Lies they told us at L&D.... - Page 3

[HappyMommy2]

Directly from my OB as I was begging her not to force pitocin on me: "Pitocin contractions are no different than natural contractions."

Totally blatantly false!! Now I know the truth, but at least I have my HBAC to prove her wrong about absolutely everything!

[barefootpoetry]

WOW. Some of these are really bad! Makes me wonder if they're really that stupid, or if they think WE are!

[dynamicdoula]

Originally Posted by HBACtivist

Hello everyone. I am collecting stories of blantant lies that nurses/docs and other hospital staff have told us.

Like, "This won't affect the baby at all." as they administer a narcotic....:


Any good ones out there?

To what end?

[jenn252]

Originally Posted by MsHiss

In a INTERVIEW a CNM told me if I refused a epsiotomy I would "blow my ass out"

If someone told me that in an interview or at any time, I would have started laughing and then walked out. Oh my!

[Turquesa]

Originally Posted by feest

nurse"OK now that your water broke we have to attach an eternal fetal monitor".... me and DH"how does it stay on" stumbling over her words " uhh... it suctions to the baby's head" lies! it screws into the scalp

Eternal fetal monitor? Did you mean internal? Was that a Freudian slip, and it just felt eternal? Give me continuous fetal monitoring over eternal monitoring any day!

they smeared goo in our nb's eyes "whats that for?" we say "oh, babies don't make their own tears so this will protect his eyes for drying out" it was the antiviral goo for in case u have chlamydia.

The line must have already worked on some other poor patient for them to be trying it on you.

[bente]

Somthing along the lines of "It is time. We are going to HELP you have this baby".....right before all hell broke loose

And all for no good reason

[SalmonBayDoula]

A CNM told a woman during a vag exam...

your cervix feels very dehydrated!

Huh???

[jennifer_lc1]

Originally Posted by 3xx1xyFamily

oh I heard great ones, but they were before delivery... some that I remember and can quote:

in reference to BP, amidst me arguing how stupid this was "140/99 is EXTREMELY high blood pressure, we need to get that baby out now!"

I continued to argue the point that 1 high blood pressure read (and one not necessarily high enough) does not indicate Pre E and I wasn't going to submit to induction or planned c-sec... OB looks to my husband and says "She's KILLING your child by giving birth vaginally"

I allowed them to monitor me, if thats what would make them feel better... never repeated and elevated BP, but was forced to do NST's while laying flat on my back: "Your baby had a decel during the braxton hicks... surely, your baby will never handle labor" Once again, said to my husband, not me.

I walked into a hospital 5 hours later for my scheduled c-sec to make my husband stop crying hysterically. Baby was taken at 38 weeks. I stayed home for the 2nd one.

wow. you sound exactly like me. i also had the "high blood pressure" reads close to yours, and my doctor, along with 4 or 5 nurses threw the comment "youre killing your baby" at me also. that did wonders for my stress, really.

i hate doctors.

[fullhandsfullheart]

"Since this is your first baby, you will need an episiotomy."
"Your water has broken; you will have to stay in bed now."
"No, you can't have ice chips; they'll make you vomit."
"The medicine I put in your epidural cannot be making you feel light-headed" as she stayed with me for the next hour monitoring my blood pressure and pumping me full of fluid.
"Your baby is large for gestational age, so we'll need to draw some blood" said of my 41-week baby weighing 8 lb 2 oz.
"When baby crowns, you'll wish you had that epidural!"

ETA--And my hospital coworkers wonder why on earth I decided to stay home for baby #5???

[triscuitsmom]

Originally Posted by Mavournin

With a recent client of mine:

(Doc was roughly tugging on cord to get placenta to detach. Client had a beautiful birth with no complications)

Client: Ow! Why are you doing that?
Doc: Because if I don't remove the placenta right away you will bleed too much and then we could have an emergency on our hands.

I got this too!!!

And then I hemmoraged due to all of the interventions that kept being done.

The next day I had a nurse walk in first thing and see my packing my bags (less than 24 hours after delivery).

N: What are you doing?
Me: I'm leaving
N: You can't do that yet
Me: OK, well I am.
N: But you hemmoraged yesterday, if you leave now you'll DIE!!!
(my midwife H walks in)
Me: H, I'm leaving, I really need to go home.
H: OK, I'll sign your discharge papers. I'll see you tomorrow and you have the pager if you need me in the meantime.

Thank God for my midwife.

So fast forward to this pregnancy... my first appointment with my new midwife (new city, I can't go with the same HCP as last time) and I tell her I hemmoraged with my last baby because of a whole cascades of interventions especially my highly managed third stage where my cord was pulled on to get the placenta out.

What does my midwife say? First she says I might want to consider a hospital birth since I hemmoraged last time (hello! it was caused by being IN the hospital last time)... and then she says "Well if you are really committed to a homebirth that's fine but we'll need to make sure we actively manage your third stage. Mandatory pitocin and cord traction are the way to go"

Riiiiight... way to listen

[barefootpoetry]

Originally Posted by triscuitsmom

What does my midwife say? First she says I might want to consider a hospital birth since I hemmoraged last time (hello! it was caused by being IN the hospital last time)... and then she says "Well if you are really committed to a homebirth that's fine but we'll need to make sure we actively manage your third stage. Mandatory pitocin and cord traction are the way to go"

Yeah, I had people telling me that I shouldn't have a homebirth with my second child.... because of the hemorrage with my first....that was caused by being in the hospital. : Oookay then! Your logic is astounding!

[corrio]

Heres one for you.. My younger sister was in the pushing stage at the hospital.. And didn't want to wear the Oxgen mask.. The Doctor says "if you want a smart baby keep the mask on.."


Yah...

Oh and during my pregnancy I was told by the same doctor that not getting the rogam vaccine during pregnancy is like doing crack. After that I never seen this doctor again.. Too bad for my little sister..

[BetsyS]

They kept telling me, "don't worry. Women don't grow babies too big for them to birth."

When I did grow a baby that big (he was 11lb, 14 oz, and he wasn't coming out), it took a long time to get over asking what the h#$% was wrong with me that my body couldn't do the one simple task of growing an appropriately sized baby. Because EVERYONE's body knew that. Everyone except me, apparently.