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Why I hate TV births
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s p o i l e r s p a c e f o r y o u So Tina is in labor. When I saw that in the show description, I said to Allyson "I bet you a nickel she has a C-section." And she's planned a home birth (with OB permission, no less, which I don't know whether to be pleased or aggravated about), and they have the birth tub and a midwife and everything. I stood by my belief that a C-section was in the works. Her water broke early in the evening (big gush of clear fluid), and contractions (bend you over moaning painful contractions) started immediately. Two scenes later, she's in the tub, and the midwife suggests Bette "reach down there and see if you can feel anything." And she feels something, so the midwife checks, and says "[The baby]'s right there." Which to me says crowning. Cut to the next scene: Tina is laboring on the bed (modestly covered from neck to ankle by a sheet! Presumably not for TV purposes, since this show features rampant gratuitous full frontal nudity), and rolls to her side, exposing an icky patch on the bed. It's meconium, which the midwife says is a sign the baby is in distress, and they need to transport to the hospital immediately. They call an ambulance. And she winds up with a C-section. Presumably not too much of an emergency C-section, since she's got epidural anesthesia. And the baby cried almost immediately (and no one freaked out, which to me says no risk of meconium aspiration) and was in the room they'd been assigned, being passed around to a million visitors, before Tina was even out of recovery. Ack. Why do I even watch TV births. It's like banging my head against the wall, but more aggravating. Phoebe -- yahoo address is unread; substitute gmail |
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i was just watching some bewitched episdoes...no mention of breastfeeding? i find that strange! the mad about you birth wasnt too bad! chris "Phoebe & Allyson" wrote in message ... Space for "The L Word" Spoiler... s p o i l e r s p a c e f o r y o u So Tina is in labor. When I saw that in the show description, I said to Allyson "I bet you a nickel she has a C-section." And she's planned a home birth (with OB permission, no less, which I don't know whether to be pleased or aggravated about), and they have the birth tub and a midwife and everything. I stood by my belief that a C-section was in the works. Her water broke early in the evening (big gush of clear fluid), and contractions (bend you over moaning painful contractions) started immediately. Two scenes later, she's in the tub, and the midwife suggests Bette "reach down there and see if you can feel anything." And she feels something, so the midwife checks, and says "[The baby]'s right there." Which to me says crowning. Cut to the next scene: Tina is laboring on the bed (modestly covered from neck to ankle by a sheet! Presumably not for TV purposes, since this show features rampant gratuitous full frontal nudity), and rolls to her side, exposing an icky patch on the bed. It's meconium, which the midwife says is a sign the baby is in distress, and they need to transport to the hospital immediately. They call an ambulance. And she winds up with a C-section. Presumably not too much of an emergency C-section, since she's got epidural anesthesia. And the baby cried almost immediately (and no one freaked out, which to me says no risk of meconium aspiration) and was in the room they'd been assigned, being passed around to a million visitors, before Tina was even out of recovery. Ack. Why do I even watch TV births. It's like banging my head against the wall, but more aggravating. Phoebe -- yahoo address is unread; substitute gmail |
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Oh, then this is really going to fry your cookies... NBC is apparently doing a medical show set in a fertility clinic this fall, according to: http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/nationa...lTV050516.html Shall we make it a weekly date, this fall, to watch and pick apart each episode? I mean, if they can't even get a fairly typical birth right, how likely is it that they're going to get something as complex as fertility treatment right? The idea that they're exploiting that sort of pain, something that so many couples have struggled to cope with, just sickens me. I want Friends back, damnit! Amy EDD 8/17/05 |
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"Phoebe & Allyson" wrote in message
... Space for "The L Word" Spoiler... s p o i l e r s p a c e f o r y o u Two scenes later, she's in the tub, and the midwife suggests Bette "reach down there and see if you can feel anything." And she feels something, so the midwife checks, and says "[The baby]'s right there." Which to me says crowning. (snip) And she winds up with a C-section. Presumably not too much of an emergency C-section, since she's got epidural anesthesia. And the baby cried almost immediately (and no one freaked out, which to me says no risk of meconium aspiration) and was in the room they'd been assigned, being passed around to a million visitors, before Tina was even out of recovery. What show was this? That would be a pretty unusual scenario, for the baby to be crowning and then to have a C-section. Sarah |
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medgirl wrote:
"Phoebe & Allyson" wrote in message ... Space for "The L Word" Spoiler... s p o i l e r s p a c e f o r y o u What show was this? That would be a pretty unusual scenario, for the baby to be crowning and then to have a C-section. The L Word, on Showtime. That was my point exactly - the baby was apparently crowning, then time passed and there was meconium on the sheet under mom, then significantly more time passed and she had a C-section. Which just doesn't happen, as I understand it. An alternative explanation would be that the midwife suggested a layperson perform an ungloved internal exam on a woman whose water had broken while she was in the birth tub, then the midwife did her own (gloved) internal because the layperson felt something. Which would boggle me even more than the first scenario. But it would explain why there was no pushing during any of the scenes. Phoebe |
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Amy wrote:
Shall we make it a weekly date, this fall, to watch and pick apart each episode? I mean, if they can't even get a fairly typical birth right, how likely is it that they're going to get something as complex as fertility treatment right? LOL and ack! I can just see the horrible, horrible mistakes. Phoebe |
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Ack. Why do I even watch TV births. It's like banging my head against the wall, but more aggravating. TV grossly misrepresents everything it shows. It's the nature of the beast. In this instance, they were obviously trying to drum up some drama. Everything going well and delivering normally is not dramatic enough for the TV mentality. |
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