Interventiobns, inductions, cytotec-->Uterine Rupture, More High Risk Patients
From: Carolyn Rafferty (CRafferty@anacs.org)
Thu, 9 May 2002 11:20:06 -0500 (CDT)
I was just wondering if any of you are seeing the trend of more
intervention in lowrisk birth and if you are willing to talk about what
all the interventions do to normal birth? I work in a community hospital
have a background as a doula and childbirth advocate. I know that many
times women need interventions and that some save lives of babies and
moms but don't many just occur out of convenience to MD's, staffing, and
moms? I am worried about the medicalization of the birth process. I
wonder if any of you are. I see so many women come in long, thick, and
closed for inductions at 38-40 wks and they end up with cesareans. I
had a conversation with an MD a few days ago and he said he felt
cesareans were safer than vaginal delivery and offered women better
outcomes! Does this type of thinking outrage any of you? Please talk to
me. I am looking for other nurses that would like to see us keep our
interventions to ourselves as long as everything is OK. Do any of you
keep current on the trends in the natural childbirth arena..do all of
you feel women should get early epidurals. Do any of you feel badly
when you know your patient doesn't have all the information necesarry to
make an informed choice? Are there issues in maternity nursing you think
should be brought to the forefront and openly discussed? Please contact
me. Or visit http://www.ANACS.org We are a group of nurses that really
believes birth can work..all by itself..and that women deserve more than
they are currently getting from traditional obstetrical care.
Thanks for reading..if I offended you..or made you think...I really want
to know it. Email me at Crafferty@anacs.org
Regards,
Carolyn Rafferty, RN, BSN
Executive Director,
ANACS, Inc.
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