re: birth plan

Quoting Raindancer:" What is a husband stitch?"

urban legend....that the doctor puts an extra stitch to make a woman tighter for her husband.

<blockquote><b>Quoting snglemama:</b>" absolutely..then they send them up to L&D so nurses can read them ahead of time. however... ... [snip!] ... end up sending baby to the nursery all night asking for bottles because they're too tired after laboring all day."</blockquote>



I've always wondered if they get read or not. Some of them are so demanding.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Squeaky McGee:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting snglemama:</b>" absolutely..then they send them up to L&D ... [snip!] ... after laboring all day."</blockquote> I've always wondered if they get read or not. Some of them are so demanding."</blockquote>

I know me too. Obviously they're gonna have waivers to sign before they give u anything. They're not just gonna hook you up. I'm more of a go with the flow kinda gal. I trusted my drs wouldn't do anything that wasn't necessary. And they didn't. They got my baby into the world safely.

Quoting snglemama:" who has scared you into thinking this needs to be written? of course you won't get an epidural ... [snip!] ... and blood sugar. If you wait to take baby until baby is cleaned up for dad... you'll miss that great window of opportunity."

That isn't true. Doctors do episiotomies(sp) for convenience now a days. I had a friend who was having a natural birth and the doctor tried to do it and her doula was like what the smurf are you doing so she stopped him from doing it and she had her nine pound baby and didn't have any rips at all.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Raindancer:</b>" That isn't true. Doctors do epidurals for convenience now a days. I had a friend who was having a natural ... [snip!] ... what the smurf are you doing so she stopped him from doing it and she had her nine pound baby and didn't have any rips at all."</blockquote>
A dr can't just stick a needle in your back. For one you sign waivers. The. An anesthesiologist comes in. And you have to sit a certain way. It's not like oops this huge ass needle just went in your back.

ETA: did you mean episiotomies? Haha. That hit me after I submitted my post.

Quoting lolajessup:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Raindancer:</b>" That isn't true. Doctors do epidurals for convenience ... [snip!] ... oops this huge ass needle just went in your back. ETA: did you mean episiotomies? Haha. That hit me after I submitted my post."

Totally is what I meant. I am tired as smurf today so it has been fun trying to use words.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Raindancer:</b>" Totally is what I meant. I am tired as smurf today so it has been fun trying to use words."</blockquote>


Ok that made a ton more sense. I was like wtf?!?!

Quoting Raindancer:" That isn't true. Doctors do episiotomies(sp) for convenience now a days. I had a friend who was having ... [snip!] ... what the smurf are you doing so she stopped him from doing it and she had her nine pound baby and didn't have any rips at all."

rofl.. convenience of what? so they can sit there longer and stitch her back up?? There's no convenience in cutting a woman...other than to direct the tear so that hopefully they don't tear all around, or up into the clit. (there's a woman on here wanting to sue because her dr did NOT tear... ripped her clit in half, no longer has ANY feeling)

Quoting snglemama:" rofl.. convenience of what? so they can sit there longer and stitch her back up?? There's no convenience ... [snip!] ... (there's a woman on here wanting to sue because her dr did NOT tear... ripped her clit in half, no longer has ANY feeling)"

That happened to my mother with my sister. Ripped up rather than down. But that is the convenience of it. They don't have to worry about lawsuits (of that kind) if they just go ahead and cut you, they think a straight cut is easier to repair than a tear, the reason episiotomies came into practice in the first place was for when the doctors used forceps to help get the baby out so that the forceps could fig into the vagina and that is rarely done anymore yet there is still a high rate of episiotomies, a doctor cutting you can actually cause you to rip a lot worse because since that cut has already been made, when your baby is coming out, it makes it easier for you to rip even worse..

<blockquote><b>Quoting snglemama:</b>" rofl.. convenience of what? so they can sit there longer and stitch her back up?? There's no convenience ... [snip!] ... (there's a woman on here wanting to sue because her dr did NOT tear... ripped her clit in half, no longer has ANY feeling)"</blockquote>

  that's awful.

Quoting Raindancer:" That happened to my mother with my sister. Ripped up rather than down. But that is the convenience of ... [snip!] ... because since that cut has already been made, when your baby is coming out, it makes it easier for you to rip even worse.."

there are inconclusive studies on that....and MOSTwoman...would RATHER rip down than up. Yes..its' easier to repair as well.... because it's a cleaner tear. better outcome for the patient.

that's not a convenience thing. It's a do what it takes to make everything work out for the best for the patient.

Quoting snglemama:" there are inconclusive studies on that....and MOSTwoman...would RATHER rip down than up. Yes..its' ... [snip!] ... that's not a convenience thing. It's a do what it takes to make everything work out for the best for the patient. "

It is proven that it takes longer and is harder for the patient to heal when they have been cut rather than tearing.