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Re: Still another GOOD DAY From: Ina May Gaskin (inamaygaskin@gmail.com) Thu Mar 6 07:45:10 2008 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Marathons-poll" Previous message: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: Still another GOOD DAY" In reply to: verner nellsch: "Re: Still another GOOD DAY" Next in thread: verner nellsch: "Re: Still another GOOD DAY" Reply: verner nellsch: "Re: Still another GOOD DAY" Reply: allanho@aol.com: "Re: Vaginal Vision" Reply: Meenan, Anna: "Re: Still another GOOD DAY" Reply: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Re: Still another GOOD DAY" VNellsch, if you had been on the list longer, you might have known that I've been attending breech births for 35 years, so this wasn't about me learning to do something a few days ago. If you had read my post more carefully, you should have known that two ob-gyns gave their blessings to the home birth. I'll add that the person who would have done the c-section (if we had needed one) was the person who first asked me to consider assisting her pregnant daughter. She (my physician friend) was also at the birth, along with 2 nurse-midwives and one of my partners. I think it's irresponsible for obstetricians not to have breech skills, since some women with a breech will come in such advanced labor that a c-sec isn't an option. I wonder if anyone on this list knows of a woman with a breech, who died from a c-section she didn't want. (I do.) I have a question for you, Verner. What if I had put Cytotec tablets in women without their knowledge or consent and then sent them home to await labor? Would you consider this a responsible thing to do? Ina May On 5 Mar 2008, at 18:40, verner nellsch wrote: > you were irresponsible. both you and the mother were selfish in > promoting a > non surgical birth rather than the safe alternative. you were > inconsiderate of > whoever would take this patient at the hospital if things had gone > wrong. your > euphoria was the sensation of having gambled with a baby and mother > and > your colleagues, and winning the bet. i hear about a case like > this one and > i wonder what makes a provider do such a thing, knowing that a > surgical team > could make all the difference. we demand safety and accountability. > you may be glad > that you learned breech delivery today, but you should not be. > > vnellsch >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ina May Gaskin" > <inamaygaskin@gmail.com> > To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L" <ob-gyn-l@mail.obgyn.net> > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 1:14 PM > Subject: Still another GOOD DAY > >> >> Mine actually happened on the 3rd, the due date of 25 year old >> primip, whose mom was a client of mine for 2 of her kids. They >> asked for a late transfer to my care because of a persistent >> complete breech lie. External version by ob.gyn was tried but >> failed. I also tried and failed. Next, 2 of my ob.gyn consultants >> tried and failed. But they gave their blessings to a home birth >> for this young woman. So we did it. Her mom, BTW, is also an MD >> (FP who does ob and c- secs). Outcome: 8 hour labor, 8.5 lb. boy, >> intact perineum, Apgars 7 & 9 (1 and 5 min.). Call us lucky, >> irresponsible, etc., but we're all pretty euphoric still, and I'd >> do it again for a mom like this if she needed me to. It can be >> fun not to stitch. He wasn't even a tight squeeze after he got >> about 5 oz. meconium out. Mom said she wasn't impressed with >> pain, except for her back and it was so satisfying when he came >> out. I'm so glad I learned to assist at these when it was still >> possible. I hope that it will someday be possible again. Baby >> latched 35 minutes later. >> >> Greetings to all, >> >> Ina May > Next message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Marathons-poll" Previous message: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: Still another GOOD DAY" In reply to: verner nellsch: "Re: Still another GOOD DAY" Next in thread: verner nellsch: "Re: Still another GOOD DAY" Reply: verner nellsch: "Re: Still another GOOD DAY" Reply: allanho@aol.com: "Re: Vaginal Vision" Reply: Meenan, Anna: "Re: Still another GOOD DAY" Reply: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Re: Still another GOOD DAY"

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