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Anne Rogers wrote: Sorry Anne, but you lost me in all your ramblings. Broken your what? Pelvis? Is he saying that he thinks instead of SPD you have a broken and not correctly healed pelvis? oh yes, I seem to have missed that exact bit out, he said I must have broken my tailbone (but he then said sacrum, not coccyx, so I'm confused), but that wasn't really what I was getting at, it was that he thought not being on your back for childbirth was a British thing, which I have no evidence to think it is. When I transferred to hospital the OB said to stay on my side since I seemed to be most comfortable in that position (actually, she asked me). I don't know how standard that is though since that's my only experience and my midwife thought at first the OB was a midwife since she 'acted like a midwife'. I ended up in a sitting up position because the side wasn't working, but I'm quite sure she would have been ok with whatever I suggested. I didn't think to go to a squating position at that point, which would have been dififcult given all the bloody tubes/wires attached to me. |
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When I transferred to hospital the OB said to stay on my side since I seemed to be most comfortable in that position (actually, she asked me). I don't know how standard that is though since that's my only experience and my midwife thought at first the OB was a midwife since she 'acted like a midwife'. I ended up in a sitting up position because the side wasn't working, but I'm quite sure she would have been ok with whatever I suggested. I didn't think to go to a squating position at that point, which would have been dififcult given all the bloody tubes/wires attached to me. That could easily be cited as a reason why doctors prefer the more classic positions, because it makes it easier for all the machines, it's a frequently observed fact though, that some babies heart rate traces will go flat if the mum is flat on their backs and then recover when mum is moved. You mentioned you had a long 2nd stage, if I'm visualising the sitting position correctly, I think it may even be worse than lieing down for getting the baby out. Now, I know you had to be where you were with the monitors and what not, but I seem to recall you expressed concern for future births, where hopefully you wouldn't have all those monitors, meaning when one position isn't working, you can change positions until you find something that does work, it doesn't have to be the same throughout and some midwives advocate a deliberate change of positions as the baby starts to crown. Sidelying isn't for everyone, one reason why Todd mentions it so much is that its a easy alternative to flat on the back, particularly if you have an epidural, monitors etc. I've delivered both my babies sidelying, first was easy, 2nd time much more difficult and sidelying was not ideal, but with the combination of things occuring, it was literally the only manageable position, I couldn't manage kneeling or squatting due to severe SPD. Cheers Anne |
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