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Have you ever been told something about your pregnancy or birth by a health professional which you suspected was either an outright lie or just a lame excuse?
Well, we've decided to collect a few of these tall stories & post them all up on this site. If you have one you'd like to share please email it to us so everyone can see for themselves that women aren't necessarily always told the truth about their pregnancies & births.
To start the ball rolling, the first few are ones that Cassy & Jayne have heard themselves - either directly or through the Birth Choices Support Group that we run.
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"You can't give birth in the water, you're only allowed to labour in it - you
have to get out for the birth because otherwise the baby could shoot out
& hit its head on the side of the pool & drown". Midwife, Glasgow
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"If you don't let us give Vitamin K to your baby, we'll call Social Services" Paediatrician, Glasgow
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"It is the law that women are induced at Term+10 and if
you refuse we
could call the Police or Social Services" Registrar, Glasgow
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"I don't want to be on call for your home birth because my daughter might
miss a ballet lesson" Midwife, Glasgow |
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"Your baby will NEVER come out if we don't induce you"
Midwife, Glasgow
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"You can't give birth in the water because you might get a water embolism through your placenta and die" Midwife, Glasgow
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"You can't give birth in the water because the Paediatricians aren't trained
to resuscitate water born babies" Midwife, Glasgow
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"You're not allowed to pick your baby up & walk around with it after the birth because of health & safety" Midwife in a Parentcraft Class, Glasgow
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"You can't use entonox if you have asthma" Community Midwife, Oldham
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"A syntocinon contraction doesn't hurt anymore than a natural one" Consultant Obstetrician, Manchester
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"You'll definitely need an epidural for your second birth because it's more intense & you won't cope" Student Midwife, Essex
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"If you don't have the injection for the placenta, you'll be waiting for 3 hours for it to come out" Midwife in an Antenatal Class, Essex |
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"You have to have the injection for the third stage because you have
red hair" Midwife, Staffordshire
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"You can't get pre-eclampsia before 30 weeks of pregnancy"
Midwife, Staffordshire |
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"You can't push properly if you are kneeling - you will be pushing the
wrong way" Registrar, Staffordshire
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"No one would ever allow a woman who has had two Caesarean Sections to labour"
Midwife, Staffordshire |
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"We don't do homebirths any more dear" Midwife, Staffordshire
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"If you haven't put a pad on then your waters can't have gone."
Midwife, Bradford |
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"You need a caesarean because the baby is frank breech so there's no way she could ever come out by herself, and if we don't give you a caesarean you'll both die." Registrar, Bradford
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"In Glasgow they have not been very successful with home births and infact no one has ever managed to deliver at home, always being transfered to hospital in the end". Community Midwife, Glasgow |
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| "Oxytocic drugs can not be used in a home birth"
Community Midwife, Glasgow
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"The injection of oxytocic drugs after birth [for a managed third stage] is hospital policy - infact if they aren't administered it is considered to be clinical negligence" Female GP, Glasgow
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| "There is no treatment in a home birth for haemorrhaging because midwives can not put in drips"
Female GP, Glasgow
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"No medical professional would recommend a home birth to a first timer because her pelvis has not yet been proven" Female GP, Glasgow |
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| "I have never heard of a physiological third stage being requested"
Female GP, Glasgow
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