Re: 'How childbirth went industrial'

From: claire (clairec1979@hotmail.com)
Fri Oct 13 12:59:45 2006


>One exception I noticed was Gawande's description of how a c/s is done,
>about delivering the baby from the uterus: "If the head is deep in the
>birth canal, you have to grasp the baby's waist, stand up straight, and
>*pull*."
>
>I haven't ever grasped a baby's waist at c/s. Is this a standard
>maneuver?

Speaking as a lowly student midwife, so no real idea with sections, but wouldn't that have the same risks to baby as mishandling a vaginal breech birth and grasping round the waist rather than using the pelvis? Claire (st mw)





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