[ozmidwifery] roultine antenatal testing

[Sally Westbury]

I feel that more and more antenatal testing is done just because we can.   I always look at testing to see if it will change ‘management’ of a pregnancy.   If the information is necessary for a decision then we do it… for example if someone is bleeding then a scan for positioning of placenta.   If the scan doesn’t change management then we don’t do it.. for example a dating scan when the woman knows when she conceived.   Sally Westbury Homebirth Midwife   "You are a midwife, assisting at someone else's birth. Do good without  show or fuss. Facilitate what is happening rather than what you think ought to be happening. If you must take the lead, lead so that the mother is helped, yet still free and in charge. When the baby is born, the mother will rightly say: "We did it ourselves!"  from The Tao Te Ching