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But - Oh the power play and the woman feels so unable to refuse
these things.
The Obstetric dominance can bend a woman into doing things that she
woudl not otherswise do. I don't think we can judge her for
that.
regards
Rhonda.
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Date: Sunday,
November 10, 2002 13:05:39
Subject: RE:
[ozmidwifery] another horror story
Why in the hell did she lie still
for that? It is impossible to insert an epidural into an un-cooperative
person.
she must have agreed and
co-operated. Maureen.
A woman I spoke to yesterday spoke
of her starstruck obstetrician being overly excited about the celeb
status of her husband...her labour was rocking along beautifully
but it didnt look like hubby would make it for the birth...the ob
arranged for her to have an epidural which rendered her incapacitated
when her husband finally made it... no problem! that's why God
invented Vacuum Extractors!! Her first babe she'd managed to
birth unaided. Tragic!
We could (and will, no doubt) go
on!
Whew, Rhonda.
I heard this morning from a friend about a friend of hers, aged
19, whose baby was 10 days late; ob insisted on inducing with gel,
nothing much happening, into hosp., more drugs, foetal monitoring,
on her back, strapped down to bed, more drugs, epidural, more of
same, enormous episiotomy, cut artery, blood gushing in spurts,
vacuum to head, two big men hauling as though it was a tug-of-war,
massive lump on baby's head accompanied by ring of scars, she's
stitched up, off her face, baby won't wake up, won't feed, she's
being pumped every six hours for milk which they're somehow force
feeding to baby. but hey, at least she's ok and the baby's ok, they
tell her, and she repeats as she recovers from her torture. Yes,
it's happening under our noses. In Adelaide, November, 2002.
...and I'm screaming inside for women and children...who are
our future.
Aviva
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Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 1:05 AM
Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Interesting fact
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Well Megan,
I guess the only way to really understand is this..
I can honestly and acceptingly say (as I cannot change
what has happened and I have dealt with it in my own
way)
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