How much is the mother's responsibilty?
And how much is up to her dr/health care providor?
The reason I ask is that there is a woman who I work with who found out she was pregnant, rang the midwife's clinic got an appointment for 12 weeks and then went to the appointment and found out that she should've been taking folate since day one, should not have been drinking etc etc. She claims she didn't know these things as no one had told her??:confused: Anyways she blames the midwives clinic and she says they are lucky her baby was fine.
My take on it is that its HER responsibilty to follow up with the midwives what she should do, to research and read up on her healthcare and that of her baby. She claims no one ever told her she should go for scans so she never had one!!!
What do you think? How much is it up to the mother to read up/research, and how much should she rely on her health care provider to tell her??