I've got to be honest. I write this blog without any consideration of other people's feelings. There is no filter. It's just a cathartic expulsion of my thoughts and feelings after a day at work. I make no secret that I've done this for a long time and am unforgivingly sarcastic and jaded. So please do not take offense at my ramblings!
I should add that although I am admittedly rediculously callus at times, I am not immune to the joy of the birth experience to the families I care for. Nor am I unaware of the daily miracles that I witness. I may even squeeze out a tear now and then. So if you do read my blog, take it all with a grain of salt... or maybe a couple of jugs of it.
Alexis - I actually agree with your point of avoiding multiple surgeries, especially if you are wanting to continue to have children. Good and valid point. However, since there is no risk-free pregnancy or birth, I'm just not a fan of adding risk, no matter what the percentage is.
Pinky - Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving comments. Like any true L&D nurse, I have plenty of opionions but I would not be so unprofessional as to allow them to interfere with my patient's care. I have no problem, actually, caring for a VBAC. There's just always the question in the back of my mind: If you saw someone die following a VBAC, would you still be doing this?
I should add that although I am admittedly rediculously callus at times, I am not immune to the joy of the birth experience to the families I care for. Nor am I unaware of the daily miracles that I witness. I may even squeeze out a tear now and then. So if you do read my blog, take it all with a grain of salt... or maybe a couple of jugs of it.
Alexis - I actually agree with your point of avoiding multiple surgeries, especially if you are wanting to continue to have children. Good and valid point. However, since there is no risk-free pregnancy or birth, I'm just not a fan of adding risk, no matter what the percentage is.
Pinky - Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving comments. Like any true L&D nurse, I have plenty of opionions but I would not be so unprofessional as to allow them to interfere with my patient's care. I have no problem, actually, caring for a VBAC. There's just always the question in the back of my mind: If you saw someone die following a VBAC, would you still be doing this?
I imagine the fear of risk can be quite limiting as you become more and more experienced. My patient the other day is a great example: I saw her walking down the hall and groaned inside. She was clearly over 35 by a generous distance and all of the risk factors were flying through my head. I'm in that age range myself, and am only too aware of the dreaded AMA (Advanced Maternal Age) classification.
She slowly walked up to the desk, bent over, holding her belly. Please tell me you're not the induction. Please tell me you're just here to visit someone... No such luck. "I'm here for an induction," she tells the secretary. Oh joy!
From the beginning, I was anticipating a disaster. The patient was excessively tearful and nervous. A fast-flowing IV caused her to cry because her arm felt cold. She was clutching her abdomen so fiercely with each movement I thought she was in active labor, yet she denied having any contractions. She wanted an epidural even before the induction began, and it seemed like a great idea if not to simply alleviate her anxiety. I might have been aggressive with the pitocin following that epidural; to my shock and utmost delight she delivered in the space of one hour without a single complication.
She turned down the offer to teach the rest of our laboring Moms how to do it...
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