precip delivery

[ldnurse7581]

i tried posting this earlier, but i guess i forgot to hit submit?? anyway...

last wk i had a g5p2 that came in about 2030 and was 40+3wks. we admitted and pitted her. anyway, she got complete and +2. well, i am kicking myself and hating myself for not calling the doctor then to come for delivery since she was g5, but she did not push all that great at first. so i had her up in stirrups, pushing and then i told her to stop, (had someone call md then,) and about 3 min later, head popped out. well, delivery went fine and apgars were 8 and 9, but i still cant get over that i didnt call to begin with.. ugggghhhhh!!!! bad thing is, this happened w/the same doctor about a year and a half ago... i bet he really thinks i am incompetent now.... well, i just had to vent....

[imenid37]

WoW! I read your post. You are not an idiot. Just human. Your judgement was a little off. In hindsight, you know exactly what to do. That's because hindsight is perfect. Don't beat yourself up. Just look at this learn from it and move on. I am pretty certain the doc has had his share of mis-judgements too.

[RNnL&D]

If you did call him when she started pushing, she'd still be pushing.

We like to think we know when babies are coming, but they like to surprise us sometimes. Sometimes that's alot faster than we thought, and sometimes it takes a heck of alot longer than we expect.

Don't beat yourself up, it happens to all of us.