Paraplegic and delivery

I saw a show on Discovery Health that had a woman in a similar state. The doctor had her just wait while the UC's did the work he then had her try pushing while he used the vacuum. The baby was born vaginally with no complications. It was an interesting show

Your patient is very lucky to have a smart doctor

There are documented stories of babies being born with no pushing on Mom's part, just letting the uterus do its work and baby comes on his own.

Yes, we had a paraplegic deliver vaginally. g3p2, both vaginal
She actually delivered in the bed without the doctor, kinda unexpected.
the worst part, i think, was that she had very, very, very stiff leg muscles and it took 3 people to cath her. one to hold each leg out and one to cath. if you frog-legged her, they'd straighten out and lay down.

http://health.discovery.com/videos/b...-pregnant.html

Here is also a link to a post I posted a few weeks ago..that may help:

http://allnurses.com/ob-gyn-nursing/...lp-423334.html

Think about all of those women who deliver without pushing on a daily basis.......those great epidurals (just a hair from being a spinal) and the baby just kinda oozes out all by itself unbeknownst to the patient. Same goes for those patients that have labored down from a good epidural and only push once. I would think the disablity doesn't take away the ability to push, only the sensation to feel the push (just like women that are numb from spinal/great epidurals). I certainly think it can be done.