I really dont understand this. If the Mum said she didnt want scans then how is that the responsibility of the midwife. Surely we all need to take responsibility for our own actions.

It was the woman who choose not to have the scans, no fault of the midwife.

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  • • Ellen replied
    • 13 Jan 2019 , 8:00 am

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  If the woman chose no scans, then I agree !

Mum decided not to have a scan. Simple – they would have known if had a scan.

Midwife showed up to do her job, and clearly did it well, given that there were two live births. It’s unfair to suspend the midwife. And just out of curiosity, if the woman went into labour on the side of the rd and the midwife stopped to help would she have lost her license then too?

Why cant responsibility be a parents fault. Always a doctor or a widwife. Look at a bigger picture first and get all the relevant info. Hope the midwife can continue to practice.

If the mother didn’t want to have any scans done, how is this the midwife’s fault. Mum’s have had scans but still been surprised by giving birth to another child. Who’s to say that one baby could be behind another during a scan and heartbeats are exactly in tune but louder. God works in mysterious ways. Congratulations on the birth of your twin boys and I hope all goes well for the midwife

What! How is this the midwifes fault because the mother was too negligent to get scans. Take those babies away from her, she probably thinks food is optional too.

What are a pregnant mother’s legal obligations? There are so many things that ‘should’ be done during pregnancy- from not drinking alcohol, to having gynocological scans; from eliminating caffine, to not smoking/doing drugs – I wonder how far the government will regulate? because this sounds like what should have happened here to prevent the surprise of twins…(I’m sure the midwife would have found it easier if she had known) And regulating against other stuff would also ensure healthy babies who aren’t affected by diet, drink, drugs and other stuff.

Did drs never do measurements and listen to heart beats etc ???strange this was not picked up.

This is not the poor midwife’s fault. They should make a law that mother’s must have scans- there are so many things that they can pick up on at the scans that can save lives, not to mention cases like this! I can understand not wanting to know the gender, but wouldn’t you want to know that your baby is healthy?

How is it the midwifes fault that she didn’t know about twins…mum made the decision not to have ultrasound. I would be more concerned that the twins were born at 35 weeks at home. I would have been more concerned about what would have happened had one or both had breathing problems. Thankfully, all is well.

Just happy it all turned out positive,wishing them all the best!

What’s the issue? As in the midwife should have known it was twins?

Holy moley. What a surprise. And a concern at the lack of preparedness. Wow, glad everything turned out okay.

Oh wow what an amazing surprise.

Oh wow, what a surprise for them.

It is not the midwifes fault, but should have encouraged her to do so. People make there own decisions we are not children here where we should be getting told what to do.

Yep, I agree with the other comments, how on earth is this the midwife’s fault? The mother chose not to have ultrasounds and she never made a complaint about it. The world just continues to get crazier every day.
My grandmother lived when there were no ultrasounds and didn’t know she was having twins until she walked into the hospital in labour and the midwife saw her. Funny that her doctor didn’t even know she was having twins either and nobody made a complaint or got suspended either.

She chose not to have scans but did her medical team never listen to her heart beat or take any measurements I know people don’t always like medical intervention but worry would be if I could have prevented something going wrong. If it wasn’t for scans my last child would have died before birth

So much could have gone wrong here, your risk multiplies with twins and as her health provider for the pregnancy this midwife neglected her duty of care. Why on earth would you not want to get an ultrasound done? They aren’t just for telling the sex, she would have known she was having multiples and they would have been able to clear the babies for any developmental concerns. As her midwife I hope she at least informed her of the importance of getting ultrasounds done so she had all the information at hand.