Rulenumber1
Junior Member
South Carolina
Thank you guys in advance!
My best friend's daughter just had her first baby. When I asked who I thought was the doctor, that was actually a midwife , what I could do to help she said go to the other side of the bed and when I tell her to push hold her legs and push them up. What a wonderful experience! That being said the mother did not have a wonderful experience at all. It was two weeks ago and still she is in so much pain she can hardly hold her baby.
She pushed for hour and a half. At one point the midwife said that I need to do an episiotomy. She picked up the scaffold and put it back now. I saw her pick up the scaffold the grandma saw her pick it up and put it back down.
FINALLY the baby was born, cleaned,mother held the baby for probably 15 minutes and the nurses take the baby to do their thing in the babies bassinet.
Finally the doctor comes in and starts doing the repair. 60 inches of stitchers!!
Grandma and I had no idea the extent of the damage.
Until later after she was moved to a room, and the nurse came in and told us.
The Midwife came in and told the mother she was sorry but she could not do the episiotomy without the doctor in the hospital.
The mother also heard the doctor and the Midwife arguing about the Midwife not doing the episiotomy. The Midwife said I've been trying to reach you for hours and was unable to reach you and could not do it without you being in the hospital.
They didn't make an appointment to see her until November 26th but because she was in so much pain we took her in last Monday. The doctor had me look at the extent of the damage. OMG! She has another appointment tomorrow and the doctor will decide if she needs to go back in the hospital and have more surgery.
My question is, can a midwife do an episiotomy legally when the doctor is not in the hospital or able to be reached? Or is this possibly the practice of OBGYN office?
Thank you guys in advance!
My best friend's daughter just had her first baby. When I asked who I thought was the doctor, that was actually a midwife , what I could do to help she said go to the other side of the bed and when I tell her to push hold her legs and push them up. What a wonderful experience! That being said the mother did not have a wonderful experience at all. It was two weeks ago and still she is in so much pain she can hardly hold her baby.
She pushed for hour and a half. At one point the midwife said that I need to do an episiotomy. She picked up the scaffold and put it back now. I saw her pick up the scaffold the grandma saw her pick it up and put it back down.
FINALLY the baby was born, cleaned,mother held the baby for probably 15 minutes and the nurses take the baby to do their thing in the babies bassinet.
Finally the doctor comes in and starts doing the repair. 60 inches of stitchers!!
Grandma and I had no idea the extent of the damage.
Until later after she was moved to a room, and the nurse came in and told us.
The Midwife came in and told the mother she was sorry but she could not do the episiotomy without the doctor in the hospital.
The mother also heard the doctor and the Midwife arguing about the Midwife not doing the episiotomy. The Midwife said I've been trying to reach you for hours and was unable to reach you and could not do it without you being in the hospital.
They didn't make an appointment to see her until November 26th but because she was in so much pain we took her in last Monday. The doctor had me look at the extent of the damage. OMG! She has another appointment tomorrow and the doctor will decide if she needs to go back in the hospital and have more surgery.
My question is, can a midwife do an episiotomy legally when the doctor is not in the hospital or able to be reached? Or is this possibly the practice of OBGYN office?
