Kirsten, I was told the same thing at the (public) hospital I'm booked into - ie. that it is hospital policy to administer Syntocinin. However, when I persisted they told me that I could actually sign a form in advance saying that I am choosing to reject medical treatment (or something to that effect - I haven't actually seen the form yet).
An option I've also discussed with my doctor, is that of allowing the cord to stop pulsing first, and THEN having the Syntocinin injection (as apparently if the baby is breathing ok the cord usually only pulses for a few minutes anyway - can anyone confirm if this actually the case??). Mind you, apparently if bub isn't breathing well, the first thing they will do is cut the cord and whisk bub to the respirator or whatever... Isn't that when you ideally want the cord to keep doing its job??
Last edited by amberdee; June 21st, 2007 at 08:51 PM.
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