Belly Belly statistics?

[Ellibam]

so with all the talk of statistics how about we do a poll of all the suggested ways for our statistics to see where bb sits??

C-sections termed emergency 9
C-sections termed elective 3
C-sections termed elective with pre-existing medical condition (that one would be an eye-opener! As Kelly says, it's less than 1% of electives who are maternal-request for no medical reason!) 5
Vaginal births 56
Drug-free births 24
Epidural uptake 17
Labour artificially initiated 18
Labour artificially augmented 26
Instrumental birth rate by mode (forceps/ventouse) 9
episiotomy rate 6
2nd-4th degree tearing rates 18
midwife to patient ratios 1:1-28 2:1- 24 3:1- 3 4:1-2
ob to patient ratios1:1- 35 2:1 - 2
anaesthatist to patient ratios 1:1-11 2:1- 5
average and mean times from prescription to birth of emergency c-sections
Gas 22
Peth 9
General 1

[fionas]

OK, I'll go first.

Vaginal birth
Epidural
Forceps
No episiotomy
Three midwives - well one at a time just that I was there for 3 shift changes!
One ob

[No.5]

Vaginal birth
Epidural
Labour artifically initiated
2 midwives
1 anaethasist
No tearing
No ob

[Tanya]

C-sections termed emergency = 0
C-sections termed elective = 0
C-sections termed elective with pre-existing medical condition = 0
Vaginal births = 4
Drug-free births = 4
Epidural uptake = 0
Labour artificially initiated = 0
Labour artificially augmented = 0
Instrumental birth rate by mode (forceps/ventouse) = 0
episiotomy rate = 0
2nd-4th degree tearing rates = 4 (1x 4th 3x 2nd)
midwife to patient ratios = 2 (for 3 births can't remember for my 1st, I think it was 2 plus Dr)
ob to patient ratios = 1GP for 1 birth only
anaesthatist to patient ratios = 0

[DaintreeDream]

C-sections termed elective with pre-existing medical condition - 1 - Pre-existing medial condition with bubba.
Midwife to patient ratios - 1
ob to patient ratios - 1, but not the one that I saw throughout my pregnancy
anaesthatist to patient ratios - 2

Deanne.

[Trillian]

Bare with me, this will be a long one LOL. Then I will do a post and start to "collect" the stats so they are all in one place - can't do it with a poll because of having more than one child

Birth #1
Spontaneous labour
ARM
Peth
Gas
Episiotomy
One midwife
GP

Birth #2
Spontaneous labour
ARM
Gas
2nd deg tear
1 midwife
1 GP

Birth #3
ARM
Syncto induction
Peth
Gas
2nd deg tear
Retained Placenta
General Anaesthetic
1 midwife
1GP
1 Anaesthetist

Birth #4
Spontaneous labour
ARM
Gas
No tear
1 midwife
1 GP

[Trillian]

The stats so far.....

C-sections termed emergency = 1
C-sections termed elective = 1
C-sections termed elective with pre-existing medical condition = 0
Vaginal births = 12
Drug-free births = 4
Epidural uptake = 3
Labour artificially initiated = 1
Labour artificially augmented = 6
Instrumental birth rate by mode (forceps/ventouse) = 1
episiotomy rate = 1
2nd-4th degree tearing rates = 7
midwife to patient ratios =
ob to patient ratios =
anaesthatist to patient ratios = 2

[Pretty Butterfly]

C-sections termed emergency.0
C-sections termed elective.0
C-sections termed elective with pre-existing medical condition.0
Vaginal Births.5
Drug-free births.5
Epidural uptake.0
Labour artificially initiated.0
Labour artificially augmented.1- waters broken, bub distressed
Instrumental birth rate by mode (forceps/ventouse).1 Forcepts, bub posterior
episiotomy rate.1 with the forcepts!
2nd-4th degree tearing rates.0
midwife to patient ratios. 5, one at each
ob to patient ratios.1, with my 3rd
anaesthatist to patient ratios.0

[Trillian]

Just need to clarify that Drug free births is completely drug free - no gas, no nothing LOL.

[STARRYSKY]

C-sections termed emergency- 1(because of my unusally large foetus)
C-sections termed elective.0
C-sections termed elective with pre-existing medical condition.0
Vaginal Births.0
Drug-free births.0
Epidural uptake.1
Labour artificially initiated.0
Labour artificially augmented.1- waters broken, synto drip
Instrumental birth rate by mode (forceps/ventouse).0
episiotomy rate.0
2nd-4th degree tearing rates.0
midwife to patient ratios. 2 (shift change)
ob to patient ratios- all up over the day 4
anaesthatist to patient ratios-4
average and mean times from prescription to birth of emergency c-sections- about an hour.


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[Snowy Love]

Vaginal births 1
Epidural uptakewasn't even offered (didn't want one)
2nd-4th degree tearing rates 2nd degree tear
midwife to patient ratios 2 midwifes at a time
ob to patient ratios 1
anaesthatist to patient ratios none - only used gas

[Antheia]

Birth #1
Vaginal birth
Gas
Peth
Labour artificially initiated with synto
Ventouse
2nd degree tear
4 midwives in room at time of birth, different midwive each antenatal and shared care with 1 GP
1 registrar ob delivered DD

Birth #2
Vaginal birth
Epidural
Labour artificially augmented with synto
2nd degree tear
1 midwife through pregnancy, 2 midwives in labour due to primary midwife needing to go home but they were both there for the birth
anaesthatist = 1 for epi

[Jewel]

Birth #1
- Vaginal birth.
- Gas.
- Waters broken.
- 2 stitches.
- 2 midwives in the room at the birth aswell as my OB.

Birth #2
- Vaginal birth.
- Gas.
- Waters broken.
- Vac extract.
- 1 stitch.
- 2 midwives in the room at the birth, and one on call OB that I'd never met before. Then another OB came in just after he was born. Again another I'd never met. Lol.

[Snacks]

Vaginal birth
No drugs
Labour augmented with Arificial Rupture of Membranes
2nd degree tear
1 midwife at a time, but not constantly (until the birth when the room was bloody full of people! LOL! I've no idea of who they all were.) (Though I suppose in my case I had an extra midwife because she was my SIL and second support person. Though not acting in an 'official' capacity, KWIM?)

[Arimeh]

DS -
Elective c-section - no medical reason present - maternal request (I guess I'm in that little percentage!!)

DD
Elective C-section due to deterioration of placenta & cord

[Laranna]

Caesarean - due to placenta praevia. Initially elective, but recorded as emergency as I had SPROM at 36+6 weeks.
Epidural
Peth in the first 24 hours
1 ob
2 midwives
anaesthetist

[Bathsheba]

C-sections termed emergency 0
C-sections termed elective 0
C-sections termed elective with pre-existing medical condition 0
Vaginal births 3
Drug-free births 0
Epidural uptake 0
Labour artificially initiated 2
Labour artificially augmented 3
Instrumental birth rate by mode (forceps/ventouse) 1
episiotomy rate 0
2nd-4th degree tearing rates 0
midwife to patient ratios unsure
ob to patient ratios 1 A single ob delivered my 3 babies... not sure what the ward ratio was.
anaesthatist to patient ratios 0

[kirsty_lee]

C-sections termed emergency = 1
C-sections termed elective = 0
C-sections termed elective with pre-existing medical condition = 0
Vaginal births =0
Drug-free births = 0
Epidural uptake = 1
Labour artificially initiated = (if this means induced via synto) 1
Labour artificially augmented =0
Instrumental birth rate by mode (forceps/ventouse) = 1 forceps
episiotomy rate =0
2nd-4th degree tearing rates = 0
midwife to patient ratios =2
ob to patient ratios =1
anaesthatist to patient ratios =2