I was never pushed for any testing, it was great. But DD had mec stained waters. Instead of actually looking at my pad and treating it as it was, it was treated as a full on meconium situation. Was told of have constant monitoring (refused), wasn't allowed to use the bath, almost immediate cord clamping and DD was suctioned. I was also pressured to have a blood transfusion after the birth (refused). So maybe more of an indicator of the hospital rather than the program, as all the midwives I had were great and were happy for me to refuse testing etc.
ETA by suctioned, I mean her lungs, not out of me!
Last edited by PumpkinZulu; September 6th, 2012 at 07:09 AM.
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