An inquiry into Aishwarya Aswath's death identified a range of clinical failures, but the unions say individual staff shouldn’t be blamed for systemic issues in the hospital system.
High rates of early caesarean sections are putting Australian babies at unnecessary risk miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Such is the appetite for telling and hearing stories of birth that a research project open to submissions has already drawn more engagement in just three weeks than any previous study.
The University of Western Sydneyâs Australian Birth Experience Study (BESt) has attracted 4800 stories from women who have had babies in Australia within the past five years; sadly, nearly one-third of them report they felt traumatised by their birth experience.
According to Professor Hannah Dahlen, one of the countryâs most experienced midwifery researchers and teachers, nearly one-third of women say they have regrets about how their birth played out, one-third felt unhappy about the process and one in five felt pressured to have a medical intervention, âsomething they didnât wantâ.
Sophie Walker had gold standard births, but many women want to talk about birth trauma in University of Western Sydney study theage.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theage.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.