Re: VBAC after previous rupture ??
From: Dr Eberhard W Lisse (el@lisse.NA)
Tue May 31 15:16:21 2005
Rafael,
As much the the US legal system tries to make it so, stupidity is in
itself) not a crime.
That said, I reiterate, Home Delivery is for Pizzas.
el
In message <7680872858e6abdf05b3d3dc8860e3f3@earthlink.net>, Rafael Haciski wri
tes:
> We had a recent (approx. 1 month ago) death of a young woman who
> delivered at home by choice (probably helped along by the lack of OBs
> in town who can't afford the malpractice premiums), attended by her
> mother-in-law who apparently is a midwife. The young and otherwise
> healthy woman exsanguinated to death post-partum. Perhaps if there
> were a little of that "drama" that you dismiss so readily, or a
> speeding ambulance, and those despised struggles of the L&D team, the
> young mother of two would have survived.
>
> OTOH, much to the loss of the legal community, the coroner ruled the
> death a "natural cause." I am sure that would not be the call if this
> happened in L&D under care of physicians and nurses - someone would be
> blamed, and a multimillion dollar suit would follow.
>
> Rafael C. Haciski MD FACOG
> Bradenton FL
>
> On May 31, 2005, at 00:08, Missie wrote:
>
> > We have created our own mythology of birth. The drama of this myth is
> > in the medical emergency, the speeding ambulance, the urgent bleep,
> > the staccato calls for assistance, the struggles of a team of doctors
> > and nurses to combat death
> > It is a drama that feeds the fears inherent in the medical model of
> > birth and, in this way, further conditions pregnant women to submit to
> > its ritual.
> > Pg. 63; Rediscovering Birth by Sheila Kitzinger
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> We had a recent (approx. 1 month ago) death of a young woman who
> delivered at home by choice (probably helped along by the lack of OBs
> in town who can't afford the malpractice premiums), attended by her
> mother-in-law who apparently is a midwife. The young and otherwise
> healthy woman exsanguinated to death post-partum. Perhaps if there
> were a little of that "drama" that you dismiss so readily, or a
> speeding ambulance, and those despised struggles of the L&D team, the
> young mother of two would have survived.
>
> OTOH, much to the loss of the legal community, the coroner ruled the
> death a "natural cause." I am sure that would not be the call if
> this happened in L&D under care of physicians and nurses - someone
> would be blamed, and a multimillion dollar suit would follow.
>
> <fontfamily><param>Helvetica</param>Rafael C. Haciski MD FACOG
>
> Bradenton FL
>
> </fontfamily>
>
> On May 31, 2005, at 00:08, Missie wrote:
>
> <excerpt>We have created our own mythology of birth. The drama of this
> myth is in the medical emergency, the speeding ambulance, the urgent
> bleep, the staccato calls for assistance, the struggles of a team of
> doctors and nurses to combat death
>
> It is a drama that feeds the fears inherent in the medical model of
> birth and, in this way, further conditions pregnant women to submit to
> its ritual.
>
> Pg. 63; Rediscovering Birth by Sheila Kitzinger</excerpt>
> --Apple-Mail-2--329710434--
>
