Comments on: Do we owe unborn babies a duty of care? http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2009/10/do-we-owe-unborn-babies-a-duty-of-care/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-we-owe-unborn-babies-a-duty-of-care The blog of Melissa Maimann: a Medicare-eligible midwife in Sydney. Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:24:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marge http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2009/10/do-we-owe-unborn-babies-a-duty-of-care/comment-page-1/#comment-1272 Marge Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:53:21 +0000 http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/?p=1083#comment-1272 On the flip-side this would set a precedent which would protect women from unwarranted invasive interventions. Fetuses should be guaranteed to be free to choose their own birthdate, have an natural labor and delivery, and be protected from narcotics and surgical deliveries. And hospitals should staff accordingly. Term babies should in short be guaranteed an experienced midwife led delivery with no interventions unless medically necessary. Any interventions in the mother, including psychological injuries like being forced to birth in a certain location, could be detrimental to the long term viability of the term baby, and should be avoided. There should be a \Take Back the Night\ campaign for birth since the industry is going for the 9-5 schedule. On the flip-side this would set a precedent which would protect women from unwarranted invasive interventions. Fetuses should be guaranteed to be free to choose their own birthdate, have an natural labor and delivery, and be protected from narcotics and surgical deliveries. And hospitals should staff accordingly. Term babies should in short be guaranteed an experienced midwife led delivery with no interventions unless medically necessary. Any interventions in the mother, including psychological injuries like being forced to birth in a certain location, could be detrimental to the long term viability of the term baby, and should be avoided.

There should be a \Take Back the Night\ campaign for birth since the industry is going for the 9-5 schedule.

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