Mum gives birth in car park

Wed 29th Aug 2007 by Ben Palmer.

Mum gives birth in car park because 'hospital didn't have midwife' from the Daily Mail

Unless the NHS can ensure adequate midwifery staff numbers and stop its ludicrous plans to close maternity units I fear this is going to happen more and more.

What the bureaucrats seem to forget is that childbirth is a traumatic experience for a mother and her child to go through and it is only safe when you have adequate levels of care in place.

There is going to be a tragedy if things don't change soon enough.

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Sinead says:

Fri 31st Aug 2007 at 17:33

I couldn't agree more. I know someone who gave birth in her car after she was sent home from hospital three times; hospital staff kept telling her she was only in the early stages of labour even though she already had three children and knew herself that her baby was well on its way.

Thankfully both mother and baby were fine but she should never have been placed in such a situation.
Baby-Parenting.co.uk - Stages of Labour says:

Mon 12th Jan 2009 at 13:05

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