hi :
LoriRae:
Of course it is a different story again if a women is in a Birthing Suite rather than a delivery room !
Well personally i wouldnt be very happy with that outcome and i would be like that women
your friend and yes the midwives wonder why they get abused.
LoriRae: me being an Rn div 1 i dont understand how any nurse/midwife can justify refusing giving pts pain relief in private or public hospitals. But as i said earlier the BIrthing Suites are different again as they usually push the new mum out after a certain time (dont know much about them). With 'refusing' i mean telling mums labouring, to walk rather than run through the labour. Each pt knows what they can handle pain wise so ideally the nurses/midwives should go by that and advocate the pts wishes rather than push their own ideas on to mum to be.

Oh and im not directing any negativity towards nurses reading this who do advocated for the pt/mum to be and that do assist mums/pts with their labour.

I had some wonderful midwives 8 years ago at a public teaching hospital here in Melb. I was induced as my labour ceased naturally and they tried to break my waters . I asked for an epidural after they had three goes at breaking my waters and my midwife said 'of course you can darling'. BUt even the night before with all the gels etc i was in the antenatal ward and i was in pain and i was extremely exhausted and then too i asked for pain relief as in IM peth 100mg and i got not one but two injection over 4 hours as my body was so stressed the first inject. didnt do a damn thing. I had a beautiful nights rest and i woke up ready and rearing to labour my beautiful Tom out ... he finally came out that night at 8 24pm with help with the suction cap!

cheers Ainsley