Interesting thread & responses so far, particularly from you Kim. Just goes to show, it really depends on where you live and what is available to what perhaps becomes choice or rather pushed upon you?
I agree with tashybabe in relation to the choices. IMO people (women) should have the choice to decide how & where to have their baby which seems to be less and less of an option particularly in relation to home births etc...
Who do I ask to move the thread? Sorry I wasnt sure where to put it.
Can it please be moved if the mods are reading this?
The reason I ask is because I have a feeling it will be an interview question when I decide to go back & study midwifery so want to know others opinions. There is little information about it around that I have found useful.
The trend here is right towards natural birth - minimal interventions, skin-to-skin for as long as possible as soon as possible after birth, breastfeeding, the works. They ask you before doing anything interesting, like vitamin K or breaking your waters.
Its a little hospital with two GP/Obs and a team of midwives, the expensive procedures just don't register on their radar. They'll do them, but will try and avoid them at all costs. Anyone who knows they are going to be very high risk tends to go camp out next to a big hospital once they get very pregnant.
I actually see two divergent trends.
One somewhat like Tashy describes, but the other as RumpledElf describes. There's a real tug of war going on. But, I think the result of this is partly good for parents in that there seems to be more public debate and information around than previously, including questioning the obstetric model of care and necessity (indeed, benefit) of many standard interventions. Some will be caught in the middle, however, with fewer options available to them.
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