Re: "Clanking the forceps" - get a life!

From: DoctorJoe@aol.com
Mon Oct 16 07:55:04 2000


In a message dated 10/15/00 11:31:15 PM, ucyourself@hotmail.com writes:

<< Dr. Joe, what are you trying to say, that the mother is holding back or that the baby somehow knows what forceps are and that if he/she doesn't come out on her own, that he/she risks being RIPPED out by the head!

I have seen enough! I am absolutley happy with my decision for an unassisted birth now! O! M! G! >>

Dawna, give it a rest. If you were a professional (doc, midwife, etc) you'd understand what was humor, what was medicine, and what was Memorex. I've done more forceps than you've had periods probably, and you don't RIP BABIES OUT BY THE HEAD. (Nor do you SUCK them out by the head with a vacuum...) I'm glad you have decided on an "unassisted" birth right now, whatever that means (are you going to go off by yourself in the rice paddy and let the baby fall out on his head?). Hope everything goes well with it. However, as you're raising your child (and I've raised a number of them, although probably NOT as many as you've had periods), if you have THIS attitude about many things in life, both you and your children will be miserable...

Dr. Joe





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