::nod:: come to think of it I don't think anyone even tried to do one on me. But they may have gotten the general idea from what I said about the epidural :P I can be a bit sharp-tongued at times.
Dana On 7/8/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 7:25 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: everyone's looking for a quick buck.... > > > > yeah, it's way overused but that sounded like a case for it... > > > > Dana > > Yeah - we actually discussed this with the hospital before the birth. Mass > General is actually really good in this regard. They've got a general > "hands off" policy until labor goes more than 24 hours or there's problems > (in our case there were problems). > > The delivery rooms are large and somewhat comfortable from dad's perspective > (there's a small fold out bed/chair thingie so I was able to snatch a little > sleep) and several feature whirlpools and two-person bathtubs. > > In our case the problem was that my wife was preeclampsic and needed several > IVs and was attached to an automated blood pressure monitor... because of > the drugs they inserted a fetal monitor and because of all that she needed a > catheter. She was essentially stapled to the bed. > > The drugs for the preeclampsia interfered with the labor so they > administered Pitossin to try and keep the labor moving but it was very slow. > They didn't want her (or especially the baby) on the drugs for too long so > near the end they got a little aggressive with the pushing and the > episiotomy. > > But in general they don't do them there that often (or at least our midwife > claimed she rarely did them). They didn't even mention the possibility of > it with my daughter (although she came very quickly). > > But, aside from a few small complaints, I can't say enough good about Mass > General's maternity unit. > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164110 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
