thread: Belly Belly statistics?

  1. #19
    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

  2. #20
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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.
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  3. #21
    Registered User

    Jul 2006
    6,869

    Birth #1
    Vaginal birth
    Gas
    Peth in early labour (10 hours before DD was born)
    Waters broken at 6cm
    Ventouse
    2nd degree tear
    2 midwives in room during labour and at birth
    1 On duty OB delivered DD

    Birth #2
    Vaginal birth
    Gas
    1st degree tear
    3 midwives in room at time of birth
    1 On duty OB and 1 student DR delivered DD

  4. #22
    Registered User

    Dec 2006
    Out of my mind. Back in five minutes...
    3,304

    C-sections termed elective with pre-existing medical condition - 1 - Pre-existing maternal medial condition.
    midwife to patient ratios - 1 in theatre with me
    ob to patient ratios - 1
    anaesthatist to patient ratios - 2 one was a student

  5. #23
    Registered User

    Oct 2006
    Melbourne
    1,798

    Vaginal birth
    Spontaneous labour
    AROM for failure to progress
    Gas
    Episiotomy
    1 OB
    1 midwife during most of labour
    3 Midwives at time of birth (1 was a student)

  6. #24
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber
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    Jan 2006
    Port Macquarie, NSW
    1,443

    Vaginal Birth
    Drug Free
    Spontaneous
    No instruments
    1st Degree Tear
    1:1 Midwife Ratio
    No OB Present
    No Anaesthetist Present

    ...born at home.

  7. #25
    Ellibam Guest

    updated first post trying to figure out how to work out the stats

  8. #26
    Registered User

    Apr 2008
    Adelaide
    1,741

    C-sections termed emergency 0
    C-sections termed elective 0
    C-sections termed elective with pre-existing medical condition 0
    Vaginal births 2
    Drug-free births 2
    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 0
    midwife to patient ratios 1:1 (for birth as caseload midwife)
    ob to patient ratios 0
    anaesthatist to patient ratios 0

  9. #27
    Registered User

    May 2006
    Burwood, Victoria
    21

    Here's mine,

    C-sections termed emergency 0
    C-sections termed elective 0
    C-sections termed elective with pre-existing medical condition 0
    Vaginal births 2
    Drug-free births 1 (1st birth)
    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 1 (2nd degree 1st birth)
    midwife to patient ratios 1:1 (1st birth centre team, then MIPP homebirth)
    ob to patient ratios 0
    anaesthatist to patient ratios 0

  10. #28
    Registered User

    Sep 2007
    Cairns
    1,787

    C-sections termed emergency: 1 (under epidural, following 3 hours of pushing with posterior labour, not engaged sufficiently to attempt instrumental delivery, start of foetal distress, suspected CPD)
    C-sections termed elective 0
    C-sections termed elective with pre-existing medical condition 0
    Vaginal births 0
    Drug-free births 0 (pethidine at patient request 20 hours into labour, 12 hours prior to birth)
    Epidural uptake 1 (at patient request 24 hours into labour, 8 hours prior to birth)
    Labour artificially initiated 0
    Labour artificially augmented 1 (synto after 2.5 hours of stage 2 labour)
    Instrumental birth rate by mode (forceps/ventouse) 0
    episiotomy rate n/a
    2nd-4th degree tearing rates n/a
    midwife to patient ratios: 5 (I went through four shift changes, and had two midwives in attendance during stage 2)
    ob to patient ratios: 1 (on call consultant who also performed c/s)
    anaesthetist to patient ratios: 2 - on call maternity registrar & theatre registrar.

  11. #29
    Registered User

    Jun 2008
    in the eye of a toddler tornado
    2,450

    Vaginal birth
    No Epidural
    Labour artificially augmented
    No Instrumental delivery
    No episiotomy
    No tearing
    midwife to patient ratios Not sure
    Had my own ob (so 1:1)
    No anaesthetist
    Gas only

  12. #30
    Registered User

    Sep 2004
    Adelaide
    563

    birth #1
    labour started naturally
    waters broken by midwife
    drug-free
    tore and required stitches
    synthetic oxytocin to expel placenta
    1 Midwife delivered, 1 Ob present (middie close friend so i requested she do the actual delivery)

    Birth #2
    labour started naturally
    waters broke as i started pushing
    drug free
    tear-free
    synthetic oxytocin administered again (my ob while great with most of my choices was not going to budge on this one!)
    same midwife delivered, same ob present
    skin2skin contact immediately & Breastcrawl (had to add that one in - was soooooo amazing!)

  13. #31
    Registered User

    Oct 2007
    ★ nor here nor there ★
    4,134

    Vaginal birth
    Drug-free birth
    Episiotomy
    2nd-4th degree tear
    2 midwife
    1 ob (got to hosy 15min after we did, and stayed throughout)
    synthetic oxytocin to expel placenta

  14. #32

    Apr 2007
    the Sauna
    1,995

    birth #1
    elective CS -due to my mental state(tokophobia) and also bubs lying oblique ( so really is a medical reason , but i eleceted to have it .. )

    1 midwive in theater with me and 1 OB

    birth #2
    vagianl
    2nd degree tear
    pethadiene and gas
    1 midwife

  15. #33
    Registered User

    Feb 2006
    NSW Central Coast
    5,301

    C-sections termed emergency 0
    C-sections termed elective 0
    C-sections termed elective with pre-existing medical condition 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) 0
    episiotomy rate 1
    2nd-4th degree tearing rates 1-3rd degree
    midwife to patient ratios 2:1 (both times)
    ob to patient ratios 1:1 (both times)
    anaesthatist to patient ratios N/A
    average and mean times from prescription to birth of emergency c-sectionsN/A
    Gas 1
    Peth 1
    General 0

  16. #34
    Registered User

    Dec 2005
    4,840

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

  17. #35
    Registered User

    Apr 2007
    Somewhere here and there.....
    483

    Natural labour began
    Labour artificially augmented
    Epi
    Forcepts
    5 midwifes over 14 hours
    1 OB
    2 Anesthetist
    3 Nurses
    1 Husband
    7 Uninvited, unwanted rude onlookers - Staff ending shifts etc. = 15 people in total in the room for my c section.

  18. #36
    Registered User

    Oct 2006
    Adelaide, SA
    3,962

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

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