My OB gave me the side eye, checked my blood pressure and sugars, and told me to stick in a salad from time to time.
My ob gave me one of these bags and another bag with it.
At 6 a.m.,
an OB gave me the epidural.
My OB gave me the lowest dose of Pitocin he could and took me off of it as soon as contractions began.
My hormones are messed up from the diethylstibesterol (DES
the OB gave Mom during pregnancy.
I remember when I first started running after delivering each of my babies (which was well after
my OB gave me clearance at 6 weeks, because I felt such a heaviness in my vaginal opening).
Not exact matches
I was going to compose a witty and cogent response,
Ob, but i'm too tired to
give it my best.
It sounds to me like
OB was asking for RS's opinion and RS
gave him his opinion.
My
OB's office, however,
gave me an Enfamil diaper bag with coupons in it.
When my time to
give birth arrived, my
OB's true colors came shining through and, when reflecting on the experience several months afterward, I felt violated, disrespected, upset, duped and resentful.
Thankfully these days doctors not only assume most most will breastfeed, but in my case the
OB also instructed the nurse not to
give me the shot that was designed to slow my bleeding because my baby was already nursing minutes after birth, so nature would take care of that.
He told me that their
OB had let him catch the baby, and since that was something my husband Jody and I had talked about wanting to do and seemed pretty open - minded to me, I figured we would
give her a try.
I recently foudn out I am expecting again and hated to repeat the fellings I felt with my old
OB - that they didn't even know my name when I was
giving birth - she had to check my chart.My name is Kitty it isn't hard to forget.I chose a practice and it is wonderful and I was
given the choice between an
OB or midwife - it is so nice to have the choice to choose a midwife.
Talking to an understanding
OB to get their advice would be a great first step, too — although they will ALWAYS advise you to stay in the hospital, they might
give you some insight about how the local system is set up.
Still, even though I'd looked into tons of things related to unmedicated births and the differences between midwifery care and conventional
OB - GYN care, there were lots of subtle differences in how my midwives talked about and approached birth that I had to
give birth in order to truly and fully understand.
Unlike
OB / GYNs and Pediatricians, they can
give more detailed and knowledgeable information on the subject because it is the sole focus of their work.
During the first segment / video it would have been nice to see a video clip of humans
giving birth without cord clamping, so that your audience of
OB / GYNs and «lay - people» could visualize what birth could look like without immediate cord clamping and whisking the baby away for testing.
They weren't going to
give it to me, even though we had our name on it in the fridge (just like lunch...) We had to call the
OB and have her sign off on the release, and then I had to sign about four different forms, and then they finally
gave it to me in a bag with «Biohazard» all over it.
The vast majority of women in this country
give birth in hospitals, doing everything recommended to them by their
OB / GYN.
Having such an obvious obstetric risk factor means
giving birth in a nasty hospital with machines and interventions and eebil nurses and
OBs who will cut you open so they can get home to dinner.
Usually, I find
OBs who are young and new are the most likely to
give an RN a condescending lecture on fetal monitoring.
Surely it therefore has everything to do with being at home unless you can have an
OB at the home of every mother
giving birth?
My
OB plunk me on calcium and vitamin D at some point in breastfeeding and at this time I
give rise to a very formidable baby... keep taking the vitamins.
You have to fight for an
OB who
gives you respect or take the midwife to the hospital with you.
And I would imagine if someone is doing more of a standard prenatal care, you know, through a hospital or something, this would be something that their
OB talks to them about, or
gives them a handout, or something like that where they can get more information.
And I know that in the local hospitals where I am at, there is, in addition to the child birth education, there's also breastfeeding classes that are offered and it's all listen in the same flair that is
given by the
OB's.
My
OB and I worked together, and he
gave me Reglan to increases my milk supply.
I think the best piece of advice one could
give in regards to having a baby is making sure you choose a provider (whether it be midwife or
OB) that you trust.
Most people feel safest
giving birth in a hospital with an
OB.
My
OB, when I came for help with raging mastitis, actually sent me to a breast surgeon to rule out cancer before she
gave me antibiotics.
First class care, and every single one of these
OBs are compassionate, attentive and QUALIFIED to
give me the best maternity care.
Because an
OB who has seen, attended, and
given a combined total of thousands of births is clearly less reliable than someone who has only done it once or twice.
In South Carolina, a woman intending to
give birth at a birth center with midwives are required to see an
OB twice, at 20 weeks and 35 weeks.
When the
OBs say, «you can not physically
give birth vaginally» and the labouring mother just says, «yes I can» it puts everyone in a bind because they can save her life and that of the fetus but she denies the danger.
I stay home with my kids right now, and I homeschool, but when they are grown I will probably go back to school, and obstetrics is a field I've considered just so that maybe I can make a bit of a good difference, and
give women the best of both worlds (like a water birth, in a hospital with a doula or midwife with an
OB on staff or back up in case something went wrong.)
Her advice is to practice «light hand expression,» if your
OB - GYN
gives the OK.
And you are completely incorrect in stating that
OB's don't routinely
give episiotomies anymore... they absolutely do.
Most of our surrogates already have relationships with an obstetrician / gynecologist (
OB / GYN) and many will deliver at the same hospital where they
gave birth to their children.
After
giving birth, a midwife will schedule postpartum exams for you and your baby at 2 days, 2 weeks, and 6 weeks to make sure there are no medical issues that need to be addressed by an
OB / GYN.
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give women the best of both worlds (like a water birth, in a hospital with a doula or midwife with an
OB on staff or back up in case something went wrong.)
I am beyond confused as to what you think is ignorance — believing that a woman's body that was designed to
give birth is going to do just that unless something stops it... or believing that a doctor that has probably never seen a natural birth nor experienced pregnancy or birth themselves (because most
OB's that I've encountered have not experienced either situation) is capable of knowing what each individual woman is needing??
The point is that, although yes, some women and babies still die in the hospital: First: That number is FAR LOWER than what it was when everyone
gave birth at home Second:
OBs and medical professionnal are constantly trying to improve their methods and reduce the mortality rate even more.
The two larger hospitals have lower c - section rates than the smaller hospital closest to me and they also boast women's clinics with multiple midwives on staff, but my homebirth midwife recommended an
OB at the closer hospital — a personal friend of hers — who had
given birth her own child at The Farm (with Ina May as a back - up midwife!)
Women who are labelled as high - risk and whose births are managed by
OB's have better outcomes than the low - risk women who
give birth in the midwife - led part of the delivery ward.
I'll
give you another study to consider: Amos Grunebaum, a well - respected currently practicing
OB - GYN has found that babies born at home are 10x more likely to have a 5 - minute Apgar score of 0.
I've had everyone from lactation consultants to
OB / GYNs to pediatricians
give me different answer on whether or not mom's diet really even affects baby's gassiness or digestive issues.
The
OB said he is not supposed to know that we are considering homebirth as an option, and that if he did know, he would have to discontinue
giving care to my wife in the meantime.
How about: Any c - section that an
OB wouldn't agree to for herself,
given the same circumstances.
Another friend of mine — an ER doc — considered a home birth on the grounds that hospitals are filthy, but when her
OB friend changed her mind about attending her she
gave birth in the hospital after all and was glad she did.
My
ob / gyn basically told me that there's no way to know what will happen until after I
give birth.