Australian women have called for urgent Medicare rebates for homebirth as an increasing number of women turn away from hospitals amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Australian women have called for"urgent" Medicare rebates for homebirth as an increasing number of women turn away from hospitals amid the coronavirus pandemic.A midwifery practice is reporting a huge increase in women considering homebirth because they don't want to go to hospital during the COVID-19 crisis
Queensland Health says it is not supporting water births and that hospitals can only administer gas for pain relief where an aerosol filter is fitted. "I felt like if I'd been in hospital I wouldn't have been able to birth in the way that I wanted to," she said.
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