Do your Dr.s come for FD delivery?

[LizzyL&DRN]

I was just wondering what other doctors do for fetal demise? We had a 16 week demise last week. When the mom began to deliver we called the doctor to come. I wasn't the nurse taking care of the pt but was the nurse to call the doctor. He was mad that I called him and asked me if the nurse had the pt push. I told him no and when he started ranting about this only being a dead fetus, I interrupted him and asked him if he was coming or not. Reluctantly he came and started lecturing a bunch of nurses at the station, I didn't listen to his lecture, I just walked away. I think what he wanted was for her to deliver and he would just come and see her in the morning. I think he needed to come and see his pt and reassure her, let alone examine her. Its not in my scope of practice to deliver his pt whether demise or not. Sure it happens, but all our other docs always come in and see the pt even if it is late at night. What do you do at other hospitals?

[PhoenixGirl]

I was just wondering what other doctors do for fetal demise? We had a 16 week demise last week. When the mom began to deliver we called the doctor to come. I wasn't the nurse taking care of the pt but was the nurse to call the doctor. He was mad that I called him and asked me if the nurse had the pt push. I told him no and when he started ranting about this only being a dead fetus, I interrupted him and asked him if he was coming or not. Reluctantly he came and started lecturing a bunch of nurses at the station, I didn't listen to his lecture, I just walked away. I think what he wanted was for her to deliver and he would just come and see her in the morning. I think he needed to come and see his pt and reassure her, let alone examine her. Its not in my scope of practice to deliver his pt whether demise or not. Sure it happens, but all our other docs always come in and see the pt even if it is late at night. What do you do at other hospitals?

I had a fetal demise @ 17wks a few years ago. I delivered at a big teaching hospital in downtown Phoenix. My ob (wonderful doctor, btw) came and delivered my baby. I also needed a d&c after delivery because the placenta would not come out. Seems like any doc would want to come check the patient. Complications can happen.

How awful for a doc to be so insensitive, especially during such a sad time in a woman's life.

[RNnL&D]

Depends on how fast things go. It is not unusual for the nurses to deliver, or rather, simply catch, an early demise. But the doc always comes in to deliver the placenta.