Dec 22

“…When The OB Checks You, It Will Accelerate The Process.”

“You haven’t had the baby yet? Don’t worry. When the OB checks you, it will accelerate the process.” – OB Nurse at OB office at the 39 week prenatal appointment.

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There are 15 comments to this post.

StaudtCJ had this to say, Dec 22, 2012 @ 4:20 pm (Quote)

Only if they do a membrane sweep without permission.

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Jense had this to say, Dec 22, 2012 @ 4:25 pm (Quote)

You means “strips the membranes” or does some other invasive non-consensual procedure.

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Jane had this to say, Dec 22, 2012 @ 4:41 pm (Quote)

“Would you care to explain how exactly that happens? No, really. I’m interested. In fact, if you’d like to print out some studies, that’d be even better. I’ll wait.”

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mharry had this to say, Dec 22, 2012 @ 4:52 pm (Quote)

Someone is going to have to explain to me why so many people in the medical community are shocked when women don’t have babies before they’re due. What is the point of the wheel and the charts and the dates if you’re not using them?

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Kix Reply:
December 22nd, 2012 at 5:02 pm Kix(Quote)

Exactly! I thought the wheel was infallible!

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Sheva had this to say, Dec 22, 2012 @ 4:58 pm (Quote)

Either this nurse is a clueless idiot or she knows exactly what’s going on and she’s a (insert here, idk what to call her) who is ok with covering up for a doctor who is clearly violating patients right to informed consent.

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ash had this to say, Dec 22, 2012 @ 7:13 pm (Quote)

“i do not consent to a membrane stripping, atom, or a vaginal exam at all.”

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WellBegun had this to say, Dec 22, 2012 @ 7:19 pm (Quote)

Informed decision making: this ain’t it.

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Jenny Islander had this to say, Dec 22, 2012 @ 8:28 pm (Quote)

So she thinks that increased likelihood of prematurity, stalled labor, and infection are features, not bugs? This sounds like a classic case of what Temple Grandin calls “bad becoming normal.”

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Jane Reply:
December 23rd, 2012 at 4:49 am Jane(Quote)

Good point! Because if that’s all you see, then you develop the mindset that these are inherent dangers of birth, and therefore the faster you get it over with, the better.

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Jane Reply:
December 23rd, 2012 at 4:51 am Jane(Quote)

Also, note the “accelerate” the process rather than “jump-start” the process. The nurse has normalized stripping the membranes as an enhancement or an added-value service, rather than as an induction technique to begin a process that hasn’t already begun.

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