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WHO. Ireland safest place to have baby.

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  • 05-04-2010 11:49pm
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    Billiejo
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    WHO. Maternal Health in 40 Countries. Safest place to have a baby.

    1st Ireland
    2nd Bosnia.

    40th/last. USA


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    Victor
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    I'm not doubting it, but do you have a link?


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    Pittens
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    There is no doubt that Ireland's maternity hospitals are very well run. We also have avoided the English idiocy of home births.


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    simu
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    Pittens wrote: »
    There is no doubt that Ireland's maternity hospitals are very well run. We also have avoided the English idiocy of home births.

    /gets popcorn;)


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    Billiejo
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    Pittens wrote: »
    There is no doubt that Ireland's maternity hospitals are very well run. We also have avoided the English idiocy of home births.

    Is this a male view?


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    Billiejo
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    Victor wrote: »
    I'm not doubting it, but do you have a link?

    Inside info. It will filter into the media soon no doubt.


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    silverharp
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    it doesnt make it the best though. Over use of c-section , dreadful and dirty facilities. Also if someone is having a miscarriage, religious hocus pocus may delay treatment.
    There can also be statistical quirks as to how the numbers are collected, different countries have different week counts before they count a successful birth.

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    Ludo
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    Silverharp2 wrote: »
    . Also if someone is having a miscarriage, religious hocus pocus may delay treatment.

    What's this about?


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    ebmma
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    Pittens wrote: »
    We also have avoided the English idiocy of home births.

    huh?? Holles St. runs a free home birth service for low risk women. They have brilliant feedback for it btw.


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    January
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    Pittens wrote: »
    There is no doubt that Ireland's maternity hospitals are very well run. We also have avoided the English idiocy of home births.

    I can't wait to hear you explain this one! Hundreds of Irish women have home births every year, there is even a grant available from the HSE to help pay for a midwife!


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    silverharp
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    Ludo wrote: »
    What's this about?

    its happened to a friend of my wife, she knew she was going to have a miscarriage as the foetus hadnt developed, but because there was still technically a heartbeat they were prevented from treating her. So it prolonged the whole process for no good medical reason.

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    Ludo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    So you are talking about abortion?


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    Khannie
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    Oh jesus...please, let's not go there.


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    Nevyn
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    Yes the medical care and treatment of women is compromised in this country by the fact that hospitals here have a policy of not ending a non viable pregnancy and women have to either wait it out until thier body ends the pregnancy or look to travel to the uk.

    This is something which a many women and their partners every year have to face and in some case if they can't travel have to continue the pregnancy to full term and have a still birth, despite the considered risk to her health.

    There is the provision for such proceedures to be done here as they are legal but there has not been legislation or policy written to allow it to happen.

    So a safe place to have a baby, yes if everything goes well.
    A safe place for women's health when things get tragical complicated, I certainly don't think so.


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