Re: ACOG Statment
From: Louana George, RN, LM, CPM, MA (westsidebirthservice@juno.com)
Sun Nov 26 20:46:58 2006
No, I'm asking for quantification of the statement, especially since a
large part of the ACOG statement to discredit OOH birth relys on this
statement.
At Sun, 26 Nov 2006, Efrain Ramirez wrote:
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>Louana.. are you saying that "serious intrapartum complications may
>arise with little or no warning, even in low risk pregnancies." is a
>false statement? If you work long enough you will find out how true it
>is, unfortunately...
>
>Ef
>
>> At Sun, 26 Nov 2006, Louana George, RN, LM, CPM, MA wrote:
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>>No one on this discussion has yet addressed the unsubstantiated and
>>inflammatory statement that has not been sceintifically proven, to wit:
>>"serious intrapartum complications may arise with little or no warning,
>>even in low risk pregnancies." Is the ACOG board talking about the
>>complications created by the regular and by now compulsory interventions
>>at hospital births? I would think so, but where are the studies that
>>prove this statement?
>>
>>Louana
>>
>>At Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Stmidwife@aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>And that is exactly why I choose to work with a midwifery partner!! We are
>>>both at each and every birth, one for the mom and one for the baby. We rotate
>>>who is first call and that is the person to care for mom and the other for
>>>baby(comes around 8 cms). We actually have double of everything plus some.
>>>The nice thing is that I live 3 minutes from the birth center and my
>>>midwifery partner live several blocks from the center. I am very blessed.
>>>
>>>Sue
>>>
>>>In a message dated 11/21/2006 9:56:47 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>>>ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net writes:
>>>
>>>so sue,
>>>not to be argumentative, but if mom and baby are both coding , who do you
>>>save
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>--
>“ The greatest obstacle to knowledge is not ignorance,
>it is the illusion of knowledge.” Daniel J. Boorstin - Historian
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