Well there is nothing they can do about making you accept a medical
procedure you don't want!! Her body, her baby, her choice to be
constantly monitored or not.
On 02/10/2006, at 5:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From a woman wanting a VBAC in my forums, who is also a dear friend
and I hope
to support her if she gives birth some time around the Australian
Doula Conference:
I was just told at my midwife appt this week that the hospital has
changed
policies in the past few months and now required constant fetal
monitoring of all
induction, VBAC and higher risk births.
Now, I am all for making sure our babies are healthy and doing well
during labour,
BUT our hospital seems to have variations of women's positions
during monitoring
which is frustrating. One midwife told me I would have to stay in
bed, another said
that some women are able to be on the fit ball & may not be able to
roam heaps
but are able to change positions and get more comfortable.
I have in my birth plan a clear indication that I don't want to be
monitored
constantly, that I want to be able to have breaks & shower etc
etc... she said
today the only option for that would be once my membranes were
released &
attaching a monitor to the baby's skull. And I don't know how I
feel about that
either.
...this is Redlands Public, but apparently its gone through all of
QLD Health public
systems that "higher" risk pregnancy's need constant monitoring
during labour. I
told the midwife today that under no circumstances would I agree to
constant
monitoring. I asked her what they could do about it & she said
nothing really...
Why is the answer always 'There's nothing we can do about it'?
Makes my
blood boil - if enough people care we CAN do something about it...
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