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Further Information about our petitions:

Improvements in the monitoring of babies/Mothers during pregnancy for low risk/first time Mums
Responsible department: Department of Health

There are many risks for stillbirth/complications in pregnancy which are well known. Obesity, smoking, diabetes, pre-eclampsia are just some of the risks. Mums with known risks are monitored more closely during pregnancy than so-called 'low-risk' mums. This is a 'reactive' process leading to the loss of many babies (and possibly Mothers) that were labelled as ‘low risk’. Some apparently 'low-risk' mums do in fact have high-risk babies (one in two stillbirths still remains unexplained). Why does current monitoring of these apparently perfectly healthy babies not identify them as at-risk? More must be done to improve how 'low risk' Mums/babies are monitored. This may involve giving them the same level of care that a higher risk Mum (someone that may have had a prior complication/miscarriage/loss of child) would receive. The current monitoring needs to be improved and made 'proactive'. Please help by signing this petition.

Stop the triage assessment of women in labour over the phone prior to admission
Responsible department: Department of Health

The current process for Maternity units is to assess all pregnant ladies as to what stage of labour they are at over the phone prior to admission. This is apparently because there is much evidence to suggest that the early stages of labour are safest spent in the comfort of your own home. Basically they are stopping people from going in until they say so.

The government must revisit this process as 'no one' can or should be medically assessed over the phone. Each mother has a different pain threshold so someone who can handle pain well will not come across as needing urgent medical attention. Also an unborn distressed baby can go unnoticed - a babies heart rate can not be checked over the phone. Surely the best place to be would be the hospital. Any mother near to their due date or overdue should be assessed at the labour ward if they have started labour and NOT over the phone. This process needs to be addressed urgently.

An acute detachment/rupture/separation/separating can lead to a concealed bleed. It can happen in any trimester. There are many different types of problems which can be complete, silent, partial. Diagnosis can't prevent it from getting worse as prevention isn't possible. Upon diagnosis though it can be monitored with correct management. The reasons are still relatively unknown but bleeding can be severe either during delivery or before. Recurrence stories aren't exactly rare so one that has abrupted/seperating before may happen again. The fetal definition during one can vary.

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