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Re: ectopic pregnancy vs- pain free birth
From: teresa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 17 Aug 2001 00:22:11 -0500 (CDT)
At Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Lynn D. Montgomery, MD wrote:
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why then, were the nurses so shocked that the monitor showed me to have
very strong contractions every 1 - 2 minutes and that i was not feeling
the contractions? what would cause someone to not feel the
contractions??
>At Thu, 16 Aug 2001, teresa wrote:
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>>2 1/2 years ago, i had surgery for a ectopic pregnancy. i was told that
>>my tube would be working at 70%. Last summer, we gave birth to our
>>first child, a healthy baby girl. At 42 weeks (forty-two), my dr. put
>>me in the hospital to induce, beginning with cervidill. When i arrived
>>at the hospital, the nurses put the belts on me. they immediately, told
>>me that i was having stong contractions. i felt NOTHING. at one time,
>>the charge nurse even offered me pain relief drugs. she stated that she
>>had never seen anything like this. after 6 hours of observing my
>>contractions, they gave me the cervidill. 1 hour later, everything
>>crashed. the heart rate droped to 21 and stayed. they rushed me to
>>labor and deliver, where an emergency c-section was performed. i was
>>put totally under. my child had inhaled me meconocium and spent 3 days
>>in icu. we were told by the icu dr. that if we had not been there THAT
>>night our daughter would not be alive. ....my question is....is there
>>any conection between the ectopic surgery and the pain free birth???
>>could there be any nurve damage??? Possibly the presacral nerve
>>plexus??? i truly believe, that i had been in labor for 3 days and never
>>knew it. please help me.
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>The ectopic would not have resulted in the "pain free labor".
>Additionally, Cervidil is contraindicated in a patient having
>contractions. The reason it is contraindicated is that it can result in
>fetal distress and an emergency cesarean section...
>Lynn
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>--
>Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
>Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
>Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
>Missoula, Montana
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