she was only 2.872kg at birth and if she had been born sooner, she may have been too small and immature to breathe on her own. She was also born on the day that she chose – Valentine's day.
My whole labour and birth was a process of surrender and of being in the moment. I changed my plans as I needed to and I have a gorgeous healthy and happy little girl. She is fortunate that her Daddy is a chiropractor. Daddy helped her to recover fully from a traumatic birth by adjusting her regularly and we didn't have any of the challenges that some caesarean babies face.
For my next pregnancy, I would like to try for a VBAC at home. It's still the best option for us!
First appeared in 'Birthings – A home birth access Sydney quarterly publication', Autumn 2014, Issue 121.
2 comment(s) on this page. Add your own comment below.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your birthing story. I am so happy with your happiness. I have had a successful VBAC, just 17 months after my cesarean with my first son. I labored at home and luckily we lived less than 5 minutes from the hospital because everything went fast and once I was on the hospital bed it was pushing time. Best of luck to you!
Thank you so much for sharing and congratulations on being so open to the changes in your birth plan. I have just been into the hospital for a routine check up and am feeling downhearted about having a birth there. It seems every time I go in, its frantic and not very peaceful. The midwives have been nice enough but it just seems the whole system (perhaps even our western culture) is geared towards focussing what can go wrong and managing the 'pain'. I'd like to go in and talk about the empowering experience that is ahead of me, about how to trust my body and instincts and what tools I can do for myself now in the buildup to prepare mentally. Reading your story is encouraging as you had such a respectful doctor. Well done.


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AG weighs in on lawsuits over same-sex benefits
Houston trying to get case moved to a federal court
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has filed briefs arguing that a state court should be given an opportunity to declare Houston's new policy of granting benefits to some same-sex partners of employees unlawful under Texas' marriage laws.
In the first of two amicus briefs, Abbott argued that a lawsuit filed by a pair of Houston residents to stop Mayor Annise Parker's decision last November to grant benefits to same-sex spouses of employees married legally in other states should remain in a state district court for review. The city has tried to get the case moved to federal court to take advantage of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last year overturning the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
Abbott's amicus brief argues that moving the lawsuit to federal court deprives the state of its authority to resolve the cases involving Texas' Defense of Marriage Act.
"The defendants have challenged the constitutionality of Texas's marriage laws," Abbott writes. "This case should be remanded to state court as soon as possible."
Abbott's second amicus brief came in another lawsuit filed by national gay rights group Lambda Legal in a bid to get a judge to uphold the mayor's change in policy.
No federal dispute?
Abbott argues that since the Lambda Legal lawsuit seeks to uphold the city's decision to offer benefits to same-sex marriage partners, there is no dispute for the federal court to decide. He asks that the Lambda Legal suit be dismissed.
The attorney general's office declined further comment.
The lawsuits center on Parker's decision to extend benefits to the same-sex spouses of city employees who were married in states where it is legal. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Texas, nor are such marriages performed elsewhere recognized by the state. The legislature passed the Texas Defense of Marriage Act in 2003; two years later, voters approved a Texas constitutional amendment defining marriage as the "union of one man and one woman."
Houston voters in 2001 approved a charter amendment banning the extension of benefits to the same-sex partners of city employees.
City legal opinion
Parker's decision to change that policy relied on a legal opinion from City Attorney David Feldman that cited the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the federal Defense of Marriage Act last year, federal agencies' subsequent decisions to recognize legal same-sex marriages and other relevant case law.
"I was encouraged by the fact we have reinforcements," Harris County Republican Party Chairman Jared Woodfill said of Abbott's briefs.
Jonathan Saenz, of the conservative advocacy group Texas Values, also lauded Abbott for his support.
"There's no doubt the authority of the Texas attorney general means a lot," he said. "This is an issue of state law, so who better to weigh it than the attorney general?"
Feldman declined to comment, saying he had not had a chance to review Abbott's briefs.
The attorney general's filings come a week after Parker married her longtime partner, Kathy Hubbard, in California last week. In a statement announcing the marriage, the mayor's office said Hubbard has other options for insurance and will not seek city benefits.


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