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Originally Posted by derekgas

When I went to the hospital with my ex wife who was expecting our first child, the hospital monitored her for at least a couple of hours, and then told me I should go home, because she would sleep and I would be wasting my time, as it was 5.30am, there were no buses and I had no transport, I arrived home (ramsbottom) at just after 7am, rang the hospital, only to be told that I had a son! I was devastated at missing the birth, a similar thing happened with one of my grandchildren, so I dont accept that the hospital/midwifes can accurately diagnose/time delivery eta over the phone, and still say that hospitals should have a duty of care to allow expectant mothers and others who think they may have an emergency to go/send an ambulance, rather than persist with cutbacks which, if truth were known, are, or will let people die.

Exactly. They are our ambulances after all, we pay for them why should we not determine when we use them?Please dont anyone say, 'the experts know best and they are highly trained because 9 time out of 10 it is the woman who is giving birth who is the expert.