Mother jailed for biting midwife during birth

[cali]

A Welsh mother has been jailed after she bit a midwife who was helping to deliver her baby.

Leanne Pennington, 26, was sentenced to 20 weeks in jail after sinking her teeth into the arm of 41-year-old midwife Carolyn Burden during the final stages of labour at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil last May, news website southwales.co.uk reports.

Mrs Burden, herself a mother of four, went back to help deliver the baby after receiving first aid treatment.

Pennington, classified a "high risk patient", admitted to the assault which left Mrs Burden with a swollen and bruised arm.

"It was completely out of the blue," Mrs Burden told southwales.co.uk.


http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1009186/mother-jailed-for-biting-midwife-during-birth

There has to be more to this.

[cali]

1. kick. so what do you think, moms?

[Maine-ah]

10. well, I wanted to punch my midwife, but I held back on that.

[midnight]

2. Hmm... Going into transition is the point of no return. I'm a huge advocate

of comfort, and birthing. Something sounds like the midwife might not of been able to deliver those in tandum....

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. I kicked/pushed against my labor nurse while transitioning with my second. I was in a lot of pain

and was just trying to dig my heels in somewhere.

Didn't do jail time for it, though.

[fortyfeetunder]

4. Case should be thrown out

The phrase "final stages of labour" should have been a clue!

[Arkansas Granny]

5. The article leaves me with more questions than answers.

Why was the woman considered a "high risk patient" and why did the midwife have to undergo 6 months of testing for HIV and hepatitis? That lack of information forces the reader to make assumptions about the situation that may be incorrect.

[babydollhead]

6. I slapped the doctor twice and called him an asshole

I screamed "get off of my stomach!" to the midwife delivering number three.

I would have bit cigarette smelling nurse at my side had she not wiggled away.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. She just needed better drugs

[juno jones]

8. I accidentally bit a nurse during one of my deliveries.

I don't remember why or how it happened, I think she was trying to reposition me right at a critically painful time, I gritted my teeth and she yelled, "hey you bit me!" I of course apologized, but I think it would not have happened had they been more responsive to what I was doing and feeling. It was very much the wh'am ba'am delivery and There was much confusion. It happens.

On the other hand, you hear of women swearing a blue streak. I never swore once, which is strange as I am an inveterate fucking pottymouth.

[Fast Dude]

9. Why didn't they jail my mother's doctor?

Bastard slapped me on the ass when I was born... :shrug:

[Mz Pip]

11. Maybe it's not too late

to press charges. Check the statute of limitations on baby slapping in your state. ;-)

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[Fast Dude]

12. After 50 years

I'm pretty sure he got away with it.