Comments on: T’s Feelings about her meeting

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:54:30 +0000

Cripes. I’m not even married, much less to the child-bearin’ phase of my life, but I have two words for you when that day comes: ILLEGAL HOMEBIRTH. I swear, I’m going to start a fund now to pay a midwife. There’s got to be some underground-practicing direct-entry midwives in this backwards state.

This kind of garbage makes me nauseous. Use scare tactics to shut women up? Keep them hooked up to machines and pumped full of drugs and flat on their backs and starving and miserable and then “rescue” them by whisking them off to an OR when someone decides they can’t handle it anymore?

*ARGH!!*

All this pit-to-distress stuff on the interwebz has apparently gotten me whipped up into a real fine lather — and now I guess I have a pretty short fuse for any birth-related atrocities! God help any OB who crosses my path today! Lol!!

By: Dou-la-la

Dou-la-la — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:22:39 +0000

Brihoopes beat me to it, but my honest first thought when I read about her interviewing OB after OB after OB was – why is she fixating on OBs exclusively? Is it purely an insurance issue? Assuming a home birth would not be covered (and perhaps not desired in her case) have you talked with her about finding a hospital-based CNM? She’d still need to interview them to see how well they match up, as all midwives are NOT alike, far from it – but I do think her odds would be much, much better.

Poor thing, I do feel for her on how exasperating and exhausting this must be at this stage. I know the prospect of starting yet another round of interviews must be frustrating, but this is the only time she is ever going to give birth to this baby. There are no dress rehearsals, no do-overs. I’d say it’s worth it.

By: brihoopes

brihoopes — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:50:32 +0000

GET A MIDWIFE! They are easier to get in to and BETTER:-). I’m quite biased though.

As for Cytotec. Seriously, I still get sick to my stomach that I ever allowed them to use that on me. I have cried about it on more than one occasion. I’m just blown away I allowed it to happen even though I KNEW the risks. I know it made my labor much harder than it needed to be. If I am ever faced with the same situation I will refuse it and have them get a different softener from another hospital. But I am planning on my birth NOT ending in induction next time!

By: realityrounds

realityrounds — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:40:11 +0000

“You need an IV or we won’t be able to find a vein in case you hemorrhage. ”

I never understood this. Seriously, I could get an IV in a healthy mom who unexpectedly hemorrhages in a second. I am not bragging. Any nurse could.

As far as the use of Pit, it is the Active Management of Labor, otherwise known as Bed Management in hospital administrative speak.

By: Jill--Unnecesarean

Jill--Unnecesarean — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:46:14 +0000

“Even if she comes in and is having consistent and strong birthing waves, automatically she gets put on pitocin. Why? Who the heck knows?”

Standardize, standardize, standardize. One size fits all. We’ve got a factory to run here. Efficiency is key.