“….not because you need one, but because I decree it will be so.”

Lovely.

Uh… ok. Where can I get a crystal ball like this doc has? I’d like to check some lottery numbers.

Wait, so why are they called textbook cases?!
I heard a great line once, that doctors only diagnose normal labor after the fact. Meaning, they always assume the worst until nothing bad happens.
Like those towing companies who are hoping for a crash, because it keeps them in business. Why do we hire these goons in the first place??

Chances are, with an OB attitude like that, she very likely did (assuming she didn’t switch care providers)!

So… being healthy with no apparent risk factors means you should schedule a surgical birth as soon as the test strip turns pink. And having any risk factors at all means you must schedule a surgical birth (whether the risk factors actually make vaginal birth impossible or not).

How the heck does ANYONE ever manage to give birth without surgery?! Probably not many do under the care of this quack.

Ugh. I saw something similar on one of those TV birth shows…an OB telling the camera that working with laboring women is like a disaster waiting to happen, that he always expects the worst in every situation. I hope his patients saw that and RAN FOR THE HILLS.

I hope this woman switched care providers ASAP after hearing that. That’s ridiculous.

And this OB knows this because it has proven to be true in their practice or because they think they’re God? Either one is very, very scary.

I’ve often thought that OBs see a pregnant woman and all they really see is a bomb with a lit fuse waiting to go off at any minute much like everyone turns into a turkey to a hungry cartoon character.

Sooo…I guess this means that my textbook pregnancy ended up with a textbook homebirth C/S?? I dont remember this. In fact, the scar healed so well that I DONT HAVE ONE!

Phht, stupid doctors and their stupid surgical training, making mountains out of molehills.