October 15, 2002

A "Birth Centre" by any other name

I am doing a workshop at St Thomas’ Hospital at the moment. It is right across the river from the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben and many of the rooms boast a marvellous view. As usual in these London groups, there is a very mixed bunch of midwives and many have overseas experience. One has just spent two years working in Cambodia, another has worked in Dubia for some time, we have a Danish midwife, a French yoga/exercise teacher and a couple of Aussies and Kiwis.

St Thomas’ has recently renovated its maternity unit and as part of the refurbishment, has opened a “Home from Home” birth unit. The idea of birth centres is finally catching on in Britain and a number of hospitals have opened “birth centres”, which has ignited a debate about just what constitutes a “birth centre”. The accepted definition is that it is an autonomous midwifery unit, offering midwifery care for low risk women. No interventions are offered or allowed and if a woman wants to use pain medications during labour she is transferred to the regular labour ward.

It seems that this definition is being loosely applied in Britain and that women will be able to have pethidine and entonox in birth centres and monitoring may also be available. Today I will have a look at the St Thomas’ unit and I will check this out. We must keep the concept of midwifery care pure and unadulterated and birth centres should uphold these principles. I will be asking some specific questions!

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