submitted by dulcima to Australia 2.0 yearsJun 20, 2023 09:26:44 ago (+8/-0) (www.news.com.au)
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/babies/expert-hits-back-at-antivaxxers-for-hijacking-birth-data-for-faux-science/news-story/fa2917a1a1bca909183751d852baba4e
Extra_fox 1 points 2.0 years ago
Not NSW but I am in Au and pregnant. Anecdotally the drs are obsessed with preparing me for the fact I'm going to miscarry.
This is my third. First was a few years before covid, second I got pregnant right as everyone started panicking about covid. Both were healthy. Theres no reason to think I'm at any elevated risk of a misscarrage.
I couldn't even get on boarded at a hospital until 16 weeks because "they don't see you before that because they can't do anything if you have a miscarrage". But even with covid lockdowns I was on boarded and seen by 12 weeks with my first 2.
From the time I first approached the dr to get a referral until I was onboarded at the hospital they kept calling to get me to do more blood tests to "check my hcg levels and make sure I wasn't miscarrying". I refused but wtf? Either I'll misscarry or I won't, what's a blood test going to do besides keep it at the front of my mind?
They ordered a bunch of extra blood tests for "very rare" blood disorders that are now standard tests apparently. Preciously it was standard to check for stds, hepatitis and vitamin/mineral levels only.
When my hospital paperwork was finally processed I was labelled high risk. I asked why and was told "Oh we just label everyone high risk until they've been checked out by the doctor here. It's not for anything specific".
It's all really weird. None of this was normal pre or mid covid.