Sentences with phrase «where obstetricians»

In some areas of the United States, especially rural areas where obstetricians are less available, family practitioners handle most of the deliveries.
Where there sometimes is confusion (and I would venture that the abortion lobby is quite happy to encourage this confusion) is in rare cases where an obstetrician may be forced to intervene to save a pregnant woman's life, at the risk of losing the child.
ECV is where an obstetrician or specially - trained midwife exerts gentle pressure on your tummy to encourage your baby to do a somersault and lie in the head down position.
By contrast, medical - led models of care are where an obstetrician or family physician is primarily responsible for care.
This contrasts with medical - led models of care where an obstetrician or family physician is primarily responsible for care.

Not exact matches

I have admitted to friends on more than one occasion that when an obstetrician strode into the delivery room where I had been in the throes of...
I do not believe it is the AMA's right or the ACOG's (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) right to tell a woman where she has to give birth.
It is not right to compare the Dutch system, where highly - trained midwives lead the majority of birth care, with the US, where most births are attended by obstetricians, and untrained midwives able to practice.
I think the folks posting here should travel to a Third World country where home birth is the norm — and where people are clamoring for decent hospitals and trained obstetricians to save them from the horror of dead babies and dead mothers.
You may find that your obstetrician, nurse - midwife, or the facility where they admit patients already has birth - plan forms that you can fill out.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists defines midwife - led care as where «the midwife is the lead professional in the planning, organisation and delivery of care given to a woman from initial booking to the postnatal period» (RCOG, 2001).
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.
In 2002, when my first baby was still breech at 34 weeks, my obstetrician flat - out refused to attempt a vaginal delivery as did every single other doctor at the military base where we lived (I was required to deliver at the base hospital or else pay for the entire cost out - of - pocket, which we could not afford).
In a previous study where we explored women's preferences for aspects of intrapartum care regarding planned place of birth we reported that women with a preference for a hospital birth — both midwife - led and obstetrician - led — found the possibility of pain relief treatment much more important compared to women with a preference for a home birth [18].
«One obstetrician in a major teaching hospital where one in four women had a Caesarean was pleased that there is «increasing maternal input into childbirth».
Homebirth midwives also tend to charge a lower fee than obstetricians, despite the much bigger time commitment that they make to in prenatal visits (usually at least 30 minutes each visit) and in - labour through to postpartum care, where a midwife may be present for many hours.
These findings are especially significant in BC [29] where over the last decade, the birth rate is rising, there has been a reduction in the number of family physicians and obstetricians who provide maternity care, and midwives have been added to the register.
It was traumatic because, had I not chosen to have the care of an obstetrician and go for a hospital birth, had I bought into this home birth culture that is huge in the city where I live, my son would likely not be here today or we'd have been left with a child with severe brain or neurological damage.
But I think it, It is confusing of where's that break that normally obstetricians have «okay this is the first trimester».
Her therapist there, Dr Gowri Motha, also works as an obstetrician at Whipps Cross Hospital where she arranges water births.
Dr Gowri Motha pioneered waterbirths in NHS hospitals, buying the first ever water birth pool in 1987 out of her own pocket for the NHS London hospital where she was an obstetrician.
One of the differences between obstetric care and midwife care is that obstetricians collect data carefully and share it by publishing it in journals where everyone can see it.
As an obstetrician at a London teaching hospital, Dr Gowri Motha despaired of the number of times where her medical expertise was a last resort — being called in an emergency to perform invasive forceps deliveries on terrified mothers when a baby got «stuck» during a laborious labour.
The author further demonstrates a naive understanding of our profession by stating, «the decisions taken by a nurse - midwife must reflect the protocols and stance of their supervisory obstetrician and the hospital or birthing center where they practice» (p 86).
For women wanting a stress - free and natural birth, there is, according to those in the know, only one person to call: Dr Gowri Motha, a private GP obstetrician who has two practices, one in St John's Wood, north London, and another near where she lives in South Woodford, northeast London.
Dr. Robert Bradley was an American obstetrician who personally got involved in more than 23,000 childbirths where above 90 % of the handled women reported on doing it without medication.
When you do the research yourself, you'll find the most scientific birth is the least technological, that midwife - assisted birth is actually associated with safer outcomes than obstetrician - assisted birth, and that countries with lower fetal and maternal mortality rates are also places where medicine is not a for - profit institution.
Julia believes that the problem between obstetricians and midwives is also exacerbated by how some midwives behave in a hospital setting, where they feel marginalized.
Other models of care include a) where the physician / obstetrician is the lead professional, and midwives and / or nurses provide intrapartum care and in - hospital postpartum care under medical supervision; b) shared care, where the lead professional changes depending on whether the woman is pregnant, in labour or has given birth, and on whether the care is given in the hospital, birth centre (free standing or integrated) or in community setting (s); and c) where the majority of care is provided by physicians or obstetricians.
Osteopathic obstetricians can also use OSE on expectant mothers at regular checkups where an abnormal pregnancy may be suspected and identify an ectopic before it ruptures and becomes an emergency.
In 1991, through a Chateaubriand Fellowship from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Geller was a visiting scientist in Paris where she studied obstetricians» attitudes toward fetal anomaly.
However, countries who have midwives as the leaders of maternity care and where home birth is considered among the norm experience better birth outcomes than countries where birth is facilitated in hospital settings with obstetricians.
The Studio Museum's dual identities — as local community hub and an international champion of African - American artists and curators — are evident at its overflow openings, like the one for this month's emerging artists show «Fictions,» where the gallery owner Gavin Brown and the artist Marilyn Minter rubbed elbows with Jonelle Procope, the president and chief executive of the Apollo Theater, and Dr. Edgar Mandeville, an esteemed obstetrician at Harlem Hospital.
Women diagnosed with GDM according to IADPSG criteria106 107 will be recruited (1) in our diabetes and pregnancy clinic, where patients both from the University Hospital Vaud (CHUV) antenatal care clinic and from obstetricians in private practice are referred to or (2) referred to our clinic for the study from diabetologists in private practice and from regional hospitals in the canton Vaud.
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