Vjerujem da su svi skužili da je ovaj vikend bio održan u Zagrebu Seminar Andree Robertson i otvoreno predavanje dan prije njega.
Za nas koji nismo bili prisutni, voljeli bismo čuti dojmove, interesantne detalje, podatke, i sve ostalo što je bilo interesantno.
Prije svega bih željela čestitati organizatoricama na ogromnom trudu uloženom u organizaciju i provedbu seminara.
Ono što mene jako, jako veseli - bio je prisutan i određeni broj primalja :D
There were some midwives in this group who told their side of the story as well. They too were frustrated and sometimes traumatised by what goes on, and some had taken steps to find another way. One group, from Varazdin (north of Zagreb) had evolved a good working relationship with a young Obstetrician and they were providing midwifery care that was humane and more woman centred. Another group on the coast were proud of their hospital where water births and birth stools were commonly used. Some of these midwives had spent time in Amsterdam learning how to facilitate water birth and midwifery care and they were keen to show others in Croatia how this could be done.
Midwifery training in Croatia is very basic. Most go straight from school at age 15 - 16 into a three year course in nursing/midwifery and leave at 18 -19 to take up jobs in hospitals. There they act as handmaidens to the doctors as they have no skills in managing pregnancy or birth on their own. They are not even taught how to undertake a vaginal examination, and have very little practical experience before they graduate. Their final year, which is spent in hospital, is a year of observation, not practical skills training or supervised learnng.
It is illegal for midwives to assist at home births, which is probably wise in these circumstances. Older midwives with many years of hospital based experience may be capable of assisting at a home birth, but it would entail risk for her and the mother, which may be unacceptable.
Croatia will be joining the European Union soon. Once this happens they will be required to comply with many EU Directives. Some of these will benefit midwives and birthing women - the laws relating to discrimination and equal access and equity will apply as well as basic human rights. Midwifery training will have to comply with that in other EU countries and midwives who have worked in other countries will have to be allowed to work in Croatia. This might bring some much needed educational opportunities for Croatian midwives, who now have no chance of learning from seeing different ways of assisting births.
The Croatian Midwives Association is struggling to make any political headway with the hospitals or the Ministry of Health and there is a distinct lack of enthusiasm for change of any sort if it involves the doctors. Once the borders between Croatia nd its neighbours come down and travel becomes easier and more popular, it will open people’s eyes and stimulate much needed change in many areas, For women giving birth in Croatia today, these changes cannot come fast enough.
Posted by andrea at 05:56 AM
March 01, 2007
Giving birth in Croatia
Last weekend I was in Croatia as the guest of RODA - Roditelji u akciji (“Parents in Action”).
On the Friday night I addressed a public meeting that was well attended by pregnant couples, and on the weekend I facilitated a workshop for 40 women, including a number of midwives, some pregnant women and a number of members of RODA. Everyone was keen to learn what they could do to improve the birth experiences of women in Croatia and to formulate some plans for achieving change.
I began the workshop by asking everyone to introduce themselves and tell a little of their history and involvement in the birth scene. It took 1
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