Have you ever had a pt have sex...

[jarrn03]

Have you ever had a pt and her spouse have sex in their room "to get things going naturally"?

We had a couple come in that had had intercourse that am, stimulating contractions. Her cervix was changing but then stalled out around 7 CM. The mother to be's sister was gaurding the door. Her nurse went to go in to the room because the central monitoring was showing a decel. When she approached the room the sister stopped her and told her what was going on.

To make a long story short it sure enough stimulated contractions, her water broke and delivered precipidously and the nurse delivered as her doc was in the OR.

In our busy unit with all our experieced and long time nurses said it was a first for them. Would love to here if you have had a similar experience;

[GHGoonette, BSN, RN]

Would love to here if you have had a similar experience;

Nah, never felt like having sex when I was in labour....

[Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP]

Ina May Gaskin talks about it in her books as a means of getting things going. I've heard other homebirth midwives say the same thing. Never seen or heard of it in the hospital.

[TheCareerStudent]

That is hilarious. Can't knock it, it worked :anpom:

[ObtundedRN, BSN, RN]

I don't work in this area. However, I remember while in school my maternity instructor talking about this. I think she even said that she has suggested it a few times to patients.

[heatheryk]

seman contains prostiglandins. : )

[CrunchRN, ADN, RN]

Blech! I am sorry, call me a prude, but blech, blech., blech!

[jossjjojo]

I agree with you Crunch. There is a time and a place and the hospital is not one of them. That is what you do before you show up at the hospital in labor and if labor doesn't start then you do what hospitals do to stimulate labor. Sounds very suspicious to me. I wouldn't want that doctor taking care of me.

[tencat]

Blech! I am sorry, call me a prude, but blech, blech., blech!

Have to agree with THAT. Yet again I'm glad I don't do labor and delivery.

[skimpstah]

better than a c-section

[nightengalegoddess]

What is so wrong with sex between two people who are in love and again performing the act for the sake of new life? Wow. Even if one is Catholic, this kind of sex is ok.....sex for procreation...sex for delivery! I think MORE hospitals and physicians ought to adopt these kind of old, tried and true methods. I think it is much more practical than all the drugs, suctions, and more inhumane ways we help to deliver babies these days. I say Yay!!!!!!

[cgibson]

Blech! I am sorry, call me a prude, but blech, blech., blech!

I don't think as a medical provider it's your place to judge a patient trying to do what is best healthwise for the mother and baby. It's a situation where you do what you need to do to avoid a possible c-section.