Hey, Pinky, Bruce Sutherland was at Rosie's birth in Vaucluse! I'd have had
a homebirth, only I didn't have a home. Peter Lucas was to have been there, but
was trekking in Nepal.
Bruce was excellent...did virtually nothing but respect my wishes.
Please say hello to him for me, not that he'd
Dear List,
Wasn't caesar's palace?Or has this hospital now a
rival for that title?Friends from Singapore have told
me in Singapore the induction rate is almost 100% and
the c/section rate is 80%.I am not surprised with an
attitude of Mon-Fri 9-5 obst/ics.Ann--- Pinky McKay
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Hi Pinky
I had a similar gut-renching experience recently at Burnside War Memorial
Hospital in Adelaide. A Friday afternoon, had to see the CNM to give her
the caesarean awareness day info. She was still in theatre scrubs and when
I asked her if she had just come back from a cs, she said breat
what is interesting is the RCT in the
BMJ which showed water was effective in decreasing the need for
intervention/augmentation in women with 'dystocia'. So in these cases maybe
getting the women i to water would have encouraged their labour to progress and
avoid CS altogether
Belinda
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What I find interesting is that it has 'always' been said that the best
time to get in the water is after 5cms dilated. Personally, I have always
encouraged labouring women to use the water for releif of pain
&/or fatigue whenever they wanted. I don't believe there is a magic
number. In
Belinda, I'd love to read that article. Do you know the reference?
Cheers, JenBelinda Maier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
what is interesting is the RCT in the BMJ which showed water was effective in decreasing the need for intervention/augmentation in women with 'dystocia'. So in these cases m
