My first child was delivered by a doctor that told me during our last visit that I was in early labour and to meet him at the hospital the next morning. The next thing I knew I was put on a drip and had a monitor strapped to my belly. I gave birth that evening at 6:40 p.m. and the doctor was rushing to get my stitches done, as he and his new wife and family (he left his first wife and ran off with a nurse) were dashing out the door to catch a plane to Disneyland. Now, my son was only a week early, but he did weigh 8 lbs, 9 oz. Was that why the doctor had to use forceps? or was it he had a plane to catch??? My son had some bruising on his head from the forceps, but other than that did not seem to suffer anything significant from their use. I found out later that this obgyn, LIKED TO DELIVER BABIES ON WEDNESDAYS. Nice and tidy for him. It turned out he routinely scheduled as many as possible to fit HIS schedule. I guess he needed to pay for his trip and decided to squeeze in one more birth before he dashed away. I can tell you, I did have one more child and saw a different doctor. There is a marked difference between natural labour and induced labour!!! I was young and trusting and knew no better.
Thanks Priscilla. Your experience goes straight to the core issue: is the baby delivered on the baby's and mother's bodies schedule, or the doctor's schedule? The linguistics of the field tells a tale When a doctor says "I delivered the baby". That's nonsense. The mother deivers the baby; we help. I like to have the backup of all sorts of emergency care that you hope not to need, and if things are done calmly and correctly, they are seldom needed. I am very glad that your son was ok other than the bruising that resolved.
My first child was delivered by a doctor that told me during our last visit that I was in early labour and to meet him at the hospital the next morning. The next thing I knew I was put on a drip and had a monitor strapped to my belly. I gave birth that evening at 6:40 p.m. and the doctor was rushing to get my stitches done, as he and his new wife and family (he left his first wife and ran off with a nurse) were dashing out the door to catch a plane to Disneyland. Now, my son was only a week early, but he did weigh 8 lbs, 9 oz. Was that why the doctor had to use forceps? or was it he had a plane to catch??? My son had some bruising on his head from the forceps, but other than that did not seem to suffer anything significant from their use. I found out later that this obgyn, LIKED TO DELIVER BABIES ON WEDNESDAYS. Nice and tidy for him. It turned out he routinely scheduled as many as possible to fit HIS schedule. I guess he needed to pay for his trip and decided to squeeze in one more birth before he dashed away. I can tell you, I did have one more child and saw a different doctor. There is a marked difference between natural labour and induced labour!!! I was young and trusting and knew no better.
Thanks Priscilla. Your experience goes straight to the core issue: is the baby delivered on the baby's and mother's bodies schedule, or the doctor's schedule? The linguistics of the field tells a tale When a doctor says "I delivered the baby". That's nonsense. The mother deivers the baby; we help. I like to have the backup of all sorts of emergency care that you hope not to need, and if things are done calmly and correctly, they are seldom needed. I am very glad that your son was ok other than the bruising that resolved.