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Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
“WOW! There’s a HEAD! You’re only a rim! You’ve got the demeanor of a mom who is only 2cm. I thought maybe you were 5cm at the most… but 9.5! Good job!” – Certified Nurse Midwife to mother who arrived at the hospital and was practicing hypnobirthing techniques.
Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
| “I don’t want you to feel like you’re being pressured to do anything you don’t want. Take what time you need and let me know what you decide.” – OB to mother while discussing options during her labor. |
Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
“We can monitor you as much or as little as you want. You can walk anywhere you want, eat what you want. I’d rather you have energy for the delivery than just drink water. I’ve delivered a baby from just about any position you can think of so whatever you’re comfortable with is what we’ll do. If you want to birth on the toilet we’ll work it out. When you leave after this birth you’ll have had such a good experience you’ll want 10 more children!” – OB to mother at a prenatal visit while discussing birth preferences.
Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
“You don’t even have to ask. A study came out questioning the usefulness of episiotomy and they’re certainly hard on patients so no practitioner at this hospital performs routine episiotomy any more. They are a thing of the past. The only time we use them is when we need to use a vacuum or forceps to assist and we certainly will be discussing that before it happens.” – OB to mother who asked for the episiotomy rates while interviewing OBs.

