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elleng

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7. I and my daughters met/have met the docs in the practices,

Reply to frazzled (Reply #6)

Sun May 18, 2014, 02:23 PM

May 2014

fortunately, and have as many things worked out as possible. As it happened, my daughter who delivered in December needed the assistance of forceps, as baby's position was difficult at the end. Fortunately the doc knew what he was doing.

SO SORRY about your experience. My 2 deliveries were 'natural,' and rather easy, was prepared to ask for epidural, and would certainly have deferred to docs expertise at the 11th hour.

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Forced C-Section [View all] HockeyMom May 2014 OP

So, they did a C-section on her? MineralMan May 2014 #1

I'm unclear as well, however laundry_queen May 2014 #2

All the more reason to have someone accompany you MineralMan May 2014 #8

I had plenty of people with me laundry_queen May 2014 #12

My daughter's doctor was away on vacation HockeyMom May 2014 #9

I agree with your last sentence and I did. laundry_queen May 2014 #16

I was given cytotec to induce fourteen years ago. xmas74 May 2014 #39

Good questions, MM. elleng May 2014 #4

or if you don't know your OB/GYN, elleng May 2014 #3

Yes, important to ask all these questions beforehand frazzled May 2014 #6

I and my daughters met/have met the docs in the practices, elleng May 2014 #7

Just a comment on your experience laundry_queen May 2014 #17

Yes, I'm sure you're right frazzled May 2014 #24

Oh yeah laundry_queen May 2014 #27

With her second baby, my daughter very much wanted an epidural (which she had wanted with her CTyankee May 2014 #36

July! Wow, time flies! CTyankee May 2014 #33

Yes yank, elleng May 2014 #34

Can't wait to hear about the blessed event...keep me posted... CTyankee May 2014 #35

You'll certainly be informed, yank! elleng May 2014 #37

Thanks! Best of luck and great good wishes to you and daughter! CTyankee May 2014 #42

'Hospital records show elleng May 2014 #5

OMG!!! He should be kicked out of the profession. Squinch May 2014 #23

Depending on his advice. elleng May 2014 #32

That article read like a horror story. If even 1/2 of that is sufrommich May 2014 #10

First...love your sig laundry_queen May 2014 #18

One of my best friends has 2 C sections. We're both in sufrommich May 2014 #19

Yeah, that was the old adage laundry_queen May 2014 #20

That's interesting that you've experienced both. I will sufrommich May 2014 #22

My first laundry_queen May 2014 #25

Holy shit! That second pregnancy was a sheer act of sufrommich May 2014 #26

HAHA. It would be an understatement to say I love babies. laundry_queen May 2014 #28

Medical "stories" from the Daily Mail... SidDithers May 2014 #11

It was on other sites too HockeyMom May 2014 #13

Was the person in the story your daughter? MineralMan May 2014 #15

No HockeyMom May 2014 #29

The N.Y. Times has an article about her too. sufrommich May 2014 #14

wel, I don't think I'd go that far! boston bean May 2014 #21

Not sue for even a perforated bladder? HockeyMom May 2014 #30

WARNING for Americans: it's in the Daily Mail, so very likely to be untrue or distorted. Donald Ian Rankin May 2014 #31

There is a link upthread from another source. xmas74 May 2014 #40

A doctor for a delivery? Were they expecting complications? postulater May 2014 #38

Maybe the doctor was on call for the practice xmas74 May 2014 #41