Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
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Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
“I Don’t Know How To Deliver A Baby Like That.”
“I don’t know how to deliver a baby like that.” – OB when mother requested to get on her hands and knees to push.
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You’re not delivering anything, doc. I am. You’re catching. And honestly, the less you touch my parts, the better off we’ll both be, so glove up, have a seat, and when you see a head come out, put your hands under it so it doesn’t fall all the way to the bed. And telling me, “here it comes, you’re doing great!” is a good idea, too.
It’s not all about you, doc.
It just occurred to me, this would be like a photographer thinking s/he was the star of the show at a wedding.
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Mama Wrench had this to say,
Feb 26, 2012 @ 6:29 am (Quote)
Learn by doing!
More worrisome though is that hands-and-knees is part of the HELPERR neumonic and may save precious braincells in a dystocia situation — shouldn’rt he have at least a PASSING familiarity?
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Aron Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 8:13 am (Quote)
Nope, because many doctors ignore that mnemonic entirely and just go straight for McRoberts + massive episiotomy every time. It may be more likely to result in injury to mom and baby, but darn it, it’s more convenient for the hero!
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Natalie Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 4:37 pm (Quote)
Maybe I am naive, but in a situation of shoulder dystocia, an episiotomy doesnt make sense. By definition the shoulder is lodged against the pelvic bone… How would making a superficial, and incredibly damaging incision, make any difference at all?
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This sounds like something that WOULD have been said at one of my local hospitals. We have two, the one we went to was mostly great, but the other one was … not for us. When we toured it they told my wife that she could bounce on a ball and walk the halls only until her water broke.
Then she would be tied to the bed.
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Alyson Miers Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 7:52 am (Quote)
That can’t be legal.
I’m sure they get away with it nonetheless, but still, there must be laws against doing that to patients.
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Mama Wrench Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 11:51 am (Quote)
It was the same with my first. You could use the ball, shower, walk, whatever — but once your water broke you had to lay in bed. Not just BE there, but be on your back. My first nurse stuck her neck out by not trying to get me on my back since I had all back labor.
At least they told your wife beforehand, though. No one said anything about it to me even though my midwife knew I wanted freedom of movement.
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Kate, Ren's Mama Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 1:52 pm (Quote)
What on EARTH is their bogus justification for that? Being upright causes infection? WTF?
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I think this is mine, if not I submitted the same one a few weeks ago. This was one of many things that my (now ex) OB did that went against my birth plan that she had agreed to many times at prenatal appointments. This was actually one of the more minor things that went against what I wanted during my younger daughters birth.
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Oh jeez, I know how to deliver a baby like that and I didn’t go to school for it for 8. freaking. years. I delivered my own daughter in that position. It’s pretty easy if you don’t intend to cut, stretch, pull or twist anything. You just stick your hands out and catch. Is that so hard? Allie, I can almost guess what the ‘worse’ things this OB did were 
I’m sorry she pulled a bait ans switch on you.
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Coral Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 5:13 pm (Quote)
Cut, stretch, pull or twist…
Omg, they treat us like human Bop-Its, probably getting their signals from the machine that goes Ping!
We hear “Ping!… Ping!… Ping!”
OBs hear “Twist it!… Pull it!… Twist it!… Cut it!… Section it!”
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Knitted in the Womb Reply:
February 27th, 2012 at 12:33 pm (Quote)
OMG…that is so morbidy funny. Yes, I’m giggling.
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I think a lot of the issue was that my daughter decided to come just a the biggest blizzard of the year was about to hit, and the ob didnt want to be stuck at the hospital. Obviously that isnt any excuse though.
I had labored at home until transition and then went to the hospital. Was 8-9cm when I got there. Dr broke my water with me screaming at her not to and trying to get away, ordered an IV after I refused it (I threatened the nurse with assault charges if she touched me with it and she backed off) literally yelled at to push because I was at 10, but not yet feeling the urge to push, forced to push on my back when I wanted to be on hands and knees. When I finally felt the urge to actually push, she was out in 3 pushes. Dr then immediately clamped and cut cord and sent baby across the room for observation despite apgars of 9&9, and proceeded to yank on the cord to hurry the placenta, which caused a pph. I was still bleeding as she was getting her coat on and she said she was leaving so she could get home before the snowstorm hit. I was so traumatized I refused to let her do my post partum checks in the hospital, and ended up finding a midwife to switch care to.
I am currently pregnant again and planning a homebirth.
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veronica had this to say,
Feb 26, 2012 @ 4:17 pm (Quote)
Odd, “uneducated” midwives can figure it out but doctors can’t. Who is smarter now?
As for walking around after water break, i was told it would not be fair to the janitor to have to follow me around with a mop. I told them it’s'a good thing I brought pads then!
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Good thing you’re not the one delivering then, eh? You just catch.
If there’s an emergency, let me know, we can talk then.
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LG Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 2:23 pm LG(Quote)
My thoughts exactly!!
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