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| 751 | Susan Murphy | |
| 752 | O Mac Giolla Ri | I moved to Australia from Ireland to have our children because the birthing intervention practices in Ireland scared me. I have had 2 drug-free, beautiful births with only midwives (and my husband) in attendance. My experience of midwives in general is that they are incredible people that do one of the most important jobs around - empowering women to birth their babies with confidence. PLEASE don't limit their good work by taking away their cover. Ireland's mothers are frightened of birthing naturally and midwives should be allowed to continue to instill confidence in women to do what our bodies were designed to do, since the dawn of human existence - wherever they chose to do it. |
| 753 | Sarah Leonard | Two of my siblings were born at home with care provided by independent midwives. These women are far more experienced than their hospital counterparts and provide a service that allows a more natural childbirth situation without the additional stresses caused by hospital situations and medical interference |
| 754 | Fiona Craven | |
| 755 | Jane Evans | how can this move make birth safer for women? the INO appears to be supporting Obstetrics - not Midwifery. How can it be legal to give such short notice? Is this yet another global witch hunt against women and their birth supporters? There seems to be a political move in many so called 'civilized' countries to get rid of Midwives offering home birth. |
| 756 | Christina Bermingham | |
| 757 | Claire Pritchard | |
| 758 | Leah Lancaster | |
| 759 | Maria Hanna | What are these people in the INO thinking?? Take away the birthing womans choice to have their care from professional, experienced and caring midwives?! Why? So that obstetritians have full control over women during pregnancy and childbirth? So that obstetririons get a nice big pay packet for each birth that takes place in Ireland? Let us please hope that this Country will not sink so low... WE NEED OUR MIDWIVES!!!!!! |
| 760 | Sylvia Murphy | |
| 761 | Caroline Curley | The independent midwives working in Ireland are selfless heros who deserve our huge respect and support. The women they have attended speak highly of them and the wonderful work they do. It is time for the INO and HSE to start supporting them too. |
| 762 | anne o'connell-williams | How can the board be permited to do this, they govern midwifery education and training in this country, are they saying that midwifery in ireland does not provide adequate education and practice to allow midwives to deliver babies safely. I thought the board represent all nurses, maybe goverment and medical models are influencing their position |
| 763 | Cath Reeve-Jones | |
| 764 | Mags Hassett | Please continue to support this vital service. |
| 765 | Rachel Turner | Any more chipping away at our choices, and we might as well start having babies in test tubes |
| 766 | Marijn Veuger | |
| 767 | clair lalor | I have lived in West Cork For 35 years and have observed numerous babies born at home. Their mothers were generally thankful for the opportunity to be home among what they know, and usually found ways that they could make a quiet space for the baby to be brought into the world and have time afterwards as well. Usually the husbands would help out with the other children and leave the mother and newborn time to quietly be together. If there were other children they found they had time to get used to him/her as mother and baby were tired and slept .There were times when mothers ended up in hospital, and thankfully they are available, but the majority enjoyed a more natural entrance. It was a shame for me 35 years ago not to have available such a service, and now to see it being threatened, instead of strengthened by faster backup services, or portable supports, seems very short sighted. A baby entrance into the world is imprinted on their minds as an imprint for anything new, for processing experiences in their whole life. If we can help that to be as easy, natural(letting as much of the natural process occur) then we have helped that child by giving them a easy and natural model for processing for their whole life. |
| 768 | Trudy Klomp, MSc Midwifery | I'm a Dutch midwife and lecturer on the Amsterdam Midwifery Academy. Be strong with the woman and do everything in your power to keep the possibility for woman to get their baby's at home in their own save inviroment. We wish you all the best. |
| 769 | Anonymous | It is an absolute disgrace to limit independent midwifes services by ceasing their insurance |
| 770 | Candice Burden | It is extremely important that this traditional form of midwifery is kept in practice for the sake of women and independent midwives who offer such brilliant care during a period in a woman's life which is sensitive, life-changing and very important. The public health service has proven that it cannot always (and often doesn't) offer this standard of care. |
| 771 | Miriam Devitt | |
| 772 | Conan Brophy | |
| 773 | Ruth Nilsson | The choice of having an Independent Midwife is the right of every pregnant woman. |
| 774 | Helen Kavanagh | Having had two great homebirths would hate to see any homebirth services lost to Irish mothers to be. |
| 775 | Helen Kavanagh | Having had two great homebirths would hate to see any homebirth services lost to Irish mothers to be. |
| 776 | Angelica Grant | |
| 777 | Maggie French | It is imperative that this service is not taken away from Irish women and their families. |
| 778 | Anonymous | |
| 779 | Sheena McAfee | |
| 780 | Helen Marshall | |
| 781 | Daniel oakes | |
| 782 | Clare Wallace | |
| 783 | Anna Parkinson | |
| 784 | Jennifer Coxon | Every woman has the right to choose the place and way of her birthing. Without available independent midwife support, some women will choose to go it alone rather than risk unneccessary hospitalisation. |
| 785 | Margaret Lawler | The choice of having an Independent Midwife is the right of every pregnant woman |
| 786 | Bernard Bel | |
| 787 | Ramona Parkes | |
| 788 | Alanna | I am expecting soon, and have been told the option may not be available for me. I have fingers crossed. It's very upsetting. |
| 789 | Brendan | My wife wants a home birth in June...
This is after the insurance cut off date.
So unless something is done she can't. |
| 790 | Wendy Shaw | |
| 791 | Ruth Minogue | As another absolute, advid supporter of the right to choose where to give birth, I think this is a disgrace. Is it not our constitutional right to be able to do so? Our maternity hospitals are and have been bursting at the seams for years and nfection is not uncommon. The experience of giving birth at home, with the support of an independant midwife is the most impowering, enrichening and amazing experience. Having done it three times and am now pregnant with our fourth child, I am very aphrensive about this birth. We have the right! |
| 792 | Nicole Schlogel | Independent midwifery has to be a choice for both women and midwives!!!! |
| 793 | Emma Latham | Every woman should have the choice to have there baby at home and to know their midwife. Providing women with the best chance to have a positive natural/normal birth is paramount. The Irish nurses association should be fully supporting independent midwives with insurance to allow women the choice where to have their baby. This will also reduce hospital birth and therefore the rate of intervention needed |
| 794 | Orla Palliser | Am horrified to hear that this might happen, this needs to be reinstated NOW! |
| 795 | Anonymous | |
| 796 | Andrea Jones | Ireland is going back into the dark ages again - this is just more bureaucracy red tape from the Medical System |
| 797 | Anna Boch | |
| 798 | Ruth Rooke | I think this is absolutely disgraceful. These midwives provide such a wonderful service. As it is our birth choices in Ireland are very restricted and the service & choice provided by hospitals for pregnant women is appalling. Our health system is a complete joke. This country is going backwards! |
| 799 | Denise Hynd | New Zealand has shown that support of midwives with Professional Indemnity Insurance and access to government funding of midwifery care has positive results for woemen their families and the country. |
| 800 | april munson | |