I am freaking out slightly. Just saw a story on facebook of a mom who birthed her baby at home, apparantly she was breech and told to have a CS. Baby had some minor nerve damage in her arms- parents took baby to ER a few hours after birth because she was being overly fussy, and she was taken from them because of child endangerment and medical neglect
They still havent gotten her back.
So, my question is, if you refuse tests (say GBS) and your baby has a problem because of it, can you be held in medical neglect and child endangerment?
My platelets have been mildly low, and I have been working in conjunction with my family doctor and midwife this whole pregnancy. On the doctors end i have had so many unnecessary ultrasounds and referrals to rheumatologists all based on stuff that turned out to be nothing. I am done with tests. I just had them checked at 32 weeks and they were 114- up a bit from the last time. I am not having my platelets checked yet again, because based on my previous history, and everything I have read, it really is NOT an issue. The blood tests give me so much anxiety and stress for DAYS. My midwife is fine with this. But lets say the baby has some mild issue as a result- can they take her from me? Ahhh I am stressing.
So, my question is, if you refuse tests (say GBS) and your baby has a problem because of it, can you be held in medical neglect and child endangerment?
My platelets have been mildly low, and I have been working in conjunction with my family doctor and midwife this whole pregnancy. On the doctors end i have had so many unnecessary ultrasounds and referrals to rheumatologists all based on stuff that turned out to be nothing. I am done with tests. I just had them checked at 32 weeks and they were 114- up a bit from the last time. I am not having my platelets checked yet again, because based on my previous history, and everything I have read, it really is NOT an issue. The blood tests give me so much anxiety and stress for DAYS. My midwife is fine with this. But lets say the baby has some mild issue as a result- can they take her from me? Ahhh I am stressing.