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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Nov 2005
    Sunshine Coast
    1,142

    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

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Jul 2004
    5,756

    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

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Nov 2007
    Off with the fairies.
    4,370

    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.

  4. #4
    Registered User

    Oct 2006
    Sydney
    4,081

    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?)

  5. #5
    Registered User

    Dec 2007
    Sunny Qld
    14,682

    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

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Oct 2006
    Perth
    3,299

    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

  7. #7
    Registered User

    Jul 2005
    Rural NSW
    6,975

    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

  8. #8
    kirsty_lee Guest

    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
    Last edited by kirsty_lee; November 23rd, 2008 at 05:47 PM.

  9. #9
    Ellibam Guest

    C-sections termed emergency-0
    C-sections termed elective-0
    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!)-0
    Vaginal births 2
    Drug-free births 1
    Epidural uptake 0
    Labour artificially initiated 1
    Labour artificially augmented 1
    Instrumental birth rate by mode (forceps/ventouse)
    episiotomy rate 1
    2nd-4th degree tearing rates 1
    midwife to patient ratios 2,1.5(one was a student)
    ob to patient ratios 1,0
    anaesthatist to patient ratios 1,0
    average and mean times from prescription to birth of emergency c-section

  10. #10
    Registered User

    Mar 2007
    Paradise
    4,473

    Birth 1
    Sponaneous labour
    Vaginal birth
    1 suck of the gas then threw it away so does that count as drugs? Coz I didn't really use it.
    ARM
    1 MW for the labour and 2 for the birth as she was born right on shift change
    1st degree tear

    Birth 2
    Spontaneous labour
    Vaginal birth
    No drugs
    ARM
    1 MW and 1 student MW
    Graze

  11. #11
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    Feb 2003
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Australia
    8,982

    1st birth

    Private Ob/hospital. ARM for labour augmentation with synto (had mec), then gas, epidural. Thats it, no tear etc.

    2nd birth

    Private Ob/hospital. ARM last minute Other than that drug and tear free.
    Kelly xx

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