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I have forgotten wh told me but in my ranting and raving after my
son's birth where the reason I was treated badly came down to the fact
that I was "difficult" because I refused to let them induce me with
Prostin for my own personal reasons. Someone informed me of
what it was made from as pig semen is very high in the naturally occuring
prostoglandin that occurs in all semen (even human - that is how sex can
help to bring on labour).
So hey - sex with a pig is so much better to bring on labour - LOL
Sorry my sick sense of humour.
OK - I refused because with my daughter I had been
induced at 26weeks while very sick with Pre Eclampsia and after
5 doses of prostin my vagina became sore and the cervix burnt and tender -
the ob then decided to try to manually dilate my cervix which was
almost 1cm dilated and 3cm long.
She got through it and failed to rupture the membrane because she
could not feel my (2lb) babies head.
This was what could describe as a little uncomfortable (as the
ob had warned me it would be) or you could truthfully say it was the
absolutely most painful thing I have ever had done to me. So, the
mere thought of being induced with prostin sent chills and fear through
me so I got up and went home after making sure that at 41 weeks my
baby was healthy and there was no real reason that they HAD to induce me
but they wanted to do a c/s if I didn't let them fill me with pig
semen. LOL
So when I went into labour 4 days latter I had set the scene for them
to say - OH - YOU WERE MEANT TO HAVE A C/S - so there was no way
i was allowed to deliver, they made sure of that.
Now having ranted once again back to the question of pig semen
- I don't recall who told me - i know it is true because it came from
more than one person and now, I wonder how they explain that to people who
are vegetarian. Do they get treated badly if they refuse on
there ethical beliefs. Hmm???
The mind boggles.
And Aviva I loved the jump up and down one - probably a safer
alternative too.
Rhonda
-------Original Message-------
Date: Thursday,
November 07, 2002 22:56:19
Subject: Re:
[ozmidwifery] Interesting fact
What if you were Jewish or Muslim?
Or anyone else that doesn't like the whole idea generally?
How did you find out it was made from Pig semen anyway?
Just curious, Julie.
----- Original Message -----
From:
Aviva Sheb'a
Sent: Thursday, 7 November 2002
9:34 PM
To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery]
Interesting fact
Thank you, Rhonda, I'll pass this on. Pig semen? I'll bet if women
knew what's in it, they'd be jumping up and down about it instead of
using it! (Now there's an idea for induction...sorry, sometimes humour's
a good thing).
Aviva
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Interesting fact
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I suggest tjhat you allow her to be angry and to vent her
pain and her anger towards those who caused it.
Support her in complaining to the hospital and insisting upon
answers as lame as they may be. If she were to ask why was
the induction needed? Was the baby in distress (at the time
of the first insertion of gel - a horrible substance called
prostin made from Pig seamen.
Lovely!) Was her placenta failing? What was the
indication that at 10 days over she needed to be induced
anyway?
Then once they have wormed out of that she should ask for
explanations as to why all of the intervention and what caused it
and why was it all needed.
Give her lots of love and support to do this as nothing will
change and it will keep happening unless women are encouraged to
complain and conplain and complain!
Even if she personally gets little satisfaction fron the
complaint it is just one more brick to add - eventually we will
built a wall to protect women from this - brick by brick.
You need to complain first to the registra at the hospital
but at the same time go directly to the medical practitioners
board and make sure it outlines that the initial induction was not
called for and the following intervention could have been
avoided. Also any poor bedside manner should be outlines
clearly if they were rude to her which it seems they were not
supportive and gentle from your description.
I wish her love and luck in her recovery - if she needs
someone to talk to you are welcome to give her my email.
The problem is this happens every day and it is not looked at
as torture or as something that needs to be changed. The
only way it will be seen as a problem is if they are inundated
with complaints about this sort of thing.
Luv
Rhonda.
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