Hi Sue, What most annoys me about your story is that there is never an investigation into a baby who has RDS despite being a hospital birth. In that caseit is believed that the baby was very lucky to have been delivered in a "safe environment".
A midwife friend of mine told me a story recently of a scenario where a grandmulti went into labour with a breech on board (Perth Hospital). She had 5 previous SVD's with no problems, no bleeds and reasonable size babies. The Dr on duty said it would be putting this baby at risk to be born vaginally (re:breech trial outcome) so insisted on a caeser, much to the mothers disappointment as she was apparently labouring well. Anyway, needless to say that the ceaser was performed and the baby developed RDS and was sent to PMH hospital (separated from mum) for some time. Meanwhile, the mother has to cope with recovering from an abdominal op and look after her 5 other children, whilst visiting the nursery. Can't help wondering if RDS would have developed if that babe could have had it's chest squeezed from a vaginal birth?? Iatrogenic effect maybe...we will never know but going by gut feeling......................So why are the medical field always in the right but those who have this unexpected event happen at home are deemed negligent? Very frustrating. Regards, Tracy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Cookson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 1:10 AM Subject: Homebirth and DOCS > Hi all, > > Just wish to put to you that a recent 'mandatory reporting' by a > hospital-based midwife to DOCS was a personal statement about that midwife's > perception and attitude to homebirth. > > A couple had transferred to hospital with a baby 4 kgs for RDS or similar > after a wonderful birth at home. No obvious reason for the RDS. Parents > insisted on a lotus birth and the receiving doctors and paeds accepted that. > Baby in oxygen box for 2 days, then to breast and to postnatal ward. Parents > left hospital at day 5 after argument with paed about antibiotic dose (no > pathology acknowledged) and midwife on duty decided to put in a mandatory > reporting of above based on the fact that the parents did not dress their > baby when they left. (and that they were leaving the hospital against > medical advice and that they'd had a lotus birth, and an 'unassisted > homebirth' which put their baby at risk.) > > Parents then had a visit by DOCS and also a letter suggesting their decision > to have a homebirth seriously compromised their baby at birth. > > Have we all gone mad or has our right to make decisions been seriously > impaired in the last few years?? > > Any comments?? > > Sue > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
