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Re: Tough labor leaves lasting mark on new moms: study From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu) Wed May 25 20:30:35 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: FRI Zach is back" Previous message: Zachariah Newton: "Re: FRI Zach is back" Next in thread: Cheri Van Hoover: "Re: Tough labor leaves lasting mark on new moms: study" Reply: Cheri Van Hoover: "Re: Tough labor leaves lasting mark on new moms: study" Reply: Andrew Folley: "Re: Mesh for AP repair" Reply: Mats O Bergstrom: "Re: Tough labor leaves lasting mark on new moms: study" Hellllloooooo people!!!!!!! The study we are discussing was done in SWEDEN, where 1/3 of the births do occur at home. And if only 1/3 of the women who had a prolonged labor viewed it as a negative experience, does that mean that 2/3 viewed it as a positive experience? Giving birth vaginally to a 10-lb baby after a 3-hour second stage left a lasting mark on me. It marked me as a woman who could do things she never thought she could do. It gave me a level of self-confidence I never had before, in spite of graduating Summa Cum Laud from a competitive University, landing my first choice of medical school, and completing my residency in a program that was referred to at the time as the Marine Corps of family medicine residencies. It gave me the guts to stand up to my kids when they were headed in the wrong direction (something I see fewer and fewer parents doing these days), and even the guts to walk away from a 21-year job that was destroying my sanity (when my contract ends in August). Giving birth affects many women in many different ways, but it can be very empowering for some. -- Anna Meenan, MD (still heading for early retirement) At Wed, 25 May 2005, Gerald P. Rodríguez wrote: > >That number is not even close to being accurate. Last time I looked, here in NM, the % of home births was just under 5%. Further I believe a very significant number of out-of-hospital births occur in free-standing birthing centers. > >Gerald P. Rodríguez >Santa Fe > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > From: Charlie Chambers > To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 4:05 PM > Subject: Re: Tough labor leaves lasting mark on new moms: study > > Sue > > Are you really saying that 1/3 of women in the U.S. have home deliveries? I find that really difficult to believe. Can you relay your source for that stat? > ************************************************************************ *** > Charlie Chambers > ************************************************************************ *** > Hood River, OR USA > cchamber@alumni.rice.edu > > "...not because I regard fishing as being so terribly > important but because I suspect that so many of the other > concerns of men are equally unimportant-and not nearly > so much fun." > John Voelker > ************************************************************************ **** > On May 25, 2005, at 2:25 PM, Stmidwife@aol.com wrote: > ************************************************************************ **** > > It is truly a shame, since statistics show that 1/3 of the women in this country give birth at home, that they did not include those women's opinions. I actually see a number of these women here in California as they seek out midwifery care often, they seem to have a general approach to pregnancy and labor that it is normal, not to be made a big deal of and part of life. > > Sue > > In a message dated 5/25/05 11:41:10 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net writes: > > NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many first-time mothers who go through a > > tough, prolonged labor say the experience will affect them forever, > > according to a new survey. > > The study, of 255 Swedish women who had recently given birth, found that > > one-third of those with a prolonged labor considered the birth a > > negative experience, compared with just 4 percent of women with a normal > > labor. > > Overall, 60 percent of the women with a difficult delivery said the > > experience would "mark them for life," according to findings published > > in the Journal of Clinical Nursing. > > Prolonged labor is common, particularly when a woman is having her first > > child. The new study included first-time mothers who gave birth at one > > of three hospitals in northern Sweden over a one-year period. Next message: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: FRI Zach is back" Previous message: Zachariah Newton: "Re: FRI Zach is back" Next in thread: Cheri Van Hoover: "Re: Tough labor leaves lasting mark on new moms: study" Reply: Cheri Van Hoover: "Re: Tough labor leaves lasting mark on new moms: study" Reply: Andrew Folley: "Re: Mesh for AP repair" Reply: Mats O Bergstrom: "Re: Tough labor leaves lasting mark on new moms: study"

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