Express delivery.
It is against the law in this country for anyone other than a midwife or a registered medical practitioner to contract with a woman to deliver her baby ( 1 ). It is not unknown, however, for babies to arrive suddenly, without allowing enough time for the midwife to arrive or the woman to get to a hospital in time for the contract to be fulfilled. It is only in a case of sudden or urgent necessity' that an exception is made.
European Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey.
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