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Re: Shoulder Dystocia From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu) Sun Jan 9 19:48:17 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Fatih Demirtola: "Re: OB: Mild Gestational Hypertension--results" Previous message: Kaycnm@aol.com: "Re: Shoulder Dystocia" In reply to: Kaycnm@aol.com: "Re: Shoulder Dystocia" Next in thread: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: Shoulder Dystocia" I have likewise seen it done and done it, though it depends on how dense the epidural is. Keep knees and hips both at 90 degrees and have one nurse on either side to stabilize the hips. Be careful if mom is on a labor bed with the bottom removed. Make sure her knees don't slip off the end of the bed. -- Anna Meenan, MD At Sun, 9 Jan 2005, Kaycnm@aol.com wrote: > >In a message dated 1/9/2005 9:09:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, dp >river@aol.com writes: > >Betsy, >Thank you. I actually have done this a few times and agree it works >well. I've never tried to do it with someone under epidural. Can it be >done safely under those circumstances? >DP > >The nurses in our hospital have no problem getting a women on hands and >knees with an epidural. It usually takes 2 people to do it. We use hands and >knees for pushing posteriors presentations. It can be done fairly quickly, if >the nurse has some experience doing it. > >********************************************* >Kay Johnson, CNM > >-- >********************************************* >Atlanta, GA > >"LIfe is too important to be taken seriously" >Oscar Wilde >*********************************** > >*********************************** > Next message: Fatih Demirtola: "Re: OB: Mild Gestational Hypertension--results" Previous message: Kaycnm@aol.com: "Re: Shoulder Dystocia" In reply to: Kaycnm@aol.com: "Re: Shoulder Dystocia" Next in thread: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: Shoulder Dystocia"

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