HI, HAD A DELIVERY SEVERAL NIGHTS AGO THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE THAN IT WAS FOR BOTH MOTHER AND BABY.....
NOT THAT I AM OPPOSED TO THE BRADLEY METHOD BUT THIS COUPLE WAS A LITTLE ON THE STRANGE SIDE FOR A HOSPITAL BIRTH. WANTED COMPLETE SILENCE DURING THE LABOR, TO ALLOW HER TO PUSH NATURALLY???????? I AM ASSUMING LABOR DOWN THE BABY AND PUSH AS THE URGE HITS INSTEAD OF NURSES AND DOCTORS YELLING PUSH, PUSH. SO TO GET TO THE DELIVERY IN THE PITCH BLACK, YES PITCH BLACK DOCTOR WOULD NOT ALLOW ANY NURSES TO TOUCH OR ASSESS THE BABY, MOTHER HAD A SEVERE PPH NEEDED SEVERAL LITERS OF FLUIDS WITH PITOCIN ADDED, 4TH DEGREE LACERATION. IF ALL THIS HAD NOT HAPPENED THE NURSERY NURSE WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN HER HANDS ON THE BABY UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE...COOL TO TOUCH DIAPHORETIC, BLOOD SUGAR OBTAINED AND IT WAS 37.......IE BABY TAKEN TO NURSERY AWAY FROM MOTHER NOT ONE OF THEIR WISHES IN THEIR BIRTH PLAN AND WAS DECIDED TO EITHER START AND IV OR GIVE IT GLUCOSE WATER FOR WHICH THE FATHER OBJECTED TO BUT HE DIDNT WANT IV EITHER .. LONG STORY SHORT, ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY LIKE THIS HAPPEN TO YOU? INCIDENT REPORTS FILED ON DOC AND LOTS OF DOCUMENTATION.:angryfire