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Hi Jo,
I thought that they would say that to me at some stage - after 24
hours of arguing (in labour) and them saying I was still only 1cm
dilated which I still do not believe. I was waiting
for 'FTP' to come up in the course of conversation but I think
they were too frazzled to think of it.
He got started with the 'you may not be in labour anyway"
and then came up with a revalation of "we can't rupture your membrane so
you wont deliver and will get a dead baby" and then when that did not
work he had to really think and said "I could rupture your
membrane but wont!" WHY? because of "CPD" which
he seemed to be able to miraculously measure my pelvis at less than 1cm
dilation and when I questioned that he finished his insults with
the famous "you're just wasting my time."
So, I guess we are all ungrateful Jo - they have spent many years
learning how to completely bamboozle a woman in labour and get her to
agree to whatever they desire but when it doesn't work first time then
my goodness it becomes hard work. And we become the
enemy!
If we really look at all these terms they seem to be aimed at
completely
undermining a womans ability and self confidence in her body and
are all general terms which are hard to prove either way as to if they
are true or false. So you can not sue because there can never be
any real proof they were wrong. It all comes back to
CYA (cover your ass).
Guess I am facetious and ungrateful too. *grin*
Regards
Rhonda
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Date: Sunday,
November 03, 2002 22:26:40
Subject:
[ozmidwifery] FTP
Tina,
FAILURE TO PROGRESS the old 1cm per
hour thing. As the OB that sectioned me for FTP for stalling at
8cm for 2 hours with an OP baby after they made me lay on my back for
monitoring 'just in case' , bc baby may go into distress (and of course
it was MY failure to progress not their poorly timed ARM or time
restrictions, or the enforced standard beetle pose, or the OB desire to
show the medical students how he can 'save' me from the perilous dangers
of labour.... oops! was I being facetious again? Ungrateful
person I am.
FTP often mistaken for FTW Failure to
Wait!
Jo Bainbridge
founding member CARES
SA
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
phone:
08 8388 6918
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