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MD presence during labor

From: AMD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 21 Jan 1999 00:23:41 -0600 (CST)

When I had my first baby, I did not see any sort of doctor/midwife from the time I checked in until about a 1/2 hour before my son was born, when my OB arrived to deliver the baby. I had already been pushing for an hour. The nurses did all the assessments during labor, and I don't think there was even an ob/gyn in the hospital given I was the only patient in L&D that night.

Is this normal practice at most hospitals? Or do most require an OB (at least a resident) on site if there is a delivery in progress? I know you can't expect your doctor to sit with you through labor, but I expected to have some contact with some doctor during this time.

I know L&D nurses are skilled professionals,but I wonder if this really put a woman and her baby at risk to not have a doctor available at a moments notice. If no one is even there, how quickly could they do an emergency c-section?

Just curious if my prior experience was unusual or if I should expect the same thing this time!

Thanks, Andrea



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