Patient Father in the delivery room/children, too

From: Garry E. Siegel, M.D. (garrys@mindspring.com)
Mon Jul 11 12:57:09 2005


Absolutely agree.

Many of our younger, more rural patients have various male relatives/people sitting in the room when I arrive for an exam, or whatever. I have decided to simply and nicely ask them to step out, but MOST of the "normal" families that I see get the hint and the relatives are getting up as I walk in--for decency and privacy reasons.

On a related issue, a 26 or so week multip. who has had an annoying pregnancy--always calling about something that is minor, kind of a frequent flyer has called and asked if her 4 year old son can be in the delivery room. This child has been at every visit, and in contrast to most families, he has been disruptive in the sense that he interrupts, sticks his head where it doesn't belong, etc. I have zero problem with pregnant moms bringing their children to the office, as most of the children are well-behaved or threatened by the Moms (probably) to sit still. This Mom just doesn't get it. Thus, our nurse told her "no" and she asked if our midwife allowed it. This will be fun for later.

Garry

At Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Barborza@aol.com wrote: >
>In a message dated 7/11/2005 12:47:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>robert.berg@nyu.edu writes:
>
>having the patient's
>father in the room during delivery gives me a king-sized case of the
>willies.
>
>I agree totally - it's really creepy. I once had the stepfather of a 15
>year old who was her coach. I often wondered if he was the father of the baby.
>
>Barbara Orza CNM
>Atlanta

--
Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
Private Practice
Roswell, GA




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