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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:23 PM Original message |
Just finished my OB/GYN rotation here in Upstate NY, and I don't think... |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. My ex is an obgyn |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Depends on the state. |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. What are your thoughts |
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MockSwede (579 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. oxytocin |
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prayin4rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 10:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
50. Oxytocin is linked to post partum depression |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
87. Damn wish I'd known that 9 years ago-I had oxytocin |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 04:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. After a certain period of time, say 42 weeks its time to deliver because |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 10:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
51. I keep hearing from moms that they are induced by their due dates. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. That's is an interesting observation |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Depends on what stage of labor you were stuck in, and which # baby it was |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I'm 5'1" and weighed 120 pounds before I got pregnant |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. PS - I was also a week past due. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Stage one did take a loooong time... |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 04:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. haha well thanks for sharing your experience with me. FYI I never before |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. From a political point of view, you should read the |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 09:39 AM Response to Reply #26 |
65. It's hard work.. |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:23 AM Response to Reply #26 |
76. Ha, when the head is crowning |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. I had 3 sections in 5 years and I was happy to have them |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. You will find, though, as you go through your career, if you stay involved |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. My first child was breech |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Older OB/Gyns are better trained in the labor techniques before secionts |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 09:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
63. My sister was feet-first... |
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wysi (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. The stats I've seen... |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
88. I was in labor for about 24 hours |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. Are you a student or intern in the SUNY system? |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. 3rd year Student at SUNY Upstate, I'm on my Internal Med rotation now |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Yay internal medicine! |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. no I agree, internal has been great I really like it a lot. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:16 AM Response to Reply #23 |
59. Kalamazoo is a great place! ;-) |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. My understanding is that the higher c-section rate has |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. There are a lot of docotrs who agree with you on that, actually nearly all |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. That was true with my labors. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. My friend's 10 yr old son delivered his new sister |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 04:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Kudos to her son! |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 09:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
64. one thing about labor pain that I never understood re: fundie women: |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #64 |
79. Some of them do. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. My OB joked that my first kid gave me an internal C-section |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's still surgery. |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 04:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. I gave birth 12 weeks ago |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 04:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. My nurse wouldn't let me push! |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 07:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Agree - my son was much more alert |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:01 AM Response to Reply #34 |
58. The second can make milk come in faster. |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #58 |
80. I never gushed fountains. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. I couldn't pump much, though. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:56 AM Response to Reply #32 |
57. Wow. |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:48 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. I was very envious of those women |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 09:55 AM Response to Reply #61 |
67. Yeah, me too. |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:51 AM Response to Reply #67 |
78. I labored at home for the first 5 hours |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. I hate the birthing bed. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
25. I had two, reluctantly at the time. |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. thats very sweet of your to say, and I'm glad your births worked out so |
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wellstone_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
28. Failure to have a C-section *cost* me in the long term--badly |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Mine ruptured. |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. bless my doc -Sam never let his ladies have "dry birth" |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 09:43 AM Response to Reply #29 |
66. AN HOUR! |
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patdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
31. ALL I know about labor is that with my first child..I HATED my husband |
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TNDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. I *loved* my section. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
36. I thank the Creator of nature, my beloved, dear significant other |
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wellstone_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I gave my "amen" to that above! in every way |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 09:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. I understand what you mean. My experience exactly. |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
40. My wife had three |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 07:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Wow! |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. 24 hours!!!! |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. But did you practice your love with those women as Bush insisted? |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:00 AM Response to Reply #41 |
68. *Snort* |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
43. Glad you're sticking up for M.D.'s. DUers often sneer at them. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:02 AM Response to Reply #43 |
69. Thank you! |
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samplegirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
45. What i am still amazed at |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:05 AM Response to Reply #45 |
71. Really? Odd. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
46. My wife had a botched C-section. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
47. My second delivery was by c-section...third was vaginal... |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 11:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. My second son was a v-back (vaginal delivery after a c-section). |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:46 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I had plancenta previa with my second, too... |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
52. The trajectory of my life was changed |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:07 AM Response to Reply #52 |
72. I'm so sorry. |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-05 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
53. ah....... birth stories! |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Asshole doctor treated you like you didn't know your own body... |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:17 AM Response to Reply #56 |
74. I met one of those during my first pregnancy. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:25 PM Response to Reply #74 |
85. Patients really need to know their rights... |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:48 AM Response to Reply #85 |
93. Absolutely! |
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lawladyprof (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
60. I came close to having one with my second child |
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BamaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
62. Congrats on finishing |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:19 AM Response to Reply #62 |
75. Is she okay now? It's so scary when they start out like that. |
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BamaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:25 PM Response to Reply #75 |
92. All things considered, we were very lucky |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:50 AM Response to Reply #92 |
94. Wow. |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
70. My son was 11.5 lbs... |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
73. Thanks for the shout out to docs |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
77. Congratulations! I'm so glad to see an OB/GYN who's a Democrat. |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:22 PM Response to Reply #77 |
90. thats very nice of you to say thanks, I'm actually jsut a student BUT... |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:50 AM Response to Reply #90 |
96. That's encouraging. The medico-legal atmosphere here is Texas has become |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
81. Our midwife told us |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
82. How far upstate are you? |
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NNguyenMD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:24 PM Response to Reply #82 |
91. I'm in downtown Syracuse about about away from University Hospital |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
86. Epidurals slow down labor for 1st timers, increase chances of C-section. |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
89. I just wanted to mention |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
95. All this non-Mom can say is "Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!" |
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