I have namechanged as I'm not sure if this is a bit obvious and I need to ensure confidentiality.
But...
I am utterly fuming.
Scenario.
Woman. Baby no 1. Labouring spontaneously in hospital, in a birth pool.
Long and painful but baby fine. Mum tired but coping, using entonox.
Midwife 1 goes off for lunch. Midwife 2 takes over.
By the time midwife 1 comes back from lunch midwife 2 has suggested an epidural to knackered, labouring woman who accepts.
within haf an hour epidural is sited and hormone drip going.
Woman is now being monitored continuously in bed.
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to wonder why a midwife would offer a woman, labouring beautifully in a pool, an epidural?
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FeckinFurious · 09/02/2010 17:08
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