These videos are so funny because they are so true. As a nurse its good to finally see what we go through on a day to day basis posted to the public. On any day i work we have a few to severaI patients admitted when the just dilaudid, and I love how people complain about the eagerness to do c-sections while thousands of lawyers circle waiting to sue the Drs for the natural birth gone wrong. Litigation is driving these choices not the Dr.
I found the video humorous...but nurses have a twisted sense of humor. Those who didn't probably could see themselves in there somewhere. They don't call it LABOR for no reason. The most important thing is a safe arrival for the infant and staff that monitors what is going on with the labor to react to fetal distress.
As a long ago L&D nurse, I am LMAO right now. This is called HUMOR, not meant to be taken so seriously but way back we had a "score card" posted in our locker room that predicted cesareans based on patient characteristics (total tongue in cheek) I rmenber having a birth plan along with a hyphenated name gave you MANY points towards a section
@SaveTheWheat Wound up having a epidural which I'm glad for since my daughter got shoulder dystochia but still came out vaginally and that was an epi after 14 hours in labour and three in HARD back labour
@USMCBaby2011 my condolences and congratulations all at once. I had the back labor, the shoulder dystocia, 27 hours of labor, and 1 little IV push of demerol at the onset of hard labor. I pushed for 2 1/2 hours to deliver a 10 lb 1 oz 22 inch girl which was v-back (first daughter was a c-section due to cephalopelvic dysproportion and 9 lbs 11 oz). I am 5'2" on a good day. I made an appt for a c-section with my 3rd baby who was only 9 lbs 3 oz with a super sized head. 3 strikes and I'm out!
What's with all this c-section talk right off the bat? It just seems weird. I think doctors feel powerful over laboring women. It's disgusting.
Oh and someone here about to have a baby should try telling their doc they don't want a certificate for it. No social security number (ie, don't sell it into slavery). See what doc says.
Just look up "birth certificate" and see what it's for. You won't want it anymore.
ROFL Patterson - I found it hilarious - I'm not a labor and delivery nurse, I'm a woman who went to birthing classes and then went through labor and delivery! HA HA HA HA HA!
I gotta ask: what sane woman (ok - no woman is sane who wants to have a baby) would want to have a baby ANYwhere else but in a hospital with ALL the latest highest-tech drugs and equipment?
Too bad these xtranormal cartoons can't show the actual birthing!
@PinotVino Shut the hell up, breeder. You love squeezing everybody out of their free speech rights: why don't you give up yours? And give up air, food, water, property, decent quality of life, while you're at it, too, to make room for all the new babies you want to force into the world?
@mphello You just proved my point. That you're an ignorant asshole. Not only ignorant, but you make assumptions as well. I don't have any children. So calling me a "breeder" is very inaccurate. I'm not "squeezing you out of free speech". I didn't tell you to shut up. I called you an ignorant asshole. So once again you prove that to be true. I'm not "forcing" babies into the world. Too bad your mother didn't share the same views as you.
@PinotVino And you proved yourself to hate mankind and to be Nazi. You proved that you are mentally incapable of distinguishing breeding from free speech. Sticking your dick into a woman's vagina, squeezing out semen, and producing a baby is a physical action, not free speech. You can't get that concept, because you never did anything hard in your life. You fight for the fucked-up laws that YOU want, such as censoring free speech, and I'll fight for the fair and just laws that *I* want.
@mphello Really, now? I hate mankind? I'm not the one stomping around calling people "breeders" and saying people shouldn't have kids. YOU ARE. So why don't you look in the mirror as YOU are the one that wants to mandate vasectomies, etc. H Y P O C R I T E. And you know nothing about my life. Not a thing. So once again, you are an ignorant asshole. How old are you? 18? 20?
@mphello Well you're the one that made assumptions about me, so I can make them about you too. Only fair. You're a very violent &hateful person. You ooze negativity, hate, & vitriol. It's kind of sad, really. Too bad you can't find happiness in your life. There are resources for people like you (anger management, therapy, crisis hotlines, medication, meditation, hypnosis, etc). I hope you find the help you so urgently need. I'm glad you are not able to impregnant anyone. I'd fear for her life.
@USMCBaby2011 Hope your baby was ok - if it wasn't for the fact that the baby is an innocent victim and deserves the help it needs, I'd refuse you admission to my hospital if your home plan went screwie
The only birth plan breeders should make: abortion. The world is overpopulated.
Mandate vasectomies for males. If they break the law, throw them into prison.
This will reduce the number of women who will get pregnant and have to suffer the hell of pregnancy and childbirth. Fewer women will break the law, then. Those very few who do will need to get their tubes tied or face imprisonment.
We can calculate how many people of different genders, nationalities, races etc should be born, later.
so what if i want a "birth plan"!? this one is extreme...I get it. but to the people saying "if you have a plan please dont come to my hospital"...you are the reason I want to avoid the hospital at all cost. all it is to these people are businesses...and thats sad. Where in your schooling did they leave out the part to pay attention and CARE for your patients...not your personal schedule.
@WikkiWooYeah trust me I understand that...Im just expressing my annoyance with the staff at hospitals now because its a business rather than a care facility.
LOL...this is why I (as a doula) encourage the couples I work with to make very short and flexible birth plans. I have never had a nurse that didn't comment how much she liked their birth plans. I talk to them repeatedly about not being demanding and preparing for how it will actually be.
natural birthing (without an epidural) is like going to the dentist and requesting that they NOT use painkillers. Yes, its your right but its totally insane at the same time.
You know, it really is too bad that everything has to be so one sided. Hospitals aren't bad but neither are mothers wanting to birth naturally. Everything has its own time and place. Most pregnancies and births are low-risk. There really is no need to have a baby in a hospital. But for those people who truly do need medical attention, we're lucky that they're there.
It would be nice (albeit IMPOSSIBLE) if we could all show some mutual respect.
I am a mother of 5: 3 medication free births (2 of which were water births @ free-standing, midwife owned birth centers). 3 of the 5 were hospital births, (2 medicated, 1 drug free.) It is because of videos & comments of nurses like these that I am going to nursing school. Women deserve nurses who don't ridicule them or their desires for their labors. Education goes a long way ~ for the mother who doesn't understand the power of transition ~ & for the nurse doesn't respect her patient.
This is so true! And one of my good friends used a midwife who didn't catch a breech baby because she wanted a natural birth. Because the midwife sucked, she had to have a c-section.
HAHAHAHA this is SO TRUE!!! you all can hate hospitals all you want, as long as you respect that no medical intervention = high infant and maternal risk for death and disease.
HAHAHAHA you can hate hospitals all you want, as long as you respect that no medical intervention = high infant and maternal risk for death and disease.
@babasonica1220 Um, this is completely untrue and just a flat out lie. 99% of American births occur in hospitals and yet, not only is the c-section rate now OVER 32%, but we also have the SECOND HIGHEST infant mortality rate of all industrialized countries. There's a distinct correlation here.
@groovygirl4 Which part is the lie, the personal anecdote or the fact that no medical intervention in emergencies is bad? Most of the reason for high-ish infant mortality in this country is increased prematurity. Without NICUs, our infant mortality rates would be way higher. There's no hippie natural treatment for collapsed baby lungs. Doctors are human and make mistakes just like everyone else, but we are WAY better off as a society with them than without them.
@babasonica1220 We're talking about 2 totally different things & I think we actully might be fighting on the same side: Most women are considered to be low-risk when it comes to pregnancy & labor. Those women can typically have babies away from hospitals with no complications. Those that are high-risk, or that DO have complications absolutely need the wisdom of our doctors and hospitals. As I've stated before, there is a place and time for everything! But most births are not a medical emergency.
"Hippy" is a put-down the way "idealist" is a put-down:::it ain't.
I've got news for you. Mortality rate is the same in and out of the hospital. If the chick says don't touch her, then don't.
Also, doctors are not the only ones who can reinflate lungs, babe. It just takes a big ol needle, some tubing, and pref some anes. You can learn on youtube. I've cut cysts out of my own head with a razor, no prob. "Doctor" is everyone's job.(Physician, heal thyself)
@SaveTheWheat I've seen many people that were healing themselves come into the ER on death's door. I suppose you can learn how to remove organs on youtube as well, but that doesn't mean you won't end up killing yourself with a whopper of an infection. Don't insult the medical community by saying we don't serve a purpose. Many of us literally put our lives on the line for the community we serve, and do it because we genuinely care. If the chick doesn't want to be touched, she should stay home.
HAHAHAHA! So freakin' funny! All of these are so funny! It's true you have to walk in our scrubs to get it. I have walked in on parents having sex, dads "trying" the breastmilk, 3 guys at the warmer trying to decide who the baby daddy is, strange tatoos and piercings.. you name it. A detailed birthing plan is truly the consent to the OR!
To the extent possible, a woman should always have choices but emergencies do happen. Doing a C-section out of doctor convenience is never acceptable and I personally think there are way too many of those. They should let the woman "labor down" unless the baby is compromised. (Then that's intrauterine child abuse....) As a perinatal nurse, it is kind of seen as an invitation to Murphy's law when there is a birth plan -- it really does seem to jinx things sometimes!
Nurses and doctors like you is why I will never step within 100 feet of a hospital to give birth again. Shameful. You automatically assume everyone is going to need a C-section. and all moms wanting a natural birth are going to give in as soon as labor starts and THAT is ridiculous.
@wendy46121 SORRY WENDY...But we deal with people like this every day. Most patients are lovely except....there are many that behave like this and it compromises the other patients on the unit. Until you've walked in our scrub suits...don't judge. This is funny and true. Sorry you don't approve.
@wendy46121 SORRY WENDY...But we deal with people like this every day. Most patients are lovely except....there are many that behave like this and it compromises the other patients on the unit. Until you've walked in our scrub suits...don't judge. This is funny and true. Sorry you don't approve.
Completely awesome video. My wife works as a L&D nurse. Her and I both do not understand the idiocy of some of her patients. If you want an unmedicated (notice, I do not say "natural," as the baby comes out the same place with or without medication) birth, fine. But don't act like it's so much safer, or that you are a better mother, or that you are more of a woman just because you didn't get an epidural. And for Pete's sake, have your baby in the hospital. Home birthers are stupid beyond belief!
Completely awesome video. My wife works as a L&D nurse. Her and I both do not understand the idiocy of some of her patients. If you want an unmedicated (notice, I do not say "natural," as the baby comes out the same place with or without medication) birth, fine. But don't act like it's so much safer, or that you are a better mother, or that you are more of a woman just because you didn't get an epidural. And for Pete's sake, have your baby in the hospital. Home birthers are stupid beyond belief!
@HalfCrackk WOW. You are absolutely uneducated. Homebirth is one of THE safest ways to have a baby. Of all the homebirth/birth center moms I know versus the hospital birthers I know, it's the hospital moms that have WAY more complications and issues. In fact, not one home birth mom or birth center mom I've ever known has had an issue with themselves or their baby. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT AND STOP TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
@groovygirl4 Oh man. Where do I start? First off- yes we have a high infant mortality rate, but it's because our statistics include still births and miscarriages, which other countries do not include. Therefore, we have a higher rate, even though our care is superior in many cases. Secondly, do you even know the logical fallacy that you are committing? YOU have never heard of anyone having complications from a home birth, but that doesn't preclude them from happening.
@HalfCrackk Complications arise no matter where women give birth. The problem is that most hospitals try to CONTROL birth: how a women can position herself, what she can eat, drink, how long she can push. These things are not meant to be controlled. Plus, pushing flat on your back completely goes against gravity. So all these poor women who've "failed to progress" really are just not being given the chance to birth the way their body was intended to birth. That's why they're smart & stay home.
@HalfCrackk And one more thing: most complications are interventions gone wrong. Pitocin, epidural, internal checks, incessant monitering, pushing before mom is ready...THAT is what leads us to emergency situations. So then the doctor rushes mom in for an emergency c-section and "saves the day"!
I'm done talking to you today. We'll never agree and I have no respect for your opinions anyway because you can't voice them in a respectful manner.
@groovygirl4 Hey honey, you are the one that picked a fight, and picked the tone. I am simply pointing out your obvious logical fallacies, and elucidating for everyone your rather astounding ignorance. My wife is a nurse, and my grandfather was an OB. These days, women, in the hospital, can choose to do whatever the hell they want- sit, stand, chill in the tub, whatever. OBs are more accommodating now than they ever have been.
@groovygirl4 There are numerous reports that can site anecdotal evidence of mothers giving birth to babies at home that die, that COULD have been saved had they been at a hospital. Second, the "un-needed cesareans" canard is just as ludicrous as the "home birth is completely safe" idiocy. More cesareans are needed because our care and prevention have caused more and more moms to bring babies to term that otherwise wouldn't have made it. Oftentimes, these mothers aren't able to have vaginal birth
@HalfCrackk Hahahahahahahahaha!!!! Oh my god, you poor uneducated thing! I just feel sorry for you that you obviously have NO respect for the female body.
@groovygirl4 And you know this... how? Honestly, you have made no sense thus far, have provided no evidence outside your own limited experience, and have only made illogical appeals to emotions to prove your "points." I hope to God that you don't have any complications that require an OB, because I don't want any more kids to die needless deaths to gratify their stupid moms.
@HalfCrackk And YOU operate on a fear-based reality. You view birth as an accident waiting to happen. I went to link 4 or 5 articles in this comment and YouTube won't let me. I'd be happy to email them to you so that you can begin to learn that giving birth is a natural, physiological state of the body in most cases. Not a medical phenomenon waiting to be tampered with.
@groovygirl4 You see, the ignorance of that statement is just astounding. Yes, birth is a natural, beautiful process, and having witnessed it myself, I know it's nothing short of a miracle. But for Pete's sake, the leading cause of death among women BEFORE all of those medical procedure you so deride was... wait for it... CHILD BIRTH. You are taking your ques from mother.com and all the other pro-homebirth sites-if you really want to get both sides, google The Skeptical OB.
@HalfCrackk WHAT?!?! No it isn't, lol! It's heart disease and cancer (25% and 22%, respectively). You can look it up at the the Center of Disease Control website! Childbirth isn't even ON the list. Oh my god, please stop commenting me. Honestly, it's terrifying that you claim to work in the medical field.
@HalfCrackk I am turning off my computer and am done with this conversation. I will end with this: I used to be like you. I thought the ONLY place to have a baby was a hospital. But then I spent two years heavily researching and challenging everything I thought I knew and I realized...I was so wrong. You and I will never get anywhere because you are simply not open to any ideas other than your own. Thank you for your well wishes in my birth. I have complete faith in my body, baby, and midwives!
@groovygirl4 The Skeptical OB is based in sound science, and is totally pro-certified nurse midwife in birth centers supported by OBs that can intervene in an emergency. There, you can get in a tub and bath in the goodness that comes out with the baby if you really want to, they don't care. But if there is a problem, then an OB can save you or your babies' life in an emergency, and trust me, as natural as wonderful as birth is, they do happen, and it's important to be ready to handle them.
@HalfCrackk I asolutely agree with you on this. In the very small likelyhood that I have a complication, I'll be very thankful to utilize my doctor and her amazing facility. But the fact is, I'm a low-risk patient. I'm healthy and in good shape, have excellent prenatal care from my midwives, and am aware and educated. A birth center birth is a wonderful option for my husband, me, and our precious baby.
@groovygirl4 And lastly- I would bet you are one of the psycho moms that don't vaccinate your kids, am I correct? You are so :"convinced" of the "facts" that you have been fed from the home-birth movement, despite the overwhelming evidence to point out your lunacy. If you just can't do a birth in a hospital with a trained medical doctor, at least go to a birth center with a trained, certified nurse midwife. They are competent and can respond to emergencies. DO NOT DO HOMEBIRTHS!
@HalfCrackk Oh boy, you really need to calm down. My husband and I will delay vaccinations. And guess what? I AM giving birth in a birth center! But how is that any different from having that same midwife at my house? I FULLY support giving birth at home. I think it's amazing and wonderful and mostly? NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
YOU ARE RIDICULOUS TO BE MAKING FUN OF PATIENTS....DON'T THEY KEEP YOU EMPLOYED?? What is wrong with a natural birthand a woman who knows what she wants....another example of the "system" furthering along UN-NEEDED CESAREANS!
@LiveInLight10 NOthing is wrong with a natural birth if it's safe. However, patients need to be realistic in demands and accept the fact you can't control the delivery no matter how hard you try and be willing to change the "plan" if necessary. It's ridiculous that people w/o degree's or hospital experience seem to think they know more than the professionals because they read a few books. We are there to help, patients want to refuse help but are happy to sue us when things go wrong.
"Great, excuse me while I go prepare the OR" I swear, every patient who I've had that has come in with a birth plan ends up with a section. No flexibility and unrealistic expectations = no vag delivery!
@angbev09, will you come to the hospital when the baby is posterior, has shoulder dystocia, retracting, blue or when your hemorrhaging? because the placenta is stuck? how will you handle thick mec., a tight nuchal cord or a "true knot"? I'm sure you have it all planned out, because someone who reads a few books and watches "A Baby Story" is in fact a lot more qualified to delivery a baby then the people who went to college and work in a hospital delivering babies everyday!
@dinkersmom Again, it's not like all midwives show up with is a stick for mom to bite on and some sheets in boiling water. Midwives come equipped with the following: oxygen for both mom and baby for resuscitation, injectable pitocin for bleeding, IV antibiotics, and of course, the ever present CELL PHONE. And posterior babies generally have no issue being delivered vaginally if mom is allowed to birth in a position other than lithotomy. For the record, I hate "A Baby Story."
@angbev09 I work with midwives, when things go bad they have to call the Doctor and WAIT. Those VERY precious moments that are lost while waiting for that call to go through, ambulance to arrive, transport you and baby, etc. can be avoided. You can have a "home" like delivery in a hospital, i.e delivering w/o medication, monitors, you can walk around, get in the tub and do most things your way but with the safety of emergency help present if needed.
@dinkersmom I'm really glad that you have perfect hospitals and perfect doctors and perfect nurses in your hospitals, but that cannot be said for everyone. My son was born in a hospital b/c my husband was a scared idiot. I was strapped down to a bed and pumped full of drugs from the moment I walked in the door. Things were done to me without my consent, and my son ended up with an infection and 5day NICU stay because of the hospital staff.
YES it is WORTH it to ME to have a safe gentle birth
@angbev09 Hospitals will never be prefect, thats why it's called "practicing medicine". This video is a parody of what RNs/MDs deal with on a daily basis, enjoy it for what it is, if not, there are plenty of other way to entertain yourself.
@dinkersmom that is BS. I delivered in a hospital naturally, and I was strapped to a bed, not allowed to walk and the birthing tubs they bragged about during the tour wasn't even offered. My delivery was not high risk. They did as a baby friendly hospital encourage the baby to latch to me immediately after delivery, but it was not a natural friendly birth
"Great! The more the merrier. The doctor loves it when there's a big crowd!" AWESOME. The morale to the story: Your birth plan should be: a healthy mom and baby. Period. If you get those things, you are fortunate and your birth was successful!
@pumpkinpjays That is a very narrow view of birth. that's also a very low standard for birth. If all it takes to be successful is to have a mother and baby alive, we have not come as far in women's rights as I thought. Why should a woman lose autonomy just because she's in labor? Why should her wishes and body not be respected just because there happens to be a baby coming from it at that point?
@angbev09: A safe birth has nothing to do with women's rights or a woman's autonomy over her body. With women's rights have come increased education for women. I love it when labor & delivery goes smoothly, and it usually does. For those instances it does not, however, women should be smart and selfless enough to realize when to deviate from a birth as envisioned. Sometimes it comes down to a medical intervention vs. a compromised child. Your choice.
@groovygirl4 Oh yes, I know how much more. There's no end to the selfishness; it's more important to follow a birth plan than it is to have a neurologically-intact child.
@pumpkinpjays A "neurologically-intact child". What does that even mean? I know without a doubt that my child has a much better chance of coming into this world happy and healthy without the use of unnecessary interventions that most commonly occur in hospitals. I know my baby will most most likely come when ready, without the use of drugs. I know my body was designed to give birth. I also know that most people like you view birth as an accident waiting to happen. I do not. It's a life event!
@groovygirl4 What does neurologically-intact mean??? Look it up.
You're shooting off all these comments to people who are educated, experienced, and do this for a living, and you don't know what you're talking about.
When you're done hassling everybody on this post, may I suggest you contact Jenny McCarthy and jump on her vaccination bandwagon. Oh, friend: so many opportunities await you! There are so many soapboxes for the simple and the misinformed!
@pumpkinpjays I always forget you can't have rational discussions with irrational people. You're right. I am missing out on SO MANY opportunities: the opportunity to be induced, to be continuously monitored, forced to stay in bed, not eat or drink, pumped full of pitocin & epidural medication, have my baby ripped away from me, a bottle forced into its face, jabbed full of vitamin K, slathered in eye ointment, etc. You've just reminded me of why I'm having my baby in a birth center. Thank you :)
@groovygirl4 You're quite welcome. And yes, all hospital deliveries look like what you just described; it's not like healthcare professionals went to school forever, or that any of us actually care about the people we're with and the lives we bring into the world.
Stay simple, darlin'. It's an approach that obviously suits you well.
@pumpkinpjays Oh & by the way, I'm done with our conversation too. The bottom line is that there IS a time & place for hospitals. But they are not necessary for EVERY BIRTH. Birth centers & home birth is safe in the majority of cases. I respect everyone's right to make an informed decision, but it's my feeling that most of the people commenting here don't share that same level of respect. I regret getting as riled up as I have tonight. But this is a passion of mine and I'm going to fight for it.
@groovygirl4 Oh yes, I know how much more. There's no end to the selfishness; it's more important to follow a birth plan than it is to have a neurologically-intact child.
@angbev09 and you are exactly the type patient that will end up having to have an emergency csection! you cannot plan labor as much as you want to control it, nature will take its course. i'd like to see you deliver a breech or baby in distress at home and see how you feel about hospitals then. Then you will be crying for help!!!
@Anthonyuga23: Midwives in Texas are licensed through the state and are trained to handle breech delivery at home. Also, most of the time, proper alignment is all it takes to prevent breech. That's why chiropractic care throughout pregnancy is recommended.
Since midwives are present through the entire labor, they can pick up subtle signs that something may be wrong, usually with more than enough time to get to a hospital or call 911. I really wouldn't start this fight with me, I'm educated.
@angbev09 I believe that we are all educated also since we are licensed and work in labor and delivery, my hospital does over 5,000 births a year! When the "wants" of the mother come before the "safety" of the baby there's a problem. "Most" of the time is not accurate, it's more like "some of the time" I had my 4 children naturally, No meds, monitors or pitocin but I made sure they wouldn't have to wait for help if it was needed. I put their safety first.
@angbev09 my 3rd was born w/ a tight nuchal (X2 around neck and X1 around body) 0 indicators) he was gray & limp. NICU was in my room in under 60sec to help him. Can a home delivery say that? Having a baby is a natural & beautiful thing, life's a blessing, so why take chances just to have your way. I call that shelfish! Have you ever handed a deceased baby to a mom because proper help was unavailable and took too long? I have and it's heartbreaking, the guilt the mom must bear is devastating
@angbev09 My first was delivered at DFW and I originally went to a midwife. UNTIL I asked her what happened if something went bad with my baby. She said they could have me to the hospital in "around" 10-15 minutes depending on traffic. I wasn't willing to risk my sons life on that 10-15 minutes. I don't care if you want to rub yourself in mac & cheese and dance under the moon if it makes you happy, but do it where proper help can be provided immediately if needed. Why is that so wrong?
@dinkersmom I want to know what midwife you were seeing in Dallas, most of the well known birthing centers are literally across the street from a hospital, not to mention many are RNs with Master degrees in midwifery and most wouldn't take a high risk pregnancy. So seriously I would like to know who your midwife was.
@angbev09 it only takes a couple good vaginal checks to tell if a baby is malpresented along with leopolds maneuvers. Anyone can be trained to handle a breech delivery but sometimes after the body is delivered the head will still not deliver despite your training. No matter how quick you drive to the hospital, it won't be quick enough and sometimes when you sitting in the hospital they can't get you to surgery quick enough to have a baby that dosn't have brain damage.
As a Labor and Delivery nurse I encourage you to have your baby anywhere but a hospital (especially one I work in) if that is your reaction to this video.
These videos are so funny because they are so true. As a nurse its good to finally see what we go through on a day to day basis posted to the public. On any day i work we have a few to severaI patients admitted when the just dilaudid, and I love how people complain about the eagerness to do c-sections while thousands of lawyers circle waiting to sue the Drs for the natural birth gone wrong. Litigation is driving these choices not the Dr.
Danboster65 6 days ago
I found the video humorous...but nurses have a twisted sense of humor. Those who didn't probably could see themselves in there somewhere. They don't call it LABOR for no reason. The most important thing is a safe arrival for the infant and staff that monitors what is going on with the labor to react to fetal distress.
vlprn02 1 week ago
As a long ago L&D nurse, I am LMAO right now. This is called HUMOR, not meant to be taken so seriously but way back we had a "score card" posted in our locker room that predicted cesareans based on patient characteristics (total tongue in cheek) I rmenber having a birth plan along with a hyphenated name gave you MANY points towards a section
mnjbooth 2 weeks ago
Oh yea! a mother dares to try to have a natural birth and this mean open season cut her open!
SummerRay89 2 weeks ago
What the heck did I just watch XD Lego people talk about how to have babies?
Evertide05 1 month ago
I like manatees
dinahmanatee 1 month ago
@SaveTheWheat Wound up having a epidural which I'm glad for since my daughter got shoulder dystochia but still came out vaginally and that was an epi after 14 hours in labour and three in HARD back labour
USMCBaby2011 1 month ago
@USMCBaby2011 my condolences and congratulations all at once. I had the back labor, the shoulder dystocia, 27 hours of labor, and 1 little IV push of demerol at the onset of hard labor. I pushed for 2 1/2 hours to deliver a 10 lb 1 oz 22 inch girl which was v-back (first daughter was a c-section due to cephalopelvic dysproportion and 9 lbs 11 oz). I am 5'2" on a good day. I made an appt for a c-section with my 3rd baby who was only 9 lbs 3 oz with a super sized head. 3 strikes and I'm out!
vlprn02 1 week ago
What's with all this c-section talk right off the bat? It just seems weird. I think doctors feel powerful over laboring women. It's disgusting.
Oh and someone here about to have a baby should try telling their doc they don't want a certificate for it. No social security number (ie, don't sell it into slavery). See what doc says.
Just look up "birth certificate" and see what it's for. You won't want it anymore.
SaveTheWheat 1 month ago
i can't feel my legs!!!!!!!
SparklingJesus 3 months ago
Lol my mom made this I'm a nine year old girl
FruenG 4 months ago
This is funny.
MyRockyD 4 months ago
and does not harm the manatees in any way...LOL. I feel like these two women are on two different wavelengths the whole video...LOL.
oneperson2person 5 months ago
Oh! Oh! Oh!
plugee 6 months ago
Rofl this is hilarious!
TheGodOfKhaos 6 months ago
This is so true!! LOL, 4:46! So funny...
Villy0526 6 months ago
i always wanted to be in L&D, this makes me want to die though hahahah omg. ill stick to geriatrics? hhaha
SeanX335 6 months ago
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Isn't this the truth!!!
Finally someone posting what we have to put up with.
TheObgyndoc 6 months ago
the truth has never been spoken so well!! 28 years in L&D...still laughing!
LeGiTxxSkAtEr 7 months ago
ROFL Patterson - I found it hilarious - I'm not a labor and delivery nurse, I'm a woman who went to birthing classes and then went through labor and delivery! HA HA HA HA HA!
wuzzittoya 7 months ago
Baahahahaha!
mom24crazykids 8 months ago
Giving women BP was the worst mistake ever!
OperationAnime262 8 months ago
Why don't these people give birth at home if they don't want any "interference"...?
Kairuka 9 months ago
My plan was: go with the flow. It worked out great! I loved my labour and delivery!
algoguy 1 year ago
I gotta ask: what sane woman (ok - no woman is sane who wants to have a baby) would want to have a baby ANYwhere else but in a hospital with ALL the latest highest-tech drugs and equipment?
Too bad these xtranormal cartoons can't show the actual birthing!
mphello 1 year ago
@mphello Wow. You are a complete ignorant asshole.
PinotVino 1 year ago
@PinotVino Shut the hell up, breeder. You love squeezing everybody out of their free speech rights: why don't you give up yours? And give up air, food, water, property, decent quality of life, while you're at it, too, to make room for all the new babies you want to force into the world?
mphello 1 year ago
@mphello You just proved my point. That you're an ignorant asshole. Not only ignorant, but you make assumptions as well. I don't have any children. So calling me a "breeder" is very inaccurate. I'm not "squeezing you out of free speech". I didn't tell you to shut up. I called you an ignorant asshole. So once again you prove that to be true. I'm not "forcing" babies into the world. Too bad your mother didn't share the same views as you.
PinotVino 1 year ago
@PinotVino And you proved yourself to hate mankind and to be Nazi. You proved that you are mentally incapable of distinguishing breeding from free speech. Sticking your dick into a woman's vagina, squeezing out semen, and producing a baby is a physical action, not free speech. You can't get that concept, because you never did anything hard in your life. You fight for the fucked-up laws that YOU want, such as censoring free speech, and I'll fight for the fair and just laws that *I* want.
mphello 1 year ago
@mphello Really, now? I hate mankind? I'm not the one stomping around calling people "breeders" and saying people shouldn't have kids. YOU ARE. So why don't you look in the mirror as YOU are the one that wants to mandate vasectomies, etc. H Y P O C R I T E. And you know nothing about my life. Not a thing. So once again, you are an ignorant asshole. How old are you? 18? 20?
PinotVino 1 year ago
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@PinotVino I've had a vasectomy, so you know nothing about me. So you are a fucking hypocrite.
FYI: I encourage anyone to put a gun down your throat and blast your guts out. That would be fun.
Also it's perfectly legal. And there would be nothing "violent" about killing subhuman trash like you.
So, don't fucking force your laws on me that would prevent me from doing that.
You refuse to listen to my reasons, then I refuse to listen to yours.
mphello 1 year ago
@mphello Well you're the one that made assumptions about me, so I can make them about you too. Only fair. You're a very violent &hateful person. You ooze negativity, hate, & vitriol. It's kind of sad, really. Too bad you can't find happiness in your life. There are resources for people like you (anger management, therapy, crisis hotlines, medication, meditation, hypnosis, etc). I hope you find the help you so urgently need. I'm glad you are not able to impregnant anyone. I'd fear for her life.
PinotVino 1 year ago
@PinotVino You just want women to be your slaves to pop out babies for you to molest.
mphello 1 year ago
@mphello once again you're an ignorant asshole. I'm not a male. I'm female. And molesters make me sick. As do you.
PinotVino 1 year ago
@PinotVino Don't feed the troll!
becausedoylesaid 1 year ago
@mphello its a very personal choice, Im planning on a home birth and near a hospital if I do have to go
USMCBaby2011 5 months ago 3
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Good for you :)
SaveTheWheat 1 month ago
@USMCBaby2011 Hope your baby was ok - if it wasn't for the fact that the baby is an innocent victim and deserves the help it needs, I'd refuse you admission to my hospital if your home plan went screwie
MrGroupie11 1 week ago
The only birth plan breeders should make: abortion. The world is overpopulated.
Mandate vasectomies for males. If they break the law, throw them into prison.
This will reduce the number of women who will get pregnant and have to suffer the hell of pregnancy and childbirth. Fewer women will break the law, then. Those very few who do will need to get their tubes tied or face imprisonment.
We can calculate how many people of different genders, nationalities, races etc should be born, later.
mphello 1 year ago
Me and my wife love this!!! Our Birth plan is "Healthy Baby, Healthy Mother".. DONE.
obuchiteck 1 year ago
can anyone say bradley
silentfades 1 year ago
so what if i want a "birth plan"!? this one is extreme...I get it. but to the people saying "if you have a plan please dont come to my hospital"...you are the reason I want to avoid the hospital at all cost. all it is to these people are businesses...and thats sad. Where in your schooling did they leave out the part to pay attention and CARE for your patients...not your personal schedule.
beeisdancing 1 year ago
@beeisdancing both sides are extreme in the video.
WikkiWooYeah 1 year ago
@WikkiWooYeah trust me I understand that...Im just expressing my annoyance with the staff at hospitals now because its a business rather than a care facility.
beeisdancing 1 year ago
This is really funny for those of you who've had or a thinking of having a baby,
donnatoo 1 year ago
LOL this is why I choose to work in the ICU! If you are oxygenating with a pulse - be happy and thats the "plan" you get!
NurseMods 1 year ago
LOL...this is why I (as a doula) encourage the couples I work with to make very short and flexible birth plans. I have never had a nurse that didn't comment how much she liked their birth plans. I talk to them repeatedly about not being demanding and preparing for how it will actually be.
gentlehandsdoula 1 year ago
Iam a NICU nurse. If you have a birth plan, Please do not come to my hospital:) This cartoon is damn funny, and by funny I mean true!
edwemi56 1 year ago
Iam a NICU nurse. If you have a birth plan, Please do not come to my hospital:) This cartoon damn funny, and by funny I mean true!
edwemi56 1 year ago
natural birthing (without an epidural) is like going to the dentist and requesting that they NOT use painkillers. Yes, its your right but its totally insane at the same time.
BakerAero 1 year ago
You know, it really is too bad that everything has to be so one sided. Hospitals aren't bad but neither are mothers wanting to birth naturally. Everything has its own time and place. Most pregnancies and births are low-risk. There really is no need to have a baby in a hospital. But for those people who truly do need medical attention, we're lucky that they're there.
It would be nice (albeit IMPOSSIBLE) if we could all show some mutual respect.
groovygirl4 1 year ago
I am a mother of 5: 3 medication free births (2 of which were water births @ free-standing, midwife owned birth centers). 3 of the 5 were hospital births, (2 medicated, 1 drug free.) It is because of videos & comments of nurses like these that I am going to nursing school. Women deserve nurses who don't ridicule them or their desires for their labors. Education goes a long way ~ for the mother who doesn't understand the power of transition ~ & for the nurse doesn't respect her patient.
fouripleys 1 year ago
This is so true! And one of my good friends used a midwife who didn't catch a breech baby because she wanted a natural birth. Because the midwife sucked, she had to have a c-section.
babasonica1220 1 year ago
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HAHAHAHA this is SO TRUE!!! you all can hate hospitals all you want, as long as you respect that no medical intervention = high infant and maternal risk for death and disease.
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babasonica1220 1 year ago
HAHAHAHA you can hate hospitals all you want, as long as you respect that no medical intervention = high infant and maternal risk for death and disease.
babasonica1220 1 year ago
@babasonica1220 Um, this is completely untrue and just a flat out lie. 99% of American births occur in hospitals and yet, not only is the c-section rate now OVER 32%, but we also have the SECOND HIGHEST infant mortality rate of all industrialized countries. There's a distinct correlation here.
groovygirl4 1 year ago
@groovygirl4 Which part is the lie, the personal anecdote or the fact that no medical intervention in emergencies is bad? Most of the reason for high-ish infant mortality in this country is increased prematurity. Without NICUs, our infant mortality rates would be way higher. There's no hippie natural treatment for collapsed baby lungs. Doctors are human and make mistakes just like everyone else, but we are WAY better off as a society with them than without them.
babasonica1220 1 year ago 6
@babasonica1220 We're talking about 2 totally different things & I think we actully might be fighting on the same side: Most women are considered to be low-risk when it comes to pregnancy & labor. Those women can typically have babies away from hospitals with no complications. Those that are high-risk, or that DO have complications absolutely need the wisdom of our doctors and hospitals. As I've stated before, there is a place and time for everything! But most births are not a medical emergency.
groovygirl4 1 year ago
@babasonica1220
"Hippy" is a put-down the way "idealist" is a put-down:::it ain't.
I've got news for you. Mortality rate is the same in and out of the hospital. If the chick says don't touch her, then don't.
Also, doctors are not the only ones who can reinflate lungs, babe. It just takes a big ol needle, some tubing, and pref some anes. You can learn on youtube. I've cut cysts out of my own head with a razor, no prob. "Doctor" is everyone's job.(Physician, heal thyself)
SaveTheWheat 1 month ago
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Oh yeah and a scalpel, but duh.
SaveTheWheat 1 month ago
@SaveTheWheat I've seen many people that were healing themselves come into the ER on death's door. I suppose you can learn how to remove organs on youtube as well, but that doesn't mean you won't end up killing yourself with a whopper of an infection. Don't insult the medical community by saying we don't serve a purpose. Many of us literally put our lives on the line for the community we serve, and do it because we genuinely care. If the chick doesn't want to be touched, she should stay home.
vlprn02 1 week ago
we want to walk round the grounds, maybe you could bring my birthing bowl along?? hilarious!
sarahwithstars 1 year ago
This video is so insulting to patients. I feel sorry for anyone who has to deal with nurses like this.
Dorche76 1 year ago
HAHAHAHA! So freakin' funny! All of these are so funny! It's true you have to walk in our scrubs to get it. I have walked in on parents having sex, dads "trying" the breastmilk, 3 guys at the warmer trying to decide who the baby daddy is, strange tatoos and piercings.. you name it. A detailed birthing plan is truly the consent to the OR!
chiefnole70 1 year ago
I am a NICU nurse, and I have to tell you, as soon as I say the words "birth plan" I knew there would be a section and a trip to the NICU!
wendyann76 1 year ago
oh my god.....makes me laugh!
LargeMouthMinnow 1 year ago
You have to be a labor and delivery nurse to understand the "humor" in this video!
pattersonlkp 1 year ago 11
@pattersonlkp Or a doula, midwife or OB!
trinityconnections 10 months ago
To the extent possible, a woman should always have choices but emergencies do happen. Doing a C-section out of doctor convenience is never acceptable and I personally think there are way too many of those. They should let the woman "labor down" unless the baby is compromised. (Then that's intrauterine child abuse....) As a perinatal nurse, it is kind of seen as an invitation to Murphy's law when there is a birth plan -- it really does seem to jinx things sometimes!
NurseTree1 1 year ago
Nurses and doctors like you is why I will never step within 100 feet of a hospital to give birth again. Shameful. You automatically assume everyone is going to need a C-section. and all moms wanting a natural birth are going to give in as soon as labor starts and THAT is ridiculous.
wendy46121 1 year ago
@wendy46121 SORRY WENDY...But we deal with people like this every day. Most patients are lovely except....there are many that behave like this and it compromises the other patients on the unit. Until you've walked in our scrub suits...don't judge. This is funny and true. Sorry you don't approve.
Skipper426 1 year ago
@wendy46121 SORRY WENDY...But we deal with people like this every day. Most patients are lovely except....there are many that behave like this and it compromises the other patients on the unit. Until you've walked in our scrub suits...don't judge. This is funny and true. Sorry you don't approve.
Skipper426 1 year ago
OMG!! This is soooo funny!!
Those of us who work Labor and Delivery deal with this crap all day long......
DeborahJust 1 year ago
This is too funny!!
tidbitqueen 1 year ago
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Completely awesome video. My wife works as a L&D nurse. Her and I both do not understand the idiocy of some of her patients. If you want an unmedicated (notice, I do not say "natural," as the baby comes out the same place with or without medication) birth, fine. But don't act like it's so much safer, or that you are a better mother, or that you are more of a woman just because you didn't get an epidural. And for Pete's sake, have your baby in the hospital. Home birthers are stupid beyond belief!
HalfCrackk 1 year ago
Completely awesome video. My wife works as a L&D nurse. Her and I both do not understand the idiocy of some of her patients. If you want an unmedicated (notice, I do not say "natural," as the baby comes out the same place with or without medication) birth, fine. But don't act like it's so much safer, or that you are a better mother, or that you are more of a woman just because you didn't get an epidural. And for Pete's sake, have your baby in the hospital. Home birthers are stupid beyond belief!
HalfCrackk 1 year ago
@HalfCrackk WOW. You are absolutely uneducated. Homebirth is one of THE safest ways to have a baby. Of all the homebirth/birth center moms I know versus the hospital birthers I know, it's the hospital moms that have WAY more complications and issues. In fact, not one home birth mom or birth center mom I've ever known has had an issue with themselves or their baby. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT AND STOP TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
groovygirl4 1 year ago
@groovygirl4 Oh man. Where do I start? First off- yes we have a high infant mortality rate, but it's because our statistics include still births and miscarriages, which other countries do not include. Therefore, we have a higher rate, even though our care is superior in many cases. Secondly, do you even know the logical fallacy that you are committing? YOU have never heard of anyone having complications from a home birth, but that doesn't preclude them from happening.
HalfCrackk 1 year ago
@HalfCrackk Complications arise no matter where women give birth. The problem is that most hospitals try to CONTROL birth: how a women can position herself, what she can eat, drink, how long she can push. These things are not meant to be controlled. Plus, pushing flat on your back completely goes against gravity. So all these poor women who've "failed to progress" really are just not being given the chance to birth the way their body was intended to birth. That's why they're smart & stay home.
groovygirl4 1 year ago
@HalfCrackk And one more thing: most complications are interventions gone wrong. Pitocin, epidural, internal checks, incessant monitering, pushing before mom is ready...THAT is what leads us to emergency situations. So then the doctor rushes mom in for an emergency c-section and "saves the day"!
I'm done talking to you today. We'll never agree and I have no respect for your opinions anyway because you can't voice them in a respectful manner.
groovygirl4 1 year ago
@groovygirl4 Hey honey, you are the one that picked a fight, and picked the tone. I am simply pointing out your obvious logical fallacies, and elucidating for everyone your rather astounding ignorance. My wife is a nurse, and my grandfather was an OB. These days, women, in the hospital, can choose to do whatever the hell they want- sit, stand, chill in the tub, whatever. OBs are more accommodating now than they ever have been.
HalfCrackk 1 year ago
@groovygirl4 There are numerous reports that can site anecdotal evidence of mothers giving birth to babies at home that die, that COULD have been saved had they been at a hospital. Second, the "un-needed cesareans" canard is just as ludicrous as the "home birth is completely safe" idiocy. More cesareans are needed because our care and prevention have caused more and more moms to bring babies to term that otherwise wouldn't have made it. Oftentimes, these mothers aren't able to have vaginal birth
HalfCrackk 1 year ago
@HalfCrackk Hahahahahahahahaha!!!! Oh my god, you poor uneducated thing! I just feel sorry for you that you obviously have NO respect for the female body.
groovygirl4 1 year ago
@groovygirl4 And you know this... how? Honestly, you have made no sense thus far, have provided no evidence outside your own limited experience, and have only made illogical appeals to emotions to prove your "points." I hope to God that you don't have any complications that require an OB, because I don't want any more kids to die needless deaths to gratify their stupid moms.
HalfCrackk 1 year ago
@HalfCrackk And YOU operate on a fear-based reality. You view birth as an accident waiting to happen. I went to link 4 or 5 articles in this comment and YouTube won't let me. I'd be happy to email them to you so that you can begin to learn that giving birth is a natural, physiological state of the body in most cases. Not a medical phenomenon waiting to be tampered with.
groovygirl4 1 year ago
@groovygirl4 You see, the ignorance of that statement is just astounding. Yes, birth is a natural, beautiful process, and having witnessed it myself, I know it's nothing short of a miracle. But for Pete's sake, the leading cause of death among women BEFORE all of those medical procedure you so deride was... wait for it... CHILD BIRTH. You are taking your ques from mother.com and all the other pro-homebirth sites-if you really want to get both sides, google The Skeptical OB.
HalfCrackk 1 year ago
@HalfCrackk WHAT?!?! No it isn't, lol! It's heart disease and cancer (25% and 22%, respectively). You can look it up at the the Center of Disease Control website! Childbirth isn't even ON the list. Oh my god, please stop commenting me. Honestly, it's terrifying that you claim to work in the medical field.
groovygirl4 1 year ago
@HalfCrackk I am turning off my computer and am done with this conversation. I will end with this: I used to be like you. I thought the ONLY place to have a baby was a hospital. But then I spent two years heavily researching and challenging everything I thought I knew and I realized...I was so wrong. You and I will never get anywhere because you are simply not open to any ideas other than your own. Thank you for your well wishes in my birth. I have complete faith in my body, baby, and midwives!
groovygirl4 1 year ago
@groovygirl4 The Skeptical OB is based in sound science, and is totally pro-certified nurse midwife in birth centers supported by OBs that can intervene in an emergency. There, you can get in a tub and bath in the goodness that comes out with the baby if you really want to, they don't care. But if there is a problem, then an OB can save you or your babies' life in an emergency, and trust me, as natural as wonderful as birth is, they do happen, and it's important to be ready to handle them.
HalfCrackk 1 year ago
@HalfCrackk I asolutely agree with you on this. In the very small likelyhood that I have a complication, I'll be very thankful to utilize my doctor and her amazing facility. But the fact is, I'm a low-risk patient. I'm healthy and in good shape, have excellent prenatal care from my midwives, and am aware and educated. A birth center birth is a wonderful option for my husband, me, and our precious baby.
groovygirl4 1 year ago
@groovygirl4 And lastly- I would bet you are one of the psycho moms that don't vaccinate your kids, am I correct? You are so :"convinced" of the "facts" that you have been fed from the home-birth movement, despite the overwhelming evidence to point out your lunacy. If you just can't do a birth in a hospital with a trained medical doctor, at least go to a birth center with a trained, certified nurse midwife. They are competent and can respond to emergencies. DO NOT DO HOMEBIRTHS!
HalfCrackk 1 year ago
@HalfCrackk Oh boy, you really need to calm down. My husband and I will delay vaccinations. And guess what? I AM giving birth in a birth center! But how is that any different from having that same midwife at my house? I FULLY support giving birth at home. I think it's amazing and wonderful and mostly? NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
groovygirl4 1 year ago
YOU ARE RIDICULOUS TO BE MAKING FUN OF PATIENTS....DON'T THEY KEEP YOU EMPLOYED?? What is wrong with a natural birthand a woman who knows what she wants....another example of the "system" furthering along UN-NEEDED CESAREANS!
LiveInLight10 1 year ago
@LiveInLight10 NOthing is wrong with a natural birth if it's safe. However, patients need to be realistic in demands and accept the fact you can't control the delivery no matter how hard you try and be willing to change the "plan" if necessary. It's ridiculous that people w/o degree's or hospital experience seem to think they know more than the professionals because they read a few books. We are there to help, patients want to refuse help but are happy to sue us when things go wrong.
dinkersmom 1 year ago 2
@LiveInLight10 if you ever get a life threatning illness/emergency stay home or let a vet see ya.
transit820 1 year ago
"Great, excuse me while I go prepare the OR" I swear, every patient who I've had that has come in with a birth plan ends up with a section. No flexibility and unrealistic expectations = no vag delivery!
flutterbyk123 1 year ago
If you want your birth planned followed stay the h@ll away from the hospital.
doulacandice 1 year ago
Awesome. Well done. Whoever made this video ROCKS!! ;-)
scanety 1 year ago 2
Fail.
Flameboy1042 1 year ago 5
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@angbev09, will you come to the hospital when the baby is posterior, has shoulder dystocia, retracting, blue or when your hemorrhaging? because the placenta is stuck? how will you handle thick mec., a tight nuchal cord or a "true knot"? I'm sure you have it all planned out, because someone who reads a few books and watches "A Baby Story" is in fact a lot more qualified to delivery a baby then the people who went to college and work in a hospital delivering babies everyday!
dinkersmom 1 year ago
@dinkersmom Again, it's not like all midwives show up with is a stick for mom to bite on and some sheets in boiling water. Midwives come equipped with the following: oxygen for both mom and baby for resuscitation, injectable pitocin for bleeding, IV antibiotics, and of course, the ever present CELL PHONE. And posterior babies generally have no issue being delivered vaginally if mom is allowed to birth in a position other than lithotomy. For the record, I hate "A Baby Story."
angbev09 1 year ago 3
@angbev09 I work with midwives, when things go bad they have to call the Doctor and WAIT. Those VERY precious moments that are lost while waiting for that call to go through, ambulance to arrive, transport you and baby, etc. can be avoided. You can have a "home" like delivery in a hospital, i.e delivering w/o medication, monitors, you can walk around, get in the tub and do most things your way but with the safety of emergency help present if needed.
dinkersmom 1 year ago
@dinkersmom I'm really glad that you have perfect hospitals and perfect doctors and perfect nurses in your hospitals, but that cannot be said for everyone. My son was born in a hospital b/c my husband was a scared idiot. I was strapped down to a bed and pumped full of drugs from the moment I walked in the door. Things were done to me without my consent, and my son ended up with an infection and 5day NICU stay because of the hospital staff.
YES it is WORTH it to ME to have a safe gentle birth
angbev09 1 year ago
@angbev09 Hospitals will never be prefect, thats why it's called "practicing medicine". This video is a parody of what RNs/MDs deal with on a daily basis, enjoy it for what it is, if not, there are plenty of other way to entertain yourself.
transit820 1 year ago
@dinkersmom that is BS. I delivered in a hospital naturally, and I was strapped to a bed, not allowed to walk and the birthing tubs they bragged about during the tour wasn't even offered. My delivery was not high risk. They did as a baby friendly hospital encourage the baby to latch to me immediately after delivery, but it was not a natural friendly birth
Dorche76 1 year ago
@dinkersmom many midwives are degreed as well.
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dinkersmom 1 year ago
"Great! The more the merrier. The doctor loves it when there's a big crowd!" AWESOME. The morale to the story: Your birth plan should be: a healthy mom and baby. Period. If you get those things, you are fortunate and your birth was successful!
pumpkinpjays 1 year ago
@pumpkinpjays That is a very narrow view of birth. that's also a very low standard for birth. If all it takes to be successful is to have a mother and baby alive, we have not come as far in women's rights as I thought. Why should a woman lose autonomy just because she's in labor? Why should her wishes and body not be respected just because there happens to be a baby coming from it at that point?
angbev09 1 year ago
@angbev09: A safe birth has nothing to do with women's rights or a woman's autonomy over her body. With women's rights have come increased education for women. I love it when labor & delivery goes smoothly, and it usually does. For those instances it does not, however, women should be smart and selfless enough to realize when to deviate from a birth as envisioned. Sometimes it comes down to a medical intervention vs. a compromised child. Your choice.
pumpkinpjays 1 year ago
@pumpkinpjays This is a very small minded view of birth. Too bad...you're missing out on SO much more.
groovygirl4 1 year ago
@groovygirl4 Oh yes, I know how much more. There's no end to the selfishness; it's more important to follow a birth plan than it is to have a neurologically-intact child.
pumpkinpjays 1 year ago
@pumpkinpjays A "neurologically-intact child". What does that even mean? I know without a doubt that my child has a much better chance of coming into this world happy and healthy without the use of unnecessary interventions that most commonly occur in hospitals. I know my baby will most most likely come when ready, without the use of drugs. I know my body was designed to give birth. I also know that most people like you view birth as an accident waiting to happen. I do not. It's a life event!
groovygirl4 1 year ago
@groovygirl4 What does neurologically-intact mean??? Look it up.
You're shooting off all these comments to people who are educated, experienced, and do this for a living, and you don't know what you're talking about.
When you're done hassling everybody on this post, may I suggest you contact Jenny McCarthy and jump on her vaccination bandwagon. Oh, friend: so many opportunities await you! There are so many soapboxes for the simple and the misinformed!
pumpkinpjays 1 year ago
@pumpkinpjays I always forget you can't have rational discussions with irrational people. You're right. I am missing out on SO MANY opportunities: the opportunity to be induced, to be continuously monitored, forced to stay in bed, not eat or drink, pumped full of pitocin & epidural medication, have my baby ripped away from me, a bottle forced into its face, jabbed full of vitamin K, slathered in eye ointment, etc. You've just reminded me of why I'm having my baby in a birth center. Thank you :)
groovygirl4 1 year ago
@groovygirl4 You're quite welcome. And yes, all hospital deliveries look like what you just described; it's not like healthcare professionals went to school forever, or that any of us actually care about the people we're with and the lives we bring into the world.
Stay simple, darlin'. It's an approach that obviously suits you well.
pumpkinpjays 1 year ago
@pumpkinpjays Oh & by the way, I'm done with our conversation too. The bottom line is that there IS a time & place for hospitals. But they are not necessary for EVERY BIRTH. Birth centers & home birth is safe in the majority of cases. I respect everyone's right to make an informed decision, but it's my feeling that most of the people commenting here don't share that same level of respect. I regret getting as riled up as I have tonight. But this is a passion of mine and I'm going to fight for it.
groovygirl4 1 year ago
@groovygirl4 Oh yes, I know how much more. There's no end to the selfishness; it's more important to follow a birth plan than it is to have a neurologically-intact child.
pumpkinpjays 1 year ago
I laughed till I cried!
missbhavens 1 year ago
Wow...very true!
Goochygirl2005 1 year ago
@angbev09 and you are exactly the type patient that will end up having to have an emergency csection! you cannot plan labor as much as you want to control it, nature will take its course. i'd like to see you deliver a breech or baby in distress at home and see how you feel about hospitals then. Then you will be crying for help!!!
Anthonyuga23 1 year ago
@Anthonyuga23: Midwives in Texas are licensed through the state and are trained to handle breech delivery at home. Also, most of the time, proper alignment is all it takes to prevent breech. That's why chiropractic care throughout pregnancy is recommended.
Since midwives are present through the entire labor, they can pick up subtle signs that something may be wrong, usually with more than enough time to get to a hospital or call 911. I really wouldn't start this fight with me, I'm educated.
angbev09 1 year ago
@angbev09 I believe that we are all educated also since we are licensed and work in labor and delivery, my hospital does over 5,000 births a year! When the "wants" of the mother come before the "safety" of the baby there's a problem. "Most" of the time is not accurate, it's more like "some of the time" I had my 4 children naturally, No meds, monitors or pitocin but I made sure they wouldn't have to wait for help if it was needed. I put their safety first.
dinkersmom 1 year ago 2
@angbev09 my 3rd was born w/ a tight nuchal (X2 around neck and X1 around body) 0 indicators) he was gray & limp. NICU was in my room in under 60sec to help him. Can a home delivery say that? Having a baby is a natural & beautiful thing, life's a blessing, so why take chances just to have your way. I call that shelfish! Have you ever handed a deceased baby to a mom because proper help was unavailable and took too long? I have and it's heartbreaking, the guilt the mom must bear is devastating
dinkersmom 1 year ago 2
@dinkersmom Why is it either hospital or home delivery. Birthing centers exist.
Dorche76 1 year ago 3
@angbev09 My first was delivered at DFW and I originally went to a midwife. UNTIL I asked her what happened if something went bad with my baby. She said they could have me to the hospital in "around" 10-15 minutes depending on traffic. I wasn't willing to risk my sons life on that 10-15 minutes. I don't care if you want to rub yourself in mac & cheese and dance under the moon if it makes you happy, but do it where proper help can be provided immediately if needed. Why is that so wrong?
dinkersmom 1 year ago
@dinkersmom I want to know what midwife you were seeing in Dallas, most of the well known birthing centers are literally across the street from a hospital, not to mention many are RNs with Master degrees in midwifery and most wouldn't take a high risk pregnancy. So seriously I would like to know who your midwife was.
Dorche76 1 year ago
@angbev09 it only takes a couple good vaginal checks to tell if a baby is malpresented along with leopolds maneuvers. Anyone can be trained to handle a breech delivery but sometimes after the body is delivered the head will still not deliver despite your training. No matter how quick you drive to the hospital, it won't be quick enough and sometimes when you sitting in the hospital they can't get you to surgery quick enough to have a baby that dosn't have brain damage.
Adkmagic 1 year ago
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angbev09 1 year ago
This is exactly the reason I will not birth my children in a hospital.
angbev09 1 year ago
As a Labor and Delivery nurse I encourage you to have your baby anywhere but a hospital (especially one I work in) if that is your reaction to this video.
sheriblanch 1 year ago 15
@angbev09, on behalf of your local hospital.... good :)
dinkersmom 1 year ago
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angbev09 1 year ago