Seriously, what is the big deal about C-sections? I know my view is skewed as an obstetrician, but I do not understand the anti-C-section movement. Granted, if a person can deliver vaginally with the end result of a healthy mom and baby, I am all for it…
Yes, I hate the mucus plug. If you ask any obstetrician or labor nurse, they probably will tell you they hate it too. Specifically, we hate how every book on pregnancy and labor mentions this entity and somehow correlates it to the onset of labor. These books, blogs, and other…
The first time I saw an obstetrical ultrasound I was a medical student in labor and delivery. The patient had just found out she was pregnant. Her last period was about 6 or 7 weeks prior. I watched the screen as the resident physician moved the ultrasound probe from side…
As an obstetrics and gynecology resident, one sees a lot of crazy things. I have delivered babies in the car outside and in the trauma bay of the ER, performed countless emergency Cesarean deliveries, and taken care of everything from appendicitis to kidney failure in pregnancy. Most of the time…
The nurse called me to examine the newest patient on labor and delivery. She was 25 years old with her first pregnancy and her contractions were four minutes apart. “I think I might be in labor,” she whispers, breathing through her contractions. I informed them I would need to check…