I have a friend who has recently become pregnant and is refusing to have any antenatal care. She is very into alternative medicine and "trusting your body" and sees the tests, scans etc as controlling/medicalising... I'm not really sure if I'm putting it the right way, she's said various things but basically she is mistrustful of mainstream medicine I guess.
She's had one baby before and that went ok. This time she is planning a home birth. I'm pretty sure she does want a midwife present at the birth at least. Am I right to be worried though? I do sympathise with her as I found being in hospital very hard with my baby, but I don't know quite what to say to her. She thinks ultrasounds are harmful too. Is there anything a scan might pick up on that they would actually be able to fix? Or that knowing about it would make a difference to the birth (other than breech) She said that even if they find something is wrong they cant do anything and she would never choose to terminate so what other reason could i give her that a scan would be wise. I can think of placenta praevia but that is really rare isnt it. What would happen if she did have that and it wasnt picked up on?
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Antenatal tests
Friend refusing antenatal care
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Moominmamma86 · 15/05/2013 16:39
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