[Magdalen] health care...

[Sally Davies]

My young colleague lost her baby last week and was in danger herself,
because of gestational diabetes, which must have been present earlier but
had not been picked up by the lab tests that were done...

So good on those midwives, maybe some of their attitude if not their
techniques could rub off on modern antenatal care.

Sally D

On Thursday, October 22, 2015, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had to look all this stuff up when Call the Midwife was first on tv and
> the midwives complained about boiling urine. (I was still working then,
> so answered lots of odd questions like that).
>
> They were testing for gestational diabetes, circa 1950.
> -M
>
>
> On Wednesday, October 21, 2015, Bob Rea <petard at petard.us <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> >
> > Confusion: test strips now means for blood glucose testing.
> > I use them every day, sometimes more than once if I am wondering about
> how
> > I
> > am feeling.
> >
> >
>