Congratulations, Andrea, way to go! What's that old quotation? ? "A good ob has a big broad behind and knows how to put his hands under it and sit on them!" We could apply that to mws, too. Love Gloria
Quoting Andrea Quanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Threads like this come back to haunt you. Last night I cared for a > primip who I took over on night duty as she was about to enter second > stage after having laboured all day and having had no sleep the night > before. Given lots of time she progressed very slowly to having the > head distending the peri and there it sat through several contractions > with no further progress despite maternal effort ( and yes I did think > oh no hear goes I'm going to have to eat my words and cut an epis. I > looked at the scissors and decided to leave them where they were and > listen to the FH instead which was strong. Then her body decided that > it needed a rest and we sat for about 15 min with no contractions and > listening to the FH while she slept. Then she woke up had one > contraction where she birthed the head over an intact peri and a second > soon after which birthed the body before she lay back and said that all > I had to give! What more did she need. I had a student with me who was > completely baffled and we spent quite some time afterwards discussing > what had just happened because that had never been in anything she had > heard or read. > > One very happy mum and one midwife with her stats intact!!!!!!! > > Andrea Quanchi > On 22/08/2005, at 11:35 PM, Katrina Flora wrote: > > > Not entirely sure I want to know, but Mary what is "buttonholing"? > > > > Katrina > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Mary Murphy > >> To: [email protected] > >> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 10:03 AM > >> Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] when to cut an episiotomy > >> > >> Because you asked: I have cut 3 in 22 yrs as a homebirth midwife. 1 > >> for foetal distress, 1 for buttonholing & the other I cant > >> remember. It was all so long ago. Working with a group of 7 other > >> midwives, I have never heard of them cutting episiotomies either. MM > >> > >> > >> > >> Who else would like to celebrate their lack of desire or interest in > >> cutting a woman's perineum. > >> > >> > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
