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Alright, I stopped by the hospital today and picked up a copy of my medical records. I got there at like 5 minutes to 5pm so I was just glad they took my request when the office was closing soon. I asked for everything. She said, “from the whole hospital stay when you were here for the birth?” I said yes. She came back and handed me an envelope and said it was everything. So I took it and left. (I’m Keep Reading Questions about my medical record I just read this post on the Academic OB/GYN blog: Micro Tort-Reform: A potential solution to the VBAC liability issue. This was written after the NIH panel came out and recommended we decrease the number of cesareans and increase the number of VBACs (or at least make it more of an available option to mothers) and cited a huge problem for repeat cesareans being the issue of litigation. The author of this post Keep Reading VBAC consent form? VBACs (vaginal birth after cesarean, pronounced vee-back) are more difficult to achieve than you’d think. Where I live, there are 3 hospitals and only 1 allows VBACs (ironically, it happens to be the hospital where I was cut open). Within that hospital, there is only ONE clinic of doctors who will perform VBACs. Keep in mind I live in a fairly large city (population of 160,000 — and a total of 340,000+ if you include the smaller surrounding towns that most likely use Keep Reading Panel addresses cesarean and VBAC issues All night I was having dreams about c-sections and people yelling at me. Every time I woke up I tried to replay the dream in my head so that I’d remember it in the morning, but no luck. All I remember are feelings of fear and guilt. I was terrified of waking up this morning to see any more rude comments on my last post. The first time it happens, I can handle it. When a few more start flowing in, Keep Reading Nightmares I was planning on writing another post on my c-section about a week ago because it was bothering me again. Then, randomly, I got quite a few comments from doctors and nurses on my “C-Section Thoughts and Advice” post that was written as part of my birth story. They all came on the same day and I’m not sure how… but it made for one hell of a day for me. I cried all day long, and Keep Reading I failed at birth, not you. I’ll try to explain… |
      
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