It is very depressing to hear that even when women have midwifery-led care
they either have to see a dr or have their notes reviewed by a dr. As
midwives we are the experts in normal and competent at identifying when
things are high risk or becoming abnormal. Why the hell do the drs waste
their time 'checking' notes incase we have missed something? Is it because
the women are booked under their name, therefore they think they are
responsible for a stuff-up? In the UK low risk women were booked under their
mw's name unless there were problems. We would get into serious trouble if
we had missed something and it resulted in a poor outcome (very very rarely
happened). Responsibility goes hand in hand with autonomy.
Rachel
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