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Dear Carol - my father used to use that very
saying, but his words were "there are none so blind as those who will not
see". Very apt, methinks! Lynne.
-----Original Message-----
From:
Carol Thorogood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Midiwifery mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date:
Wednesday, 8 September 1999 11:42
Subject:
incontinence
Dear all
I can't resist giving my bit about Sam's
comments. During an interview with a prominent WA ob/gyn I was informed that
he did 'social' Caesars because so many of his
clients were elderly primips who were concerned that they would have
post-menopausal stress-incontinence. He felt that good preventative medicine
included Caesars. When I pointed out that there is (I think) no quality
research which actually proves that vaginal delivery per se leads to stress
incontinence he stumbled around a bit. His next comment was that he
was unable to say no to women since it was their choice to have a
Caesar!
I didn't really see much point in pursuing
the issue. What is that saying - there are none so blind as those that
cannot see. I couldn't help asking if he thought that routine
preventative cholecystectomies were needed to
stop a few women developing cholecystitis when they became fair fat and
forty! He then became so rushed for time the interview was terminated fairly
quickly.
Golly, I've just realised what I've done - the
cholecystectomy rate is gonna double!
Carol
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