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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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