It’s the most important, meaningful and – for many – anxiety-provoking day of your life. You’re going to experience the rare privilege of being at the centre of the action as a new life begins. Added to this, you may well be naked and somewhat indisposed. Who would you choose to be with you? Someone you know and trust? Or a total stranger? It’s a no-brainer, isn’t it?
And yet a report published today by the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) and childbirth charity the NCT has shown, yet again, that this most obvious of human needs is simply not being met for women. Rather than being accompanied by a familiar and trusted figure, most women (88%) surveyed did not know their midwife when they went into labour or gave birth. Of these women, 12% said this made them feel alone and vulnerable, and 6% said they felt unsafe. Comments were made comparing treatment to that of cattle, and like being on a conveyor belt.
One solution women could opt for – an independent midwife –has also just been removed
Related: UK midwife shortage leaves women feeling like cattle, report finds
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