Maternity madness! Midwives are urged to avoid using proper words for anatomy so trans patients won't be upset

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Don't use 'old-fashioned' terms to avoid upsetting trans patients, nurses advised
Health chiefs in Sussex told midwives to say 'human milk' instead of 'breast milk'
'Vagina' now banned in favour of 'front hole' or 'genital opening', care guide says
Last night a midwife said a number of staff are unhappy but fear speaking out

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Midwives have been discouraged from saying 'vagina' when dealing with pregnant transgender patients if they dislike the terminology.

The guidance has been introduced by health chiefs in Sussex as part of their policy on perinatal care – previously known as maternity services – for transgender and non-binary people.

Last month it emerged that the same trust had begun a policy in which staff were told the phrase breast milk could be replaced with 'human milk', 'breast/chest milk' or 'milk from the feeding mother or parent'.

In the care guide from Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, midwives and obstetricians are told: 'Some individuals may have preferred terminology for their anatomy.

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