Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
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14
Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
“Wait Until You Are Stalled At 5CM And We Up The Pitocin…”
“Wait until you are stalled at 5cm dilated and we up the Pitocin. Lets see how well you cope without an epidural then!” OB to mother while discussing her birth plan that stated please do not offer pain medications unless asked for.
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“Oh, I see you missed the part where I do not want my labor induced or ‘enhanced’ unless medically necessary. And by that I mean you have obtained my informed consent to administer Pitocin after an actual medical *need* has arisen… not that you’ve just found a halfway decent vague excuse to write on my chart.”
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That sounds like a threat, doctor.
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Alyson Miers Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 4:13 pm (Quote)
I was about to say. It almost sounds like Dr. Stabby-Hands wants the mama’s labor to stall so she’ll have no choice but to take a lot of interventions. What a sadistic piece of work.
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first time mommy had this to say,
Oct 14, 2011 @ 4:28 pm (Quote)
Um, that sounds pretty threat like to me.
Like when you were a kid and you didn’t wanna wear your hat when it was cold outside and told your mom you were “fine” and your mom said “Just wait til you catch pneumonia! Let’s see how well you cope and how “fine” you are then!”
I know different scenarios but same threat like gesture.
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I’m assuming this is a discussion at a prenatal visit, which makes it even worse because it means this doc’s view of normal is a mom on Pit who stalls. There’s no, “IF you need Pitocin and you stall . . . .” There will be Pitocin, and mom will stall. If that’s how it is in this doc’s world, he is overusing Pit and inducing moms before their bodies are ready. If this is during an induction or labor where Pit was already deemed necessary, it’s still an awful thing to say.
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By day she is an obstetrician and by night…………a psychic on the other end of a 1-900 number. Amazing that she “knows for a fact” that this woman will stall at 5 cm and that she MUST come to the rescue with pitocin (because that is the only way to help a stalled labor right?) Maybe her labor will stall. Maybe she will have a 3rd degree tear. Maybe she will have to birth a baby in a breech position. Maybe a bird will poop on her head on the way out the door to her car! Would it kill Ob’s to show a little kindness and encouragement instead of always trying to scare us? Sheesh!
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This one is also mine. This was at my 38 week appt. I thought maybe he was having a bad day because he had been so nice up until that appt (the poor guy did have his house burn down and lost all his possessions including two dogs a couple of months beforehand). I went to my 39 week appt. and he was just as rude and obnoxious, I ended up skipping my 40 week appt. because I was so stressed out and crying everyday thinking of having to see him the next week, let alone at my birth. I was frantically searching for an alternative place to birth. If I knew then what I know now, I would have just had her at home. At my 41 week appt. he chastised my husband and I because he delivers all of “his women” by 41 weeks (so glad I missed the 40 week appt.)…… long story short. No, I didn’t stall at 5cm, he didn’t get to induce me although he booked me in for one. My little girl decided to stick it to him and came that evening. Four hours from first contraction to birth. No pain relief, I was fully dilated by the time I got to the hospital.
I did take his comment as a direct threat. It was after he read my birth plan and he kept going on about how he hates the term “natural birth”. I think that’s because he doesn’t get to do anything and means the Mother may actually be able to do it without his help.
I thought he was a lovely person, but he really showed his true colours right at the part of my pregnancy where I needed him to be supportive.
My husband reported him. He was so disgusted in his behaviour (there is a lot more than what I put on here). I have since heard of other Mothers who had similar problems with him and I am encouraging them to report him as well.
It’s funny how you don’t hear the stories of how bad a certain Ob is until AFTER you give birth!
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Not wanting to be badgered into pain meds doesn’t mean not wanting them. My nurse knew not to ask me, and she didn’t. When *I* didn’t think I could handle any more, *I* asked *her*. And her first comment was to say before we discuss anything, would you like me to check you and see how far along you are? I agreed to the check and… I was 8cm. MUCH farther along than I though, since I’d only been doing this for 5-6 hours(first baby). Knowing that I was on the home stretch was the boost I needed, and I made it to the end Med free 
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And why does she need Pitocin?
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