Oct 12

“…At Your Age & Weight, You’ll End Up Having One.”

“You won’t need that after you’ve had your epidural, and at your age and weight, you’ll end up having one.” – OB when asked by the mother if she could use the bath during her labor.

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Judith had this to say, Oct 12, 2011 @ 3:03 pm (Quote)

haha! when I interviewed at a hospitals years ago, I asked about tubs in L%D, and was told we do not need them because we have epidurals!

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Kristin had this to say, Oct 12, 2011 @ 3:10 pm (Quote)

What does age or weight have to do with alternative coping methods other than drugging the crap out of yourself?

I thought that anesthesiologists didn’t like doing epidurals on “heavy” women (see other posts on MOBSW).

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Jessica had this to say, Oct 12, 2011 @ 3:27 pm (Quote)

Yeah, I know it’s so difficult getting in and out of the bathroon using my walker! Or is it on the other end of the spectrum and the mom’s stuck in an exersaucer? Either way,WTH?

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Jane had this to say, Oct 12, 2011 @ 3:55 pm (Quote)

Gee, judgmental much?

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WellBegun had this to say, Oct 12, 2011 @ 10:24 pm (Quote)

Dat’s weightist!

Sorry, couldn’t resist

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Angela had this to say, Oct 13, 2011 @ 9:54 am (Quote)

I wonder what the age and weight of the mother was. I’m a really small lady, and had several people concerned that a vaginal birth was going to be soooooo painful for me because my hips look smaller than most on the outside. I managed just fine with the birth tub, fwiw. Right afterwards I actually said something like, “hey, that wasn’t that bad!”

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Jade had this to say, Oct 14, 2011 @ 3:40 am (Quote)

I am seriously at a loss to figure out what mum’s age/weight were. I would think that if you were going to put generalisations on it, you would assume that very young, fat women get epidurals but I dunno ??

As others have said, age/weight have nothing to do with how you choose to cope with labour and birth.

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