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Re: children in delivery roomFrom: Jane Helwig, MD (jane@seasonedsystems.com)Wed Feb 10 11:35:38 1999
At Wed, 10 Feb 1999, CJ Stanley 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. > My then 7-year-old daughter wanted to be present when her baby brother was born. She was well prepared and had a support person present. However, when membranes were ruptured at 9cm there was thick meconium. The baby was born a few minutes later, floppy and limp, covered in mec. He was soon fine, but it wasn't the lovely storybook delivery she had been prepared for. Now she is 21 and just the other day told me that her memories of the birth are not very positive--"Oxygen!" I don't think she's traumatized for life, but it was a frightening experience. Per Les's suggestion, I guess she should have been removed from the room as soon as the mec was noticed, but everyone was too busy getting the baby born and resuscitated to think about that. So although I would respect a patient's wishes about her child being present, there can be drawbacks, even when it looks like an uncomplicated multip birth. I don't encourage it. Jane
-- Jane Helwig, MD Private practice Nassawadox, VA
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