I would love to see you b!tch slap the doctor!! I am a nurse and many times have wanted to try, especially with arrogant Registrars and know it all Interns (who know nothing, they are the pits).

There is nothing wrong with being told not to push in any of your situations ie tearing and cords etc...

But because the doctor is caught in traffic??? I don't think so!!!\

I guess maybe we are luckier here than the US in so much as a lot of midwives do the delivery instead of paging your doctor to come in and get stuck in traffic

Meagan