Am I Allowed? : A1aoff529xm31 : 9781916060609 : 1916060609 : 16 May 2021 : Can I choose where to give birth to my baby? Why do I have to have an ultrasound examination?Induction of labour -do I need one?Can I decide who will be with me during my labour? How do I complain about the care I received? This book focuses, primarily, on the maternity rights of women in the UK. Much of the information is also appropriate for those in other high income countries. It sets out to help you to understand your options and rights through all stages of pregnancy, birth, and postnatally. It has been written by Beverley Lawrence Beech an author, birth activist, international speaker and is based on 40 years' experience challenging the over-medicalised, hospital-based, model of childbirth. Most women, trust the system to provide them with the best of care, 'What is must be best' (Macintyre 1984) and discover, too late, and to their cost, that the care was often based on routine and rules to which they we