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Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
“I Would Prefer If You Just Didn’t Speak To Me.”
“I would prefer it if you just didn’t speak to me.” – Â Anesthesiologist to mother while placing an epidural incorrectly for the second time.
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Mama Wrench had this to say,
Nov 9, 2011 @ 4:55 pm (Quote)
In the words of Wesley, “Get used to disappointment. Also, get another doctor.” I’m really, really hoping this poor mommy didn’t end up with an epidural headache. 
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Allie had this to say,
Nov 9, 2011 @ 5:10 pm (Quote)
Ugh ! What is it with these guys? This isn’t mine but I had an epi with DS1 and when he came in the nude hadn’t prepped the instruments properly so he had to come back, he was mad at her and didn’t let me freeze before jabbing me! I yelped like a wounded dog and the nurse yelled at him ” you could have waited for the freezing to take place” to which he made a comment about doing her job right. Thank goodness I didn’t get one with my second!!!
Sorry OB, I know how painful that must have been for you!
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Allie had this to say,
Nov 9, 2011 @ 5:12 pm (Quote)
Hmmm autocorrect strikes again. He wasn’t nude, I meant to type nurse. Although that made for a better story!
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Jane Reply:
November 9th, 2011 at 5:24 pm (Quote)
I think the OBs would act a whole lot different if they had to deliver babies in the nude, don’t you? 
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I am the unfortunate Mama that was told this while in labor. The even sadder part is that I am also the Mama who is featured on the “Nov 11″ My OB Said What where my OB told me “No One Wants a Dead Baby Now Do They?” Yes, both happened to me.
After 37 hours in labor I developed chorioamniotitis and had to receive an epidural for a c-section. The anesthesiologist was called in from home to administer the epi {we lived on a small Army Post in the middle of the desert so anesthesiologists were not in the Hospital in the middle of the night}. The first time she tried to place it not only was I in full active labor but she hit my sciatic nerve. I screamed in pain and she yelled “Why are you screaming?!” Being as vulnerable as I was at that moment I apologized to her and said “Ma’am – it feels as if my nerves are being electrified and are rubbing together. This doesn’t feel right.” She replied “Well, I don’t know why you’re feeling that, I’m doing my job correctly.” And she pulled it out and re-did it.
After about 10 minutes I was feeling no numbness so she came back and checked it. I asked her “Ma’am, do you want me to tell you if I feel that same sensation again?” She responded “Actually I would prefer it if you just didn’t speak to me.”
After that I was wheeled into the OR and they started the c-section. I remember telling her that I could still feel on my right side and she told me it was “normal to feel lots of pressure and pulling and tugging”. I told her that I was feeling more than that and she ignored me. Then they brought my husband in. He was so excited to meet our son that he was reminiscing about where we were when we decided to start our family when I looked up at him and told him “I feel everything.” He looked to the anesthesiologist and said “My wife is feeling this?!” She replied “There is nothing I can do for her now unless she wants to sleep through the baby’s birth.” I declined and held on just long enough to hear Jack cry, see him, kiss him, and him to be whisked away because of my infection. After that I sent my husband out to be with Jack and I begged the anesthesiologist to put me to sleep. I was seriously suffering from shock. She did, and she was probably happy to do it.
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Tee Reply:
November 11th, 2011 at 9:24 pm (Quote)
Oh my word. I am quite literally in tears for you right now. I can NOT begin to imagine the kind of trauma you went through in order to get your son here. I’m sorry. I’m just so, so sorry.
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HeatherB Reply:
November 12th, 2011 at 12:02 pm (Quote)
Oh my goodness! I’m so sorry this happened to you! When did this happen? I’m working on a project right now with Solace for Mothers. We’re collecting traumatic birth stories for a book. I’m wondering if you’d be willing to share yours. For more information, visit the website I liked as “mine.” Also, take a look at the forums there. It’s a wonderful and safe place to talk about traumatic birth. Again, I’m so sorry for your experience. No one should have to go through what you have.
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I can understand the comment, but not the delivery. He should be smart enough to know that people dont take rudeness that well. Though as an anaesthetist, most of their patients are unconscious so they dont really care and thats why they go into anaesthesia in the first place or so Im told…
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Jackie had this to say,
Jan 11, 2012 @ 5:32 am (Quote)
Your first post. Oh my hell/heck is a VERY Mormon phrase.
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Tee Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 12:54 pm (Quote)
I had no idea! I use several Plain phrases in my speaking or my personal online interactions. (Like Facebook.) But I try not to use them here for fear that someone would get annoyed. I don’t say “oh my hell” very often but it certainly seemed to apply here!
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Jade Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 11:25 pm (Quote)
What do you mean by plain phrases Tee? Are the reasons for that directly related to your faith?
Don’t feel obliged to answer, I am just curious
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Tee Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:20 am (Quote)
I never mind talking about my faith so please don’t hesitate to ask anything! Both Amish and old order Mennonites call themselves “plain” as a way to set ourselves apart from the modern world. (We call people outside of our belief system “Englishers.”) Pennsylvania Dutch, which is actually a German dialect, is frequently spoken. While I’m nowhere near fluent, I do wind up using that language in my personal life. For example, a phrase I commonly use is “Da Herr sei mit du”, which means “The Lord be with you.”
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Oh. my. hell. Seriously?
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