Dear Kelly
Is your friend well versed on the real risk of rupture?
Has she articulated that the risk of spontaneous abortion (at 1-2%)
following amniocentesis is higher than rupture from VBAC (and remember
rupture is not always fatal).
Get her to put the "risk"into perspective. It is hard that
Fight it, I know its so tiring when you're pregnant to have to fight for
these rights, but she may just come to an agreement witht he hospital that
she will be happy with. Take it from a VBAC herself, she needs to be
'bloody' minded all the way thru the pregnancy and thru the birth. Stick
with
Well there is nothing they can do about making you accept a medical
procedure you don't want!! Her body, her baby, her choice to be
constantly monitored or not.
On 02/10/2006, at 5:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From a woman wanting a VBAC in my forums, who is also a dear friend
and I hop
I think the answer is a clear “NO”.
The research still does not support continuous monitoring. Even in
VBAC’s the monitor does NOT warn of impending rupture. It tells one when
the baby is in the abdomen. Other subtle clues are more important warning than
the monitor. Nancy Reagan had it
