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Re: UK Pap rules was Sexual abuse was Spanking babies From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu) Mon Feb 27 10:56:00 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: UK Pap rules was Sexual abuse was Spanking babies" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: The Death of the Canadian Model" In reply to: GA12L@aol.com: "Re: UK Pap rules was Sexual abuse was Spanking babies" Next in thread: Jane Peterson: "Re: UK Pap rules was Sexual abuse was Spanking babies" Reply: Jane Peterson: "Re: UK Pap rules was Sexual abuse was Spanking babies" Gail, FWIW, I agree with you on this one, but I guess none of the women on the lists you read are my patients. My patients all seem to want to know what the condition of their cervix is. I'm not a big fan of checking cervixes (takes time, uses up gloves, etc) and I explain to them that the condition of their cervix really tells me nothing at 39 weeks. It could be thick and closed, but my SIL's cervix was thick and closed at term and her OB told her she wouldn't deliver for at least a week. She went home, poured herself a glass of lemonade, sat down in the yard, and went into labor, with delivery 5 hours later (her first). OTOH, I have had women walk around 2-3cm, 80%, -1 for weeks before labor. All the folks on the list have had the same experiences, I'm sure, so why DO you guys feel the need to check cervixes (cervices?) before labor? -- Anna Meenan, MD At Mon, 27 Feb 2006, GA12L@aol.com wrote: > All I know is that we don't do them, what does a >cervix which is posterior and closed in a primip tell you at 39 weeks; what >does a multips os tell you at 39 weeks? What is the rationale behind a pre >labour v/e? Can a woman decline it? I don't want to do the "We're better than >you" thing cos we're not, we are different. > >Gail Next message: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: UK Pap rules was Sexual abuse was Spanking babies" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: The Death of the Canadian Model" In reply to: GA12L@aol.com: "Re: UK Pap rules was Sexual abuse was Spanking babies" Next in thread: Jane Peterson: "Re: UK Pap rules was Sexual abuse was Spanking babies" Reply: Jane Peterson: "Re: UK Pap rules was Sexual abuse was Spanking babies"

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