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Age 25-30
Interview 27  

Interview 27

Age at Interview: 30
Sex: Female
Background: Occupations: Mother- research manager, Father- IT solutions architect. Marital status: married. Ethnic background: White British. Partner of Interview 28.
Brief outline:Had problems getting pregnant because of polycystic ovary syndrome. Conceived after taking Clomid; also used acupuncture. Now 16 weeks pregnant, and pregnancy is progressing well.


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She is worried about being rushed into decisions during labour without thinking it through, but knowing the technology is there is reassuring.

 



I don't know. I - I've not got really, really strong opinions about it at the moment. I think what I'm scared about is being forced into making snap decisions, and being pressurised into having things I don't want. Having said that I want all the technology at my disposal at the click of my fingers if I feel that's necessary, so that is slightly contradictory. But, you know, I want everything in the background as a kind of insurance policy, but I'd like to kind of negotiate my way through it as we go. And as I said, you know, I quite fancy at least using a water birth as pain relief. And even, you know, staying in for the, for the full deal if possible. But in most units it just depends whether anybody else is using - most units only have one kind of water birth bath or pool or whatever they're called. So you can't usually guarantee whether that's going to be available.
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