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NICUs: If We Build It, They Will Come? April 13th, 2009 by Amy
Romano A doula friend of mine was telling me recently about the
seemingly arbitrary variation she sees across the different
hospitals where she attends births. “In one hospital they
always turn the epidural off when the woman is ready to push, and
in another hospital just a few miles away we had to fight to get a
client’s epidural turned off while she pushed.” In both
cases, the woman was given only one choice, and that choice was
dictated by whatever the standard practice was, regardless of the
evidence, her particular circumstances, or her preferences.
“Women assume that things are the same no matter where they
give birth,” the doula told me. “They can’t make
informed choices if they ...
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