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Re: children in delivery room From: Les Wasserman (beedoc@pilot.infi.net) Wed Feb 10 09:12:56 1999 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: LMontgomery: "Septic Pelvic Thrombophlebitis" Previous message: Adolfo Etchegaray: "PTE prophylaxis" In reply to: CJ Stanley: "children in delivery room" Next in thread: Jane Helwig, MD: "Re: children in delivery room" At our hospital, families are encouraged to be present during the labor and delivery. I have had children younger than 10 who have done fine with the experience and much older children who have done poorly. I always inform my patient and if possible also her child, of the possibility of trauma when a child witnessed his mother's labor and delivery. I make it clear, that I will ask the child to leave and stay out of the delivery room if I detect problems developing. If the family is well educated by me and realize that I control the situation and will proceed to remove anyone from the LDR who is getting upset and/or is not being a supportive partner in the birth process, I think it can be an acceptable situation. -- Les Wasserman At 09:24 AM 2/10/99 -0600, you wrote: >i have an established patient, well educated and reasonable, who wants >her 10 year old son in the delivery room during the actual delivery. i >have no problem with him in there during the early stages and after the >baby is out, but i am uneasy about her desire for him to witness the >actual birth. but when pressed i am at a loss to provide any logical >rationale for this stand. is it out of line to be concerned that he may >be "traumatized" by the site of his mother in such a state, or am i >relying too much on my old psyc 101 class. i'd hate to think i was >providing our local child therapist with job security. what are the >groups thoughts? > >-- >CJ Stanley,MD, FACOG >private practice 5yrs >Clarksville, TN > Next message: LMontgomery: "Septic Pelvic Thrombophlebitis" Previous message: Adolfo Etchegaray: "PTE prophylaxis" In reply to: CJ Stanley: "children in delivery room" Next in thread: Jane Helwig, MD: "Re: children in delivery room"

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