And letting go is so vital when we face these slightly unusual situations frequently. Last evening a woman really had no contractions to speak of at all throughout her whole second stage of labour, she didn't even really have any urges to push, but did so on the behest of her accoucheur. Eventually a very big crown emerges, next contraction (push) a face and then everything stops yet again. I. am looking at the clock as this babe is making breathing actions and five minutes have passed. No contractions, no colour change but I am starting to think that maybe this baby- making internal manouvres and attempting to breathe is trying to tell us something. The accoucheur must have been thinking the same and encouraged some active pushing. Baby was born 6 minutes after head emerged with tight cord wrapped around its body, true knot and lots of fresh mec following the body. Flaccid, initial apgar 6. Responded OK with a tactile stimulation of drying and a bit of free flow O2 and within 10 mins was cooing at mum. Weighed in at 4490. Thought this case was interesting in light of this thread Cheers Alesa
> Exactly Gloria, that was my point, the ageing effect it has on > midwives. Sometimes after these incidents when you cant sleep I find > talking about it to listeners out there helps. Not that you really want > an answer it just gets it off my ample chest and then I can let it go. > Andrea > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
