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- Subject: Re: students/interns at delivery
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 20:30:44 GMT
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- In article <C19Eqt.3sB@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- oispeggy@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Peggy Brown) writes:
- >
- >It sounds like some experiences with medical studens/interns are
- >very good (see original post below). However, in my birthing
- >class one woman told of how an entire CLASS ON TOUR was brought
- >in to watch her deliver. She did not appreciate it. Also, at
- >this hospital one does not sign a form giving permission for the
- >students to be present. They will be present unless you
- >specifically state otherwise. Another thing to watch for is
- >students making their rounds with doctors. You could be put on
- >display, unless of course you refuse, which it seems people don't
- >think of doing until too late.
- >
- >It seems that if you have only 1 or 2 students to deal with, and
- >are able to form a friendly relationship with from early in the
- >labor, that they are more welcome. I think its very
- >inconsiderate to bring an entire class on tour into a delivery.
- >
- >Personally, I don't want any medical students or nursing students
- >present because I am a very private person to begin with and I
- >work at the Medical School. But I can certainly see where they
- >make a welcome addition under some circumstances.
- >
- >- Peggy -
- >
- (orig post deleted)
-
- I didn't think the idea of students sounded all that great, still don't really.
- But I think it also depends on if you have a natural or C section birth.
-
- I planned a natuarl but got a c. I wasn't even really aware of the one(luckily
- ) that was there until my doctors were closing me up. Then they started
- asking him all these questions and it was interesting to hear how he tried
- to answer their questions. (Boy was he intimidated!-Imagine standing at the
- foot of a bed with some strange woman, in the middle of a C-Section(I'll skip
- the gross stuff) and basically getting a final exam from your professors!)
- Truly pressure!
-
- He helped keep me from thinking about what they were doing to me, since I
- could feel something-no pain, but something.
-
- Also kept me from completely losing it, since they had to take my baby to
- infant recovery and I hadn't gotten a chance to hold him (still strapped down
- to the operating table). I sent my husband to follow my son (parental
- paranoia- someone stealing my baby, etc) so that left me alone again.
-
- I was helped by the student present, but I was in such a state of ecstasy over
- childbirth that I didn't care who saw what or when. :-) :-)
-
- Just MHO.
-
- Ellie Blackwell
-