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OH GAG! I had pitocin with my first child and thought I was gonna die. The doc loaded me up with pain meds but it didn't matter. It was awful.
With the second I opted for completely natural, no episiotomy, no pitocin, no drugs. A wonderful experience. Most people don't believe me, but it was "productive" pain, like when you exercise. And I could walk around 20 minutes after giving birth, the baby was bright-eyed and alert.
I'm not an OB nurse and probably never will be (I'm in Psych) but from a personal perspective, I think he's nuts.
why do this when the body will do it for her? i am not clear on why this is advantageous really. weird.
and yes, painful. oh so painful..... pushing relieves the PAIN; trust me as a woman who gave birth. NOT TO PUSH when you contract past 8 or so is HELL> no way would I let a dr do this to ME or my patient. YIKES what do they learn in school??????????
Originally posted by fergus51What woman would actually be able to give informed consent for that?! It is scary how many women are treated completely inappropriately because they trust their doc.
ARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHH!!! YES!!! Oh, man.....how many times have I wanted to grab the patient and say to her, 'you realize your doctor is both an idiot and a sadist, don't you???'
Mark, you've had some humdingers lately....whassup? New interns or something??
mark_LD_RN
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recently had the opportunity to work with a new doc at a hospital as an agency nurse. i had an interesting conversation with him. He seems to think it is a good idea to use pitocin to augment contractions to get the baby out instead of having them push when possible, He also has a standing order to go up on the pit 4mu q15 minutes and stop at 50mu.
i was just curious to get your thoughts on this one.I will let you see my opinion later:).