Back in 2007, the Department of Health published a report entitled “Maternity Matters”. This document included the explicit guarantee that by the end of 2009, all pregnant women (medical needs permitting) would be able choose whether to give birth in either a consultant-led unit, a midwife-led unit or at home. This was welcomed enthusiastically by [...]
Posts Tagged ‘maternity’
Does maternity really matter?
Posted in Health, pregnancy, tagged maternity, pregnancy on February 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The Birth, the Home and the Dangerous Midwife
Posted in Health, pregnancy, tagged homebirth, maternity, Media, pregnancy on February 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I felt sickened when I heard about the ordeal experienced by Victoria Anderson at the hands of Susan Rose, an Independent Midwife who cared for her during her pregnancy and home birth. A mismanaged pregnancy and birth led to not only health problems for the mother but a life long physical disability for her child. [...]
