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.
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
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!)
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