How can this happen?

My heart goes out to the parents of the twins who died of an overdose of medication from incompetent hospital staff in North Staffordshire NHS Hospital. How can this happen?

In my opinion, the safest place to give birth is in the home, away from the medication, drugs - far from intervention. Intervention into birth in the number one cause of c-sections and difficult deliveries, resulting in stressed and heartbroken parents, sick babies and the leading cause of post-natal depression.

Back to basics. Midwives in the 1700's had is all going right. Yes, there were problems, don't get me wrong. Mothers died in childbirth which is rare these days so I'm not going to knock obstetrics, but obstetrics shouldn't define birth itself. In those days natural birth was the norm and most women had a calm, drug-free birth at home in the hands of a caring and experienced midwife.

Birth has been so controlled for so long that most women simply believe they can no longer do it themselves. By admitting yourself into hospital during at the first sign of contractions, it's an immediate admission of failure, defeat before the birth has even begun. I'm not blaming the mothers, I'm blaming the system. I'm blaming the lack of support and knowledge given to expectant mothers and the lack of training and time available to NHS midwives...I'm blaming the NHS. It's not just England, America is much worse. 50% of babies born in America are by c-section and an incredible 80% of babies born in South Africa are by elected c-section! Is that really necessary? Are women simply incapable of birthing? Should women really be handing over the fate of their babies and themselves in the hands of a team of doctors?

My heart goes out the parents who lost their twins. My heart goes out to their family, because before they lost their twins they got lost in the system, the very system that stole their babies lives and their own hearts.

A moment of silence. x

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