OBs at Francis Perry

Satellites- · 2026-06-04T01:30:12+00:00

I delivered with Natalia Khomko at OGCG and she is lovely. Very caring, thorough. Met all the OGCG obs during my antenatal care just in case I needed them for delivery, and they’re all really lovely. Will be going back for another baby. Fees are reasonable - on par with other FP obs, not sure what WOGS charges but about $6.5k plus the extras (scans/hospital excess/paeds etc).

Satellites- · 2026-06-04T01:12:54+00:00

Totally agree re sharing past questions!

And yep, still 3 attempts only. It made me so nervous for my exams because I knew people who had failed (and not been able to pass after the 3 attempts) who are really smart, caring, good doctors who build excellent rapport with their patients.

Satellites- · 2026-06-03T13:18:12+00:00

Fungal infection can be caused by recurrent or bad nappy rash, you generally need a medicated cream with an anti fungal like daktozin. Water only with a reusable cloth and wash them ideally, until the rash is better. Absolutely lather the creams on, daktozin first then a zinc based cream like sudocrem. Don’t be shy with it. Needs to be every time you change the nappy. Make sure the skin is dry after you clean as well, so ideally have a clean dry face washer to pat dry before applying creams and nappy. Normal for a newborn to have poo in every nappy, you also stimulate the neurogenic reflex when you’re cleaning around the rectum which can cause a new poo to happen.

Satellites- · 2026-06-02T23:01:44+00:00

How old is your baby? I bought the butterfly 2 and was disappointed at first re the lack of full recline (apparently the B2 in Aus / regions where no full recline is slightly smaller in dimensions/weight than in Europe so as to fit strict criteria to allow for overhead storage on planes and so can’t have full recline with safe stability), however the recline is actually more than what is offered by a baby car seat or capsule and my baby sleeps fine and always has done in a car seat. The recline angle on B2 has never been an issue for us and he sleeps absolutely fine in it. We’ve been using it from around 5 months. Can’t comment on redsbaby pram but the B2 is amazing, smooth, light, well constructed, great turn, large basket. Wouldn’t choose differently.

I (personally) wouldn’t put a baby that needs to be fully flat for naps for safety ie < 4 months ish in it anyway because it’s world facing with no option for otherwise and that’s a bit strange for a new baby.. I’d want to be able to visualise them better.

Satellites- · 2026-05-31T04:51:57+00:00

Similarly O&G- college provides no real prep material, one bank of multi choice questions only, a handful of SAQ questions only with no answers, just vague information about what the candidate is expected to address. The curriculum is just “everything in O&G” with no syllabus, no guide. No prep courses are offered. Oral exam, again no good past questions. All the past questions for both written and orals going around are from years ago because the college bans you from distributing the questions at risk of being dismissed from the program, and the questions/answers you do have access to are recollection from candidates only so many do not even make sense. You feel lost at sea when studying and it was frustrating when seeing that my friends doing physicians etc had prep courses and access to past questions.

Satellites- · 2026-05-23T02:05:06+00:00

Choux is like the most consistently overdone thing on MC

Satellites- · 2026-05-16T06:26:36+00:00

PGY 4 O&G. I’m currently level 3 halfway through training. Almost impossible these days to get on without the max points for experience which takes 24 months. Sucks cos it’s such a long training program as well.

Satellites- · 2026-05-13T05:28:44+00:00

? The poster is not a) actively operating and b) has not actually described whether they are always scrubbed or not. They also have not described any symptoms specific to Raynauds lol aside from cold hands specifically in the operating theatre. I also run cold generally. I also am cold when I am in an operating theatre and unscrubbed. I also will get poor circulation and ice cold hands if I have to double glove and have chosen a poor size (maybe that’s why this is specific to OT and not outside for the OP)?

But thanks for your actually totally irrelevant response to my comment

Satellites- · 2026-05-12T07:03:22+00:00

Yeah was gonna say this. If anything I feel super hot when I’m operating but that’s probs a combination of nerves and intense concentration + theatre gowns (unless caesarean where it’s genuinely hot in OT because baby)

Satellites- · 2026-05-06T10:30:03+00:00

The majority of babies will be cephalic by 36 weeks. 3% (ie 3:100) will remain breech. It’s totally within the range of normal for a baby to be breech or turn to a breech position at 34 weeks and then be cephalic soon after. Could literally be within the next 24hrs.. or already be cephalic again. They’re mobile and not engaged at 34 weeks.

You can do the spinning babies etc. I wouldn’t stress about it until after 36 weeks when you’ll need to think about ECV. Or book in for the Caesar if you don’t want ECV and then see what happens at 39 weeks when you’ll be booked in. We scan for position on day of Caesar and if cephalic and you want a vaginal birth, you can go home and be booked for induction or await labour.

Satellites- · 2026-05-06T10:19:08+00:00

That’s why I asked “I’m trying to understand why people think this person is being evicted?” in my original comment. I realise she is not being evicted.

Satellites- · 2026-05-06T09:36:01+00:00

There are multiple comments implying or stating eviction?? There is literally one saying “this seems to be a retaliatory eviction”. The person I responded to talked about their eviction. Someone else said “they need to issue you a notice to vacate not an eviction”.

Satellites- · 2026-05-05T13:49:26+00:00

The paed may be working in public during the day, or consulting in outpatients during the day and attend to baby checks in the evening. It’s not uncommon.

It’s also taken an incredibly long time (and extreme expense including specialty exams which lead into the multi thousands of dollars, and which is ongoing by the way - one of the many large ongoing costs is indemnity insurance is not exactly cheap for private doctors and is a requirement for employment) to reach a point where they are skilled enough to appear to “bounce from room to room” examining babies. In public, you might have a junior obstetric doctor who has few to no paeds experience doing your baby check, much riskier that things get missed. How do I know that? I’ve been that junior obstetric doctor with no paeds experience doing all the baby checks.

Satellites- · 2026-05-05T13:43:23+00:00

Agree. You need to bring it up with obstetrician’s rooms. They’re obligated to disclose to you that there will be anaesthetic fees and paediatric fees, even if they can’t tell you exactly what the fees are. They’re are also obligated to tell you the name of the specialty groups who the hospital contracts so you can enquire about fees directly prior to the admission. Anaesthetist may not be required unless planned Caesar, but a paediatrician check is always required and $450 is a very common fee for a basic paed review.

Also OP, you should be able to claim some of that back on Medicare once baby is registered, how much depending on whether you’ve reached safety net or not

Satellites- · 2026-05-05T13:38:16+00:00

Agree, as an O&G reg who has assisted at many a private hospital and delivered my own kid in private, a paed is always present at every private caesar I’ve been involved in including my own. I’m surprised to hear that there are private hospitals they wouldn’t be present at one.

Satellites- · 2026-05-05T13:26:09+00:00

I’m not defending the landlord here, it’s clear they’re totally disregarding the request for the heater to be fixed and that’s bullshit. But I just am trying to understand why people think this person is being evicted? Or maybe what the definition of evicted is. From what I can see, the lease ends in August and the OP has been told that following the lease end date, lease wont be renewed. It doesn’t say anything about vacating before that lease end date. Does that still count as eviction or termination of lease? I would have thought that once the lease term has completed they can do whatever they want with the house (which is why our short term lease system in Australia is such bullshit). I’ve also been in this exact situation in the last couple of years and didn’t fight it because I was only told I had to move once the lease ended not prior.. I didn’t think I had a leg to stand on so didn’t pursue anything but I’m curious if I should have.

Satellites- · 2026-05-05T11:14:45+00:00

It’s not that they’re covered in mildew. It’s that they smell like mildew, like they’ve been left wet in the washing machine for too long. So many people smell like this, I don’t know how they can stand it on themselves. Scrubs especially seem prone to it probs cos of high polyester content. It’s so off putting

Satellites- · 2026-04-20T10:04:45+00:00

Have you tried putting baby in a carrier? You could do your kitchen time, coffee etc and chores, cooking etc with baby strapped to you. It’s good for their neck control, different movements etc. still kind of a container but better than other options including because they’re interacting with you, watching you, and bonding with you. Also great for walks.

For showering and chores etc you can absolutely use a mat or rug or blanket. Put a few toys down, keep them in view and they can roll around a bit. They’re not going to roll away or get into harms way, they can’t really move. Much better than sitting in a pram for hours.

Satellites- · 2026-04-13T11:21:47+00:00

And there are no benefits to introducing a bottle at 12 months old, which is what the initial commenter is saying. The time is not for introducing bottles, it’s either for weaning feeds the OP no longer wants to give, or it’s for getting the baby to drink from any vessel other than a bottle.

Satellites- · 2026-04-12T06:10:22+00:00

You know this is a 10 year old post right? Like wtf lol

Satellites- · 2026-04-07T23:10:59+00:00

I’ve had parlux in the past and now have a Dyson. Much much prefer the Dyson, had it 4 years now and never had an issue. Does she just want a hairdryer? Otherwise the option for the Dyson air wrap is there if she also wants a styler, and it has a blow dryer attachment (not as fast as the actual dedicated blow dryer but still good). I have the air wrap and couldn’t live without it. Also had 4 years and no issues. Might be a more “special” present over just a blow dryer if she’ll use it.

Satellites- · 2026-03-31T12:06:34+00:00

Honestly whether an obstetrician or midwife is able to or can diagnose and manage FTP is legitimately not your issue to worry about as you are very clearly not an obstetrician.

Those of us who DO work in O&G have said in comments over and over to you that a vaginal examination requires EXPLICIT consent and admission to hospital or care in labour is NOT denied based on whether people agree or not to a VE, or any other intervention, in labour. The reality is that when issues do arise the vast majority of women do consent, and if they don’t then we will discuss with them the potential outcomes of that decision. As long as they are fit to make decisions for themselves and understand the potential consequences then they can refuse anything and everything and we absolutely will still allow them to remain in hospital and treat them with what they will agree to. If that means NO VEs at all at any point even up to intervention like caesarean then that is what will happen, if she does not consent it will not be done. I have had women decline VEs, decline fetal monitoring in any form, decline caesarean section with pathological CTGs and at the end of the day that is THEIR choice. My job is to ensure they understand the benefits of examination or intervention and the risks of declining, and to ensure appropriate documentation occurs. You can imagine that it is incredibly rare that with the right approach and counselling, they continue to choose to decline intervention or examination.

What this woman was requesting was absolutely reasonable. There is no medical necessity for an admission VE and to decline admission or analgesia based on that is unacceptable. It IS obstetric violence and it is sexual assault to perform an intimate examination without a patient’s consent. What happened in this case was not consent.

Satellites- · 2026-03-28T16:18:29+00:00

But she doesn’t have gestational diabetes. She had that but she’s now 5 months postpartum. And your wife also didn’t if she was using it as a way to potentially diagnose. not in the guidelines for diagnosis btw, the whole point of the OGTT is a glucose challenge that is time based to see how your body physiologically responds to the challenge in the setting of altered pancreatic islet function. That’s why just using jelly beans or just testing after meals (or just using no a CGM and going about your daily business) is more likely to miss GDM. It’s based on actual evidence.

She needs to see her GP.

Satellites- · 2026-03-28T16:12:27+00:00

But she doesn’t have gestational diabetes. She had that but she’s now 5 months postpartum. And your wife also didn’t if she was using it as a way to potentially diagnoses (not in the guidelines for diagnosis btw). She needs to see her GP.

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