Hi Fiona:
I for one think this is entirely appropriate for
discussion. However, I was not previously aware of the case and hope this does
not cause pain or duress to anyone on the list. If this is so then we should
leave it alone.
While I do not support the notion that women
desiring vbac are considered high risk or obstetric care, I do believe that once
a decision is made to augment and/or induce a labour then the obstetrician needs
to be consulted referred to and obstetric protocols need to be
followed if the decision is made to augment/induce, even though midwives are
providing the one-to-one care, it is now obstetric care. I know this is not the
opinion of many, many, midwives, but it is mine and I look forward to a
discussion on this. To be honest I feel the same way about epidurals,
but I think because they are now so common in many birth suites the recipient
women are still considered midwifery clients. Umm! In any case I would
agree that a VE should have been done before the synto went up: how else could
you decide if the women needed augmentation ( I have seen women labour with
seemingly mild incoordinate ctx's and upon VE be 8 to 10 cm and go on to birth
normally); and a ctg should have been commenced at this time at least until an
adequate ctx pattern was established and midwife and doctor were confident the
baby was tolerating the increase in ctx frequency and strength. Certainly a VE
should have occurred before the epidural was commenced unless it was implemented
almost simultaneously with the synto.
That being said, in 1998 we had become quite
blasé about vbac around the world, and women seeking vbac were starting to
be subjected to induction and augmentation as if they had an unscarred uterus.
The result was that several women and/or babies did die due to catastrophic
uterine ruptures. Then came the unfortunate and controversial
VBAC retrospective study so that unfortunately, we have now
swung too far the other way in just about everything.
marilyn
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