I have a friend who wants to have private care but she can't afford an independent midwife. She was thinking of booking in at a private hospital but is not sure she can afford that either as someone has said that costs even more.
The main reason why she wants an independent midwife is that she had difficulty breastfeeding last time and instead of encouraging her the community midwife just told her to bottle feed as the baby couldn't latch on and at four days had not fed.
She thought an independent midwife would have more time to help with feeding. Is it possible to give birth in a hospital under NHS or privately and then have an independent midwife just for post-natal care or do you have to see them for the whole of the pregnancy and birth too?
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snowqueen · 30/04/2003 18:54
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