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Manning Base Hospital, Taree

Year of baby's birth

2016

Satisfaction with care from midwives: 

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Satisfaction with care from obstetricians:

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Satisfaction with care from GP:

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Satisfaction with quality of processes/facilities:

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Satisfaction with birth experience overall:

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Model of care

Obstetric clinic (pub. hosp.)

Why did you choose this model of care?

What were your choices for this birth?

Water immersion for labour and birth, Support for normal vaginal birth, Unmedicalised birth process

How did your birth start?

Induction of labour

What were your outcomes?

Staff I didn't know attending me, CTG monitoring (continuous monitoring of baby's heartbeat), Induction/augmentation of labour, Epidural, Caesarean section

Did you feel you could say No to care/treatments offered (or change your mind about your choices) at any time?

No

Details of experience

Third pregnancy, two miscarriages previously. From the beginning labelled high risk (diabetic and of weight). No informed consent, no given options, blindly followed as felt like I had no choice. Wanted unmediated birth. Induced at 38 weeks, after 48 hours it ended in an emergency caesarean under general. Fail to progress past 4cm. Didn’t see my son for 5 hours, hard recovery. Husband kicked out of hospital only a few hours after baby born. Overdosed on pain med. discharged myself early.

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