I thought I would share with our supporters some of the evidence that backs up why we are doing this and what we are working toward here. In 2010, research showed that changing the parameters for diagnosing Mums with Gestational Diabetes (GDM) would increase workloads by AT LEAST 20 percent and if a cut-off of 5.1 for fasting sugar was introduced a predicted 45% increase. That's EXACTLY what was brought in, but no alteration occurred to midwifery numbers or patient allocation, to spite the knock-on effects to the care of mothers and BABIES. So not only do the babies still not count in our workload allocation, and receive no funding for their special cares, but the changes significantly added to the amount of work we have to do without any obvious consultation or a plan for workload management. Another report out late last year highlighted the potential cost of not getting the care of these babies right. In the UK over a 10 year period, it looked at 28 cases of compensation to families who had babies with proven permanent neurological damage caused by hypoglycaemia in the neonatal period. It cost the UK health service over 126 MILLION POUNDS. In every one of those cases midwifery time to monitor for signs, check blood sugars and address poor feeding could have made a difference. And still we get no time or funding here in Australia to do it! The changes to diagnosing GDM needed to come, to improve the management of mother's glucose levels in turn improve outcomes for mums and babies. The changes to government policy should have happened alongside. Thank you so much for your support. Please keep sharing the message, and asking others to sign. Get your partners, parents and friends involved so we can be heard. Kelly