Conference

Back to remembering what independent midwifery is about while out with B*. This business doesn't have to be complicated. We choose to make it complicated.
One set of terminology I have taken on from conference is the labelling of high-risk pregnancy as complex instead.

The issue of trust is important in the midwifery partnership. B* is currently with a woman who B* believes has marijuana smoking in the house and the woman is wary of strangers. How many things does a midwife have to not see? Where do I stand?

This makes me think of the situation of the Northland porn actress who wants her birth filmed for inclusion in a prn movie. Her midwife has withdrawn her services and she has the support of the New Zealand College of Midwives. There is obvious concern as a midwife about the videotaping of a birth if something was to go wrong. And the midwife will have her own set of morals and ethics about the situation. What I would like to understand is what the position of the New Zealand College of Midwives. Is every woman in New Zealand entitled to the care of a midwife during her pregnancy and birth?