In my first birth I had a few inexperienced staff attend at the end and when
it came to 3rd stage the young midwife - who was already in a state of panic
as the anaethetisit had told her off in front of me for calling him out for
an epidural when my baby's head was on the way out! - that she very
enthusiastically pulled on the cord and I managed to be assertive enough to
tell her to 'don't bloody pull so hard - leave me alone!' - as I really felt
strains in strange places inside me and luckily she backed off and it
delivered a few minutes laterwhen I had another contraction.I suppose it is
easy to blame extraneous factors - ie. condition of the womans body - when
hospital protocol is being followed vis a vis the 'controlled cord traction'
Steph.
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From: "Mary Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] inverted uterus


> Vickie, stop being so Sarkie.. Have to admit I thought the same.  Cheers,
MM
>
> > Gee whizzikers...and I thought it was more common when pulling on the
cord
> of a placenta that had not yet separated...silly me!
>
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