No choice?

Re: Inquiry into Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 and two related Bills

I write to express my concern about the above bills. I understand that these bills will enable Medicare funding, access to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and professional indemnity premium support for midwives providing care for women to give birth in hospital. Medicare funding for midwifery care is long overdue. It is not acceptable however to exclude homebirth from this funding and indemnity arrangement...

On a personal note, I am quite shocked and ashamed that homebirth will no longer be a woman's free choice in low-risk pregnancies... I feel the decision to outlaw homebirth's is contrary to women's rights ... Please find a solution for women and babies who homebirth after this date as their lives will be in threat without proper midwifery assisstance. And as a homebirthing mother I will have no choice but to have an unassisted birth at home as this is the place I want to birth my children.

Yours sincerely,
Caroline Flammea, Nick Lovell and daughter Lulu Lovell.

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Caroline Emily (Flammea) Lovell

LOVELL (nee Flammea). - Caroline Emily 15.07.1975 - 24.01.2012 Passed away suddenly after giving birth to a beautiful baby girl. Beloved daughter of Jadzia (Jade), loving wife of Nick and exceptional mother of Lulu and Zahra. You taught us how to love Always in our hearts

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"Are there any mothers in the Melbourne area, who could be part of a milk tree? A woman named Caroline died this week while giving birth to her second daughter, Zahra, at home. And the family is seeking donated milk to help bubba along.

If you can help or know someone who can, please contact Eve ...
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And please send your love & thoughts to Carolines family 3yr old Lulu, 5day old Zahra & husband Nick."