Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
Feb
4
Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
“…Don’t Worry, Mares Give Birth Quickly.”
“My mare is due the same week as you and the mare has priority. But don’t worry, mares give birth quickly.” – CNM to mother.
There are 26 comments to this post.
What does the mare need you for? Set up a web-cam and leave her alone. By the way, you’re fired.
[Reply]
“I’m confused. Does the mare have better insurance than I do, or is she just more likely to sue?”
[Reply]
Yes, you usually want to be on hand when your mare foals with the vet on speed-dial, because horses are valuable and a big investment and you don’t really want to lose the mare or foal because you weren’t there. Especially if they’re a part of your family and much beloved.
However, presumably the CNM has a contingency plan in case of any scenario where she couldn’t attend the birth. I assume she’s not going to leave the mom alone and provider-less if she, for example, found out her child was in a car accident, or her mother died, or anything else that might come up. So why point out that the mare’s delivery might overlap with the birth instead of just assuming it won’t, and, if it does, use the same contingency plan you have to use any time you have to stop work suddenly because something came up?
[Reply]
jespren had this to say,
Feb 4, 2011 @ 8:34 pm (Quote)
As BG, I can get where the midwife is coming from, horses are expensive and very delicate animals, they can die just by laying down too long. But this was a REALLY craptastic way to inform mom to be that she might have a personal conflict. Insulting and very unprofessional.
[Reply]
SarahJ Reply:
February 4th, 2011 at 9:03 pm (Quote)
I’m with both of ya. Having bred horses, you do want to be there just like with any other birth cause there is a lot of stuff that can go wrong very quickly, such as my mare having a breech birth which usually kills both mare and foal. I am beyond lucky in that both of mine survived and are healthy to this day. I definitely agree though, this could have been said with a lot more tact. During the time when my mare was due I did my best to give everyone I had made plans with plenty of warning that I may have to reschedule or come up with a plan B.
And, just like any other birth, they don’t always go quickly. It’s different every single time.
[Reply]
This made me think of my husband’s grandmother, who was delivered by a large-animal vet. This was on a ranch in Wyoming in the 1920s. It was … not handled as well as one might hope. Let’s just hope the midwife is a better large-animal vet than that vet was a midwife!
[Reply]
When things go wrong with a horse in labor, they go wrong FAST and if you are not physically there with your eye on her when it happens, you’ll lose them both.
However, this was a HORRIBLE thing to say to a pregnant woman. There’s no excuse for treating a human that way. I’d have definitely fired her.
[Reply]
Sarah Dorrance-Minch had this to say,
Feb 5, 2011 @ 12:02 pm (Quote)
A midwife for people who also catches horses, and who has a conflict of dates? Just say neigh…
[Reply]
Just attended a birth where the doc left after finding the mother at 6 cms, to ‘let out my dog and take care of a few things’. It worked out great – that doc was a really pushy dame and the attending doctor who ended up catching was a midwife at heart.
[Reply]
The Deranged Housewife had this to say,
Feb 6, 2011 @ 4:52 am (Quote)
“Well, why don’t you just induce her and then do a cesarean? It’s what you like to do to everyone else. Next time, tell the horse not to get pregnant or do just do a home birth with a trained veterinarian.”
LOL
[Reply]
erm. I’ve seen my vets deliver foals, and am trying to find a vet who *doesn’t* play the dead baby card when I ask about minimal intervention. Putting some extra straw in the broodmare stall and calling my vet is looking better and better :/
[Reply]
Add Your Comment.
Pardon my language but WHAT THE F**K!?
[Reply]