Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
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Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
“…By The Look Of Your Small Pelvic Frame…”
“Really? By the look of your small [pelvic] frame, if I hadn’t know you had delivered vaginally, I would have recommended a c-section.” -OB to mother who had two nonmedicated vaginal births, and was pregnant with her third and seeing this provider for the first time.
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Dani Arnold had this to say,
Dec 20, 2009 @ 5:47 am (Quote)
I just LOVE those type of comments!! I have a girlfriend who’s tiny and had been in labour for 10 hours… the OB’s insisted on taking an Xray because they were “sure this baby is too big for you to birth vaginally”… they took the xray, then spent 45 minutes “consulting ” with each other. They made their grand decision that there was no possible way she could every birth vaginally and marched into her room to make the big announcement….. only to discover that while they had been consulting each other, she’d had the baby!! 3 good pushes, all over, not even a tear!!!
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Heather Payne Reply:
December 20th, 2009 at 9:18 am (Quote)
Great story! I’m glad she proved them wrong.
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right, he just *knows* who can do it and who cant!! my mom is 5 foot and very petite frame, had 4 kids with no meds, the last one in just a couple hours. but my sister has wide hips, a large sturdy bone structure but couldnt focus on birthing so almost had a c-section until an intern started working with her one-on-one.
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Heather Payne had this to say,
Dec 20, 2009 @ 9:20 am (Quote)
Something similar was said to me before I was ever pregnant. After giving birth vaginally to a baby with a 14.75″ head WITH a nuchal hand, I felt like calling my old doctor and bragging to her.
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Heather (qtberryhead) had this to say,
Dec 20, 2009 @ 10:53 am (Quote)
In my limited experience, I have always been impressed by the extensive psychic powers that I’ve seen utilized by medical staff.
*snickers*
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Priscilla Hall had this to say,
Dec 20, 2009 @ 3:09 pm (Quote)
Can you put the name on line without breaking some kind of libel laws? If we all really want social change and we want women to have all the safe options available to help them give birth, than this OB should feel the consequences to his (or her) reputation for making this kind of remark. Women should have the option to ‘vote’ and choose not to go to a provider like that.
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Wendy Reply:
December 21st, 2009 at 6:21 am (Quote)
Actually, there’s a way to do that. She should go to http://www.thebirthsurvey.com and record her experience. As a matter of fact, all women on this site should! Ultimately, the goal of the Birth Survey is to increase transparency in maternity care. Once the data are all compiled and posted, women can avoid providers like this and find more competent ones.
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Michelle Potter Reply:
December 21st, 2009 at 6:48 pm (Quote)
I had three different OBs during my first two pregnancies, and I don’t remember their names. Do you know if the hospital would have a record of who my OB was even if he wasn’t actually the one who caught my baby?
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While I support sharing experiences, if you put their name in writing here the site might have legal complications. Ridiculous, I know, but the medical industry has deep pockets. Mothers and midwives, not so much.
I do tell anyone who asks about my births to avoid the OB responsible for my first birth at all costs. Ironically, he now acts as backup for the best CNM in the entire area, so it’s kind of conflicting. If people go to see her for top-notch quality care, they run a good chance of encountering the WORST doctor for natural birth support I have ever met. He’s awful at breastfeeding support too, practically demanded I take The Pill at my postpartum visit, even though he knew I was breastfeeding, and even lied and told me it was safe for breastfeeding. I opened the sample pack he gave me just to read the fine print. Largest letters on the slip of paper said “DO NOT TAKE THIS PRODUCT WHILE BREASTFEEDING!”
Maybe he’s finally grown a brain where his massive ego used to be.
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The Deranged Housewife had this to say,
Jan 15, 2010 @ 5:46 pm (Quote)
Dani, that is the best story EVER! I love it!
“was pregnant with her third and seeing this provider for the first time.” And the last time … run, run far away, sister!
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Cause everyone knows that with the PhD comes x-ray vision. *eye roll*
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Jane Reply:
December 20th, 2009 at 5:31 am Jane(Quote)
AND they can predict the future because they can tell how much things will open out and flex, the size of the baby, and how much the baby’s head will mold.
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Knitted in the Womb Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:29 pm Knitted in the Womb(Quote)
Hmmmm…maybe it does…and that is why MD’s look down their noses at PhD’s? Cause they are jealous.
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