close up & folic acid

Thanks Sarah

sounds interesting.... not sure if i will get around to watching it, shorty st tough competition! haha!
and a bit too late now on the folic acid too.... but still might be interesting.

I did... the article basically was about how folic acid suppliments sold in supermarkets and health stores only have 300mg of folic acid per pill, but 800mg is the recommended daily amount.

It seems the suppliments are regulated by a law passed in 1985, and the manufacturers are pushing for a review that will allow them to up the dosage (to 500mg - same as in Aussie). The only place you can get folic acid in the right dosage is from a pharmacy.

I watched the 60 minutes piece on midwives, and to be honest, I felt that they didn't give the poor woman from the College of Midwives a fair enough go. She has copped a heap of flak from all corners lately, when for the most part, midwives do a good job. I don't think any midwife WANTS to lose a baby, just as no parent wants to lose a baby, but unfortunately not all in life is fair or perfect.

Although I was amazed that the midwife in one case didn't do a vaginal exam and the second case they didn't call for an obstetrician. My midwife was so careful during my labour, she went and got the registrar on duty 3 or 4 times to check Maya's heart rate etc. and for them to check progress. And I was upset that the midwives concerned said that they wouldn't change anything in hindsight - that seemed to me a bit moral highground - anyone in that situation given the chance to do things again would aim for a better outcome.

I do think we as women need to take some responsibility tho, and make our positions clear on interventions. I made it quite clear to m y m/w with Maya that I wanted a natural delivery if possible but was prepared to have whatever it took to get her out in one piece, and will bedoing the same again.

In some respects I'm glad I watched that, but in a lot of ways I'm not I wish they'd had a warning about the pictures of the babies because then I ended up all

I think it's hard to paint an 'even' picture of things, and while the College of Midwives is the largest professional practice association in NZ for midwifery, not all midwives are going to hold the same opinions as what we were shown through that TV piece.

And yes, Elevit does have the required / recommended 800mcg of folic acid, I just wish the pills weren't so large !!

I think the one point that quite a lot of people might miss (not you ladies, I mean people in general) is one the CoM lady made - that you can't generalise these things, it depends entirely on the context and the individual woman giving birth as to what is 'safe' and what is not.

jax wrote:    I wish they'd had a warning about the pictures of the babies because then I ended up all

that's exactly why i didn't watch it jax

Im glad we watched it though because now we know what to expect when something goes wrong

MEANING

Getting the right treatment. So if something goees wrong and they havnt called anyone well then my partner knows what to do about it.

its alright - i think they are repeating 20/20 or 60 mins whichever it is in the day.