On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Jim Sharkey wrote:
>
> Julia Thompson wrote:
> >Are they higher on the "EWG!" factor than having the doctor's arm
> >in up to the elbow without benefit of anesthesia?
>
> It depends on how much you like having other people's blood dripped on
> you. *shudder* But yours is pretty tough to beat. What happened?
Tommy had been in a vertex presentation (i.e., head pointing toward the
cervix) for a good 3 months. Then after Catherine was delivered, they
ruptured his amniotic sac, and he decided he'd flip. And the doctor was
trying to flip him back. She finally gave up and hauled him out
feet-first.
Mind you, during the manipulation, I had no anesthesia whatsoever. They
gave me a spinal just before she hauled him out. (At least I didn't have
to feel the episiotomy being *sewn up*....)
Julia
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