Fantastic story Andrea. As I am just starting in home birth I love hearing these variations from hospital stuff. Cheers Judy PS, bet she was pleased after the fact that you had not immediately jumped to ring an ambulance.
--- Andrea Quanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sometimes at home the women get just as despondent but the > difference > is that no one is going to walk through the door and under > mine me > and 'save' her. > Last week I was with a women who was birthing at home after > three > very different and for a variety of reasons not so great > labours.. > She had done a hypno birthing course and used the tools > beautifully > and was so relaxed that I was not convinced that she was > labouring > despite her telling me that the contractions were getting > stronger > they were irregular and short.. She asked me to do a VE which > showed > her Cx to be 75% effaced but 2 cm and quite tight. This really > > annoyed her and when I suggested she rest she was opposed to > this and > so I suggested the alternative was to get up and get active > and send > her uterus the message that she wanted it to get into gear > rather > than the message that it was obviously getting from all her > relaxation tapes, breathing etc. > Almost immediately she started rocking and rotating her hips > quite > dramatically during contractions, she was in the kitchen with > the > lights on as opposed to being in the bedroom in the dark where > she > had been before. The response was dramatic and the > contractions > became co ordinated and strong and within 10 min she asked her > > partner to run the bath. She got in there and then became > passive > again lying on her back and struggling with quite strong > contractions. It was quite funny actually as after about half > an > hour she opened one eye and told me I needed to call an > ambulance as > she couldn't do this any more and needed to go to the > hospital. ( For > those of you who haven;t been at a home birth women at home > often ask > to go to the hospital in exactly the same way as women in > hospital > often ask to go home). She made no move to get out of the > bath and > so at first I just ignored her but she became more insistent > with > each contraction so eventually I pointed out to her that she > couldn't > go anywhere while she remained lying in the bath and that if > she > wanted to go to the hospital she needed to get out of the bath > and > into the car as ambulances were for emergencies and this was > not an > emergency. She did stand up then and get out of the bath, > leaned > against me for two contractions as I helped her dry herself > and then > I asked her did she want to have the baby in the bedroom or in > front > of the fire in the lounge. She just looked at me and said the > lounge. > So we moved there, she leaned over the ball and had the baby. > All > this on 90 min since the VE. > > Andrea Quanchi > > On 07/10/2006, at 12:02 AM, Lisa Barrett wrote: > > > Hi Sue, > > > > Thanks for sharing the information. Your right it is almost > > > impossible to avoid active intervention when birthing in the > system > > even with great midwives like yourself supporting. Part of > the > > problem appears to be the lack of belief that waiting and > doing > > nothing is going to work. Some multips don't have full on > labour > > until transition. It is possible that when the head sits > firmly on > > the cervix the contractions will pick up. I have not ever > had to > > wait 12/15 mins from birth of a head to birth of a body. > > Physiology tells us that the uterus clamps down immediately > after > > birth. I don't think you'd wait another 12/15 mins for the > uterus > > to contract after the birth and that's if you don't do an > active > > third stage. > > > > It is not so hard to do other things when sytno drip isn't > an > > option and you have no-one but yourself and the woman to > trust in > > ( no idiot specialist in complications when your the > specialist in > > the normal I mean). > > I think I have the easy job when it comes to midwifery > because I > > know I'm the specialist in normal and I don't answer to > anyone on > > that score. Politics with birthing as far out of the system > as I > > do is another thing altogether but in the birth space with > women it > > isn't an issue. I chose to work like this because it's less > > > waring than having to say F**k off to drs all the time. > > > > Lisa Barrett > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ On Yahoo!7 Photos: Unlimited free storage keep all your photos in one place! http://au.photos.yahoo.com -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.