Deliver Me

[phathui5]

I'm watching "Deliver Me" on Discovery Health and it's so painful to watch. A mom came in with her water broken, already contracting. Dr. Hill told her that she was going to start her on pitocin to "get things going" and to make her more uncomfortable. Why can't she just let labor happen? Why not tell the mom to walk around the hallway?

Ugh. They're telling the mom that the baby's head isn't dilating her cervix well enough and that she has to have a c-section because she's only 5cm. How is the baby's head supposed to press on the cervix when she's laying on her back?

[MadiMamacita]

turn it off!
I can't stand watching those shows because they get me all riled up. but I tend to seek them out- sort of like a car accident. you dont want to look, but you just have to!

[Arduinna]

yes, why are you watching that tripe? It's just going to drive you crazy, turn it off and save your sanity LOL

[nia82]

Out of all the baby/birth stories on TV, Deliver Me is by far the worst. They always induce, medicate, whatever... Make fun of natural birth and such. The worst is the brunette doctor, she makes the worst comments and treats her patients awfully....
Don't watch it! While I do get sucked into Baby Story or Birth Day now and then, I manage to stay away from Deliver Me, the name is absurd already, and the show is just horrible.

[motherhendoula]

Ugh - i just watched it on Oprahs new network....such a disappointment   - at the end they actually said the "best thing a mom could do for her child was to remain open and know that the delivery she wants, might not be the delivery she gets"  

THATS the best thing a mother can do eh?   While of course sometimes it IS true...going into the delivery with that mindset is certainly going make selling C-sections easier.   Depressing

[blessingscome]

Ugg! It sounds like one to avoid - it sounds like pro-cesarean-whenever-possible-even-if-it's-not-needed propoganda.