Nov 2

“…If You Were Educated Enough, You Would Have Had An Epidural.”

“See, if you were educated enough, you would have had an epidural.” -OB to mother who just gave birth without pain meds, after she requested medication during the suturing of her tear.

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Dawn had this to say, Nov 2, 2009 @ 4:09 pm (Quote)

Hello? Uhmmmmm, that is cruel when someone does ask for pain relief not to give it. When the baby is inside, the risks to both mom and baby need to be considered. Birth is painful and natural both, but sutures are not a natural part of the pain…and it’s different than a contraction that comes on in a wave rather than a poke. Geesh.

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Heather had this to say, Nov 2, 2009 @ 4:47 pm (Quote)

Wow, the misogyny from some of these quotes is both astounding and infuriating… and yet somehow also unsurprising. :-/

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The Deranged Housewife Reply:
January 11th, 2010 at 6:45 pm The Deranged Housewife(Quote)

Yes, and the sad part is that many of these misogynist OBs who think this way are women…

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Heather Reply:
January 11th, 2010 at 6:54 pm Heather(Quote)

I know. :-/ It’s a special shade of depressing to witness first hand when women in powerful positions (ie. doctors) contribute to sexism.

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Jill--Unnecesarean had this to say, Nov 2, 2009 @ 6:57 pm (Quote)

Heh. “And if you weren’t a jerk you’d just shut up and give me shot of lidocaine like everyone else does without a lecture. Kthx.”

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Rachel had this to say, Nov 3, 2009 @ 11:41 am (Quote)

And if I were educated enough, I would have taken an epidural before dropping that metal bar through my toe. Then I would have been all set for those stitches and wouldn’t have needed the lidocaine!

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Jessica had this to say, Nov 21, 2009 @ 6:05 pm (Quote)

I had to have about 6 stiches (truly don’t remember) after my first child’s home birth. The nurse midwife (who was there mostly for insurance purposes and wasn’t the primary midwife) did them because the primary midwife went to the hospital with my son (bad start but unrelated to where we birthed). She was unfamiliar with my tolerace to analgesiacs and only gave me an average dose of lidocaine for the stitches. I was feeling everything after the 4th stitch, but was so anxious to get to the hospital I didn’t want to tell her and wait for the lidocaine to be readministered/kick in. Owie.

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