We had our 19 week apt. today. Wasted an hour filling out paper work, another 15 min waiting for the doctor and had to pee in a stupid cup that’s hard enough on its own let alone with a huge belly…and why might you ask? To get into the office, meet the doc and inform her almost instantaneously that she just wasn’t for us.
She first came and immediately told me that she had an issue with my birth plan. The one issue of many I’m sure was that I refuse pitocin
I don’t care for pitocin to begin with and if you actually look at all the data on it you might understand, but in my situation I’m really opposed to it since I’m having a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) this will be my second VBAC. For those who aren’t familiar with a VBAC, a lot of doctors wont do them mostly cause of liability. There is a less than 1% chance that your uterus can rupture during labor because of the contractions having an impact on the scar tissue of the csection. If this happens you go in for an emergency csection. Now I would think everyone knows that there are higher %’s in pregnancy and labor that other things can go off beam. So doctors don’t necessarily not do them because there not safe but just the liability. not to mantion that with a VBAC doctors have to be at the hospital for the whole labor when usually with normal births doctors just show up to catch the baby. this is alot of time out of thier day and i could understand that. in fact some of the doctors that do VBAC will actually tell you that this is why they only allow 1-2 VBAC's a month. So now I’m sure everyone knows what pitocin is for?! It’s supposed to speed up your body’s natural process during labor to open your cervix. If you don’t know, your body already produces its own pitocin but some doctors don’t want a laboring woman to sit there for hours with nothing happening to their cervix, again for liability or cause they have better things to do. Who knows? Well pitocin also makes your contractions stronger, and more intense, this is how it speeds up your dilation process but in return putting more pressure on your scar. Well like I said before. To much pressure on the scar and it can potentially rupture. So please tell me how giving pitocin to a laboring women doing a VBAC is safe. In all the research that I have done and I’ve done A LOT I have NEVER come across anything that said it was ok to give pitocin to a laboring women with a VBAC in fact each article has made a point to state that in order to have a successful VBAC pitocin should not be used.
Well there’s my knowledge on this subject…look it up for yourself. When it came down to it the doctor’s response to my last question was “well that’s just the way we do it in the practice”. Anna graciously asked if she knew of any other doctors that were ok with no pitocin and the doc laughed and said “absolutely not” so I turned to Anna and said “its ok Anna, my Dr does we can go to him…in fact he loved my birth plan” well la-de-fricken-da. What do you have to say to that Dr? So were switching ….again. I’m thinking that we will go back to my doctor who I had the twins and Ridge with; he was fine with my birth plan.
So long story short….ok too late, we didn’t get an ultra sound so we still don’t know what the baby is. I’m very glad I’m taking the Bradley classes and doing my own research. With out it I would be just another patient who thinks that what there doc says must be right. Now don’t get me wrong I have full respect for all doctors out there whether I agree with them or not, every one is entitled to there own opinion. However a lot of doctors don’t keep up with the latest research and most get there info from a book that is one sided written by one person and if you ask me that’s a little bias. Well there’s my thoughts for today. Enjoy, and before you criticize I’m not saying that anyone who’s opposed to my opinion is wrong just saying that I don’t agree with you and have knowledge and data to back it up. Don’t go getting butt hurt now =)
She first came and immediately told me that she had an issue with my birth plan. The one issue of many I’m sure was that I refuse pitocin
I don’t care for pitocin to begin with and if you actually look at all the data on it you might understand, but in my situation I’m really opposed to it since I’m having a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) this will be my second VBAC. For those who aren’t familiar with a VBAC, a lot of doctors wont do them mostly cause of liability. There is a less than 1% chance that your uterus can rupture during labor because of the contractions having an impact on the scar tissue of the csection. If this happens you go in for an emergency csection. Now I would think everyone knows that there are higher %’s in pregnancy and labor that other things can go off beam. So doctors don’t necessarily not do them because there not safe but just the liability. not to mantion that with a VBAC doctors have to be at the hospital for the whole labor when usually with normal births doctors just show up to catch the baby. this is alot of time out of thier day and i could understand that. in fact some of the doctors that do VBAC will actually tell you that this is why they only allow 1-2 VBAC's a month. So now I’m sure everyone knows what pitocin is for?! It’s supposed to speed up your body’s natural process during labor to open your cervix. If you don’t know, your body already produces its own pitocin but some doctors don’t want a laboring woman to sit there for hours with nothing happening to their cervix, again for liability or cause they have better things to do. Who knows? Well pitocin also makes your contractions stronger, and more intense, this is how it speeds up your dilation process but in return putting more pressure on your scar. Well like I said before. To much pressure on the scar and it can potentially rupture. So please tell me how giving pitocin to a laboring women doing a VBAC is safe. In all the research that I have done and I’ve done A LOT I have NEVER come across anything that said it was ok to give pitocin to a laboring women with a VBAC in fact each article has made a point to state that in order to have a successful VBAC pitocin should not be used.
Well there’s my knowledge on this subject…look it up for yourself. When it came down to it the doctor’s response to my last question was “well that’s just the way we do it in the practice”. Anna graciously asked if she knew of any other doctors that were ok with no pitocin and the doc laughed and said “absolutely not” so I turned to Anna and said “its ok Anna, my Dr does we can go to him…in fact he loved my birth plan” well la-de-fricken-da. What do you have to say to that Dr? So were switching ….again. I’m thinking that we will go back to my doctor who I had the twins and Ridge with; he was fine with my birth plan.
So long story short….ok too late, we didn’t get an ultra sound so we still don’t know what the baby is. I’m very glad I’m taking the Bradley classes and doing my own research. With out it I would be just another patient who thinks that what there doc says must be right. Now don’t get me wrong I have full respect for all doctors out there whether I agree with them or not, every one is entitled to there own opinion. However a lot of doctors don’t keep up with the latest research and most get there info from a book that is one sided written by one person and if you ask me that’s a little bias. Well there’s my thoughts for today. Enjoy, and before you criticize I’m not saying that anyone who’s opposed to my opinion is wrong just saying that I don’t agree with you and have knowledge and data to back it up. Don’t go getting butt hurt now =)
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