[ozmidwifery] Doctor dystocia

[Julie Garratt]

Doctor dystocia... Definition, when the private obstetrician walks into the room, the baby can no longer fit through the pelvis!    Well that's what I feel after spending a shift in one of Adelaide's "best' private hospitals over the weekend. Their stats for the last 12 mths confirmed this, around a 50 to 55% caesarean rate every month and shockingly  35 % of the women left had either ventouse or forceps! Can someone please tell me why this is hapening? Lots of epidurals? are the doctors in a hurry?   No wonder ranzcog think childbirth is dangerous, in some places it really is! Time to do some media on the safety of obstetric care .?! Absolutely! I know that I'm preaching to the converted, buy I'm horrified that so many women think that this is the best care available. Julie, 3rd year BMid FUSA