Reading this made me think of a conversation I had with one of our cleaners this morning. She came and sat next to me when I was doing the reports and said " I thought you could not have a NVD after 2 LSCS." Upon discussion it turned out she had been watching the Discovery channel and a women had come into the ER in labour with a history of 1 LCSC, 1NVD, 1LSCS and had delivered yelling she could not deliver vaginally as she had to have a LCSC. Needless to say I have given the cleaning woman the correct info and pointed out that the American women she watched did deliver vaginally with no ill effects (but no doubt much drama). Sad the amount of miss info out there. Katy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Johnsons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 2:23 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] a small step
> A good news story of persistence getting the desired result in a private > hospital. I recently underwent a second Caesar to deliver my daughter, and > with the help of my independent midwife was able to have a really good > experience in a hospital somewhat known for being a stickler for regulations > (ie we got away with deviating from the norm). Firstly we made it clear from > the beginning that my midwife would be in the theatre with me from the word > go. She did a lot of phoning and meeting people in the days leading up to > ensure that this would happen. There was some concern that there would be > too many people in the operating theatre, which was ironic considering four > people (two nursing students and two doctoral students) came and asked > permission to watch the Caesar. > > It was great having her there to support me both physically and emotionally > from the spinal (where she cradled me in her arms and described everything > that was happening so it was easier) to taking photos of our baby's birth, > cutting the cord for us (husband didn't want to) and bringing us our > gorgeous girl. She then accompanied me to recovery, while my husband went > with the baby. She suggested at the time that the baby could come with us to > recovery, even if no midwifery staff were available from the hospital. My > husband then took up the baton upstairs and pretty much insisted that we had > a perfectly good midwife with me in recovery and a few minutes later my baby > was with me and we were working on our first breastfeed. We all went up to > our room together and she stayed and took photos of our son meeting his > little sister for the first time, and of her grandparents getting to know > her, and helping getting her back on the breast. She stayed with us until we > were all settled and happy. It made having to have a repeat Caesar a really > positive experience. Hopefully now that hospital will be more accommodating > of other women wanting to have independent midwife care as well. > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. > > __________ NOD32 1.1510 (20060427) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
