They can't be too busy if they have nothing better to do than
nitpick on cord cutting like that. It has been more years than I
can remember that I have put the plastic clamp on first and only
one metal and had dad cut. Of course in emergency you do what is
best at the time, but a Policy or guideline for that?????
Cheers
Judy
--- Barbara Stokes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Midwives,
> I have just returned from our small hospital "midwives and
> doctors
> breakfast meeting". This is to encourage communication. We
> have 4
> GP/Obs and 9 midwivies.
> On discussion was a new policy for epidural-top ups: both
> pethidine only
> and marcain/fenytal .
> Policy is now insistent on bp obs 5minutely for 30 minutes for
> both
> top-ups.
> Other hospitals have had the pethidine only top-ups: prior
> giving
> top-up bp, in 5 minutes and then in 15 minutes.
>
> Does anyone have an email address for me to contact?
>
> Also does anyone have policy or guidelines re allowing dads to
> cut cord?
> This meeting has decided that no cord clamps (plastic) will be
> put on
> set up so the forceps are used, Dad can do a token cutting
> later (?how
> later) when cord clamp (plastic) is to be put on.
> I was hailed down when I suggested that a well baby could be
> put onto
> mum and continue with the cord clamp/ dad cutting cord when
> ready. If
> the baby needed active resuscitation then quick transfer to
> resus.
> trolley would be normal procedure.
>
> As you will have noticed our GP's only do active 3rd stage,
> mothers have
> never heard of physiological 3rd stage even though same
> discussed at
> ante-natal classes.
>
> Thanks from a disappointed midwife,
> Barbara
>
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