[ozmidwifery] who is really there for women/mec liq. ? long

[Mary Murphy]

Title: Re: [ozmidwifery] who is really there for women ? long

Jan wrote- "I am sorry u have meconium do u know what that means? the young dad to be bravely said but our baby looks great on monitor -nothing to do with it this, baby was on monitor and by the time we got to theatre it was dead" I have just attended a long labour where a 40yrold primip, term plus 15days had 24hrs pre-labour at home, brown soupy mec liq. on ARM in hospital(2cm) and so many decels that the hospital midwife was having kittens and turning the synto off. The obst registrar was watching the monitor very closely (central monitoring) and pushing forward with the synto.  the woman progressed slowly to 4cms (typical) and then when faced with a possible C/S had an epidural.  At 8cms the Reg. did a scalp ph and it was perfect.  2 hours later the woman pushed out her 3.7kg baby with just a small tear, into the hands of a midwife.  This was an occasion where all the right technology was used for all the right reasons and was successful.  the only thing the woman refused was a suggested "amnio-infusion" to wash out the mec.  When I sucked the baby on the peri, the nose and mouth were clear. Apgars 9&9.  The labour from synto to birth took 13hrs. MM