Re: Prematurity

From: Joanne Bulley, MD (islesannie@yahoo.com)
Sun Mar 31 10:31:49 2002


Sounds like what I would do back when I did Ob. Kevin's right - the patients don't listen until and unless they are about to have a preemie.

When I was contracting regularly with my first pregnancy at 25 weeks (1983) - I agonized over whether I would go in if it really turned into labor. I did not want the full resuscitation for a kid less than 32 weeks at that time. If needed I considered letting the delivery happen at home and go in saying it happened too fast. Luckily I didn't have to make that decision. I contracted regularly from 23-40 weeks and delivered on the due date!

At Sun, 31 Mar 2002, Kevin D. Dew, MD wrote: >
>I usually have a general discussion with my patients about the hazards
>of extreme prematurity but most don't listen as the information "doesn't
>apply to them" Whenever I have a patient that I'm transferring to the
>level III institution I have a very frank conversation with them and at
>least two other family members at the same sitting about extreme
>premature births.
>
>Kevin

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Joanne Bulley, MD
Keene, NH, USA

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