abckidsmom
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An acquaintance recently had quite an experience with a planned homebirth, a prolapsed cord, some really excited firemedics, and a c-section without any anesthesia at all.
It all led me to wonder what the community experience with interacting with people who planned homebirths is.
What would you do if you were called to assist a midwife caring for a woman with complications during labor/birth? Would you take over for the midwife? Would you let her ride along?
What if the baby was crowning, and you couldn't hear fetal heart tones with the doppler?
What would you do if the midwife had her hand inside the vagina, holding pressure off of what she said was a prolapsed cord? What about if she was not physically tall enough/agile enough/able to keep up with the stretcher as you crossed the yard to the ambulance?
What other complications have you seen when called to assist with births, planned or otherwise?
What's your plan for communicating what you have to the hospital?
It all led me to wonder what the community experience with interacting with people who planned homebirths is.
What would you do if you were called to assist a midwife caring for a woman with complications during labor/birth? Would you take over for the midwife? Would you let her ride along?
What if the baby was crowning, and you couldn't hear fetal heart tones with the doppler?
What would you do if the midwife had her hand inside the vagina, holding pressure off of what she said was a prolapsed cord? What about if she was not physically tall enough/agile enough/able to keep up with the stretcher as you crossed the yard to the ambulance?
What other complications have you seen when called to assist with births, planned or otherwise?
What's your plan for communicating what you have to the hospital?