English: Diolch, Brif Weinidog. A constituent of mine from the Swansea valley, named Laura, recently got in contact with me about her awful experience of having to undergo pregnancy scans on her own without her husband due to COVID rules. Since COVID restrictions and measures came into place two years ago, she's unfortunately had three consecutive miscarriages. Two of these were classed as 'missed miscarriages' and required a number of scans at Neath Port Talbot Hospital to ascertain the viability of the pregnancies - the first in September 2020, the second in August 2021. She said: 'During both of these extremely painful and difficult times, I, like many other prospective mothers in Wales, was not allowed to have my husband at the scans, and had to be told on both occasions that the foetus was not viable and that I would lose the pregnancy on my own with nobody there to provide comfort or support. Instead I was led to a small waiting room, told I could leave when I was ready. I then had to go out and tell my husband the news myself, when he was waiting anxiously outside in the car park.' Last week, she had to face the same ordeal. Thankfully, it was good news. While I understand, of course, that hospitals have had to introduce and maintain strict rules to safeguard against COVID infection, there is a fundamental issue of inconsistency of approach here. Laura tells me that, by last year, pregnant women were allowed to have a partner present during some scans. However, this was not the case for the type of scans she needed - scans that are only allowed in the NHS when there are potential problems or risks. Prif Weinidog, as Wales enters a new phase in the pandemic, will the Government ensure better treatment for all the other women across Wales who have suffered and will be affected by this potentially traumatic situation, by looking at the guidance issued to health boards and ensuring a consistent and appropriate approach to maternity services?
Welsh: Diolch, Prif Weinidog. Yn ddiweddar, cysylltodd un o fy etholwyr o gwm Tawe, o'r enw Laura, â mi ynglŷn â'i phrofiad ofnadwy o orfod cael sganiau beichiogrwydd ar ei phen ei hun heb ei gŵr oherwydd rheolau COVID. Ers i gyfyngiadau a mesurau COVID ddod i rym ddwy flynedd yn ôl, mae hi wedi cael tri chamesgoriad yn olynol yn anffodus. Dywedwyd bod dau o'r rhain yn 'gamesgoriadau a fethwyd' ac roedd angen nifer o sganiau yn Ysbyty Castell-nedd Port Talbot i ganfod hyfywedd y beichiogrwydd - y cyntaf ym mis Medi 2020, yr ail ym mis Awst 2021. Meddai: 'Yn ystod y ddau gyfnod hynod boenus ac anodd hyn, nid oeddwn i, fel llawer o ddarpar famau eraill yng Nghymru, yn cael bod â fy ngŵr gyda mi yn y sganiau, a bu'n rhaid i mi gael clywed ar y ddau achlysur nad oedd y ffetws yn hyfyw ac y byddwn i'n colli'r beichiogrwydd ar fy mhen fy hun heb neb yno i roi cysur na chefnogaeth. Yn hytrach, cefais fy arwain i ystafell aros fach, gan ddweud y gallwn i adael pan oeddwn i'n barod. Yna bu'n rhaid i mi fynd allan a rhannu'r newyddion â fy ngŵr fy hun, wrth iddo aros yn bryderus allan yn y maes parcio.' Yr wythnos diwethaf, bu'n rhaid iddi wynebu'r un profiad ofnadwy. Diolch byth, roedd yn newyddion da. Er fy mod i'n deall, wrth gwrs, y bu'n rhaid i ysbytai gyflwyno a chynnal rheolau llym i ddiogelu rhag haint COVID, ceir mater sylfaenol o anghysondeb o ran dull yma. Mae Laura yn dweud wrthyf fod menywod beichiog, erbyn y llynedd, yn cael bod â phartner yn bresennol yn ystod rhai sganiau. Fodd bynnag, nid oedd hyn yn wir ar gyfer y math o sganiau yr oedd eu hangen arni hi - sganiau sy'n cael eu caniatáu yn y GIG dim ond pan fydd problemau neu risgiau posibl. Prif Weinidog, wrth i Gymru ddechrau ar gyfnod newydd yn y pandemig, a wnaiff y Llywodraeth sicrhau gwell triniaeth i'r holl fenywod eraill ledled Cymru sydd wedi dioddef ac y bydd y sefyllfa hon yn effeithio arnyn nhw a allai fod yn drawmatig, drwy edrych ar y canllawiau a gyflwynwyd i fyrddau iechyd a sicrhau dull cyson a phriodol o ymdrin â gwasanaethau mamolaeth?