Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
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Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
“…Mine Always Bleed All Over The Place.”
“How do you do that?? Your women hardly bleed at all! Mine always bleed all over the place.” – OB Resident to Midwife.
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…. kinda terrified to be a patient anywhere NEAR this Dr….. but at the same time, as a mama who pretty much bled all over the place with both kids… i really do wonder what the MW is doing different. From my research, MW’s often start with diet counseling very early on and make sure the mama is getting everything she needs nutritionally, which is just the beginning of building a healthy mom who WON’T be prone to “bleed all over the place” Some even encourage vit K for the mama so that baby won’t need the supplements after birth.
and despite my OB’s handouts and nicely worded advice to maintain a healthy diet, they never do explain what that is exactly….
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Chelsea Reply:
September 6th, 2011 at 9:16 am (Quote)
Diet really does help. It helped me anyway. I bled a lot and had to lay on the floor after passing the placenta with my first. I ate lots of alfalfa, spinach, and other vitamin k rich foods during my second pregnancy and I didn’t bleed very much.
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Intelligent enough to pass med school, but that’s it?
Clearly, whatever the cause, there is a pattern, and he would do well to see what HE is doing, in addition to what the midwife is/isn’t doing.
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Jane Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 7:25 am (Quote)
That’s an interesting point. The resident seems to think the natural state of birth is for the woman to bleed out all over the place, and therefore the midwife is doing something extra in order to prevent that.
Whereas most likely the opposite is true, that the resident is doing something that causes extra bleeding, and the natural state of birth is to bleed a certain amount but not excessive amounts.
(I’m not discounting real postpartum hemorrhages. I’ve had two of those without anyone pulling on the placenta.)
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Alyson Miers had this to say,
Sep 4, 2011 @ 8:29 am (Quote)
Yay for curiosity! Let’s just hope the OB resident listened to the midwife and took her advice seriously!
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I’m also pleased that the resident is noticing that there *is* a difference in practices and is asking questions to determine what that difference is. Whether they take the midwife’s advice is a whole other thing. It’s not much, but it’s a start.
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The best care providers (midwife or OB) seem to know that the single best tool in their kit is patience. Patience to wait for labor to start on its own. Patience for labor to progress at its own pace. Patience for babe to descend on her own. Patience for mom to push on her own. Patience for the perineum to stretch on its own. Patience for the placenta to detach on its own. There are lots of other tips or tricks that might be of use, but I believe that practicing the discipline of patience is the single greatest method to prevent or reduce pregnancy and birth-related complications in an otherwise normal situation.
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Michelle Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 7:03 pm (Quote)
That’s awesomely worded. Do you mind if I share that?
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Sheva Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 7:08 pm (Quote)
Really well said.
Can I share it, too, please?
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Carrie C Reply:
September 6th, 2011 at 6:52 pm (Quote)
I am going to save that and send it to my future pregnant self. My midwife was patient until 42 weeks. At 43 weeks, labor was induced through “natural” means, I was forced to stay awake when I wanted to nap, made to push when I didn’t want to, made to get out of the pool when I’d been in there “too long”, experienced the worst pain of my life including broken back and fractured skull, and suffered an extensive tear. All to avoid choosing between going to hospital and having an unattended birth. Baby was fine the whole time until forced out before she was ready. Next time I’m going with unattended birth before accepting all the “help” of an attended birth.
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Carrie C Reply:
September 6th, 2011 at 6:56 pm (Quote)
to clarify, I didn’t fracture my skull or break my back giving birth! I’d suffered those injuries previously, and thought those was pretty extremely painful. I expected that labor and birth might be painful, but was not expecting hideously excruciating, since I have a pretty high tolerance for pain.
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!!! I hope the midwife explained to the resident about not yanking out the placenta!!! Yay for residents who want to learn new things!
(I’m assuming it’s yanking on the placenta that’s the problem. It might also be that the midwife isn’t cutting an episiotomy in every woman she sees. Or that the midwife isn’t hyperstimulating the uterus with pitocin so that it crashes once the baby is out. Or something else.)
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Melissa Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 6:20 am Melissa(Quote)
I’m encouraged by the OB resident noticing and potentially connecting it to the difference in how they manage births.
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Heather P Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 7:04 am Heather P(Quote)
I like this too. I hope the resident was able to learn some eye-opening things about the way (s)he treats her/his mothers.
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Jewels Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 5:28 pm Jewels(Quote)
Agreed. It’s a sucky comment & it shows that so far s/he’s been a pretty sucky resident & I can definitely understand why it was sent in.
On the other hand, it’s great that s/he’s finally noticed that a) not all women “bleed all over the place” after birth, b) the reason for that is not the woman (imagine that!), but the way the resident is managing the birth & c) the midwife obviously has a better method.
I REALLY hope the midwife educated this resident on how not to cause excessive bleeding!
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