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When does your doctor come to the delivery?

MoniqueJWMoniqueJW
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I found out at our classes last week that the OBs don't come in until the midwife can see a head - as that usually gives them about 45 minutes until the actual birth (or earlier if there are any complications & they want him to come in sooner....)

just wondering if this is normal in the US too or if it's just here......

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Re: When does your doctor come to the delivery?

  • srbmvpsrbmvp member

    My friend who has the same OB as me says the Dr. was actually larglely un-involved during her delivery, the nurses did all the hard work! But it may depend on the dr., the hospital, etc....

    I guess my take on it is, as long as *someone* is there who is qualified and knows what they are doing, I'm okay with that.

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  • StarlitRNStarlitRN member
    Normal. At a low-risk normal delivery the L&D nurses do pretty much all the work! Most Drs will come in as the head is starting to crown.  :)  
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  • StarlitRNStarlitRN member
    Also it is a rare L&D nurse that hasn't fully delivered several babies in their career! ;)  Unless you get a fresh newbie (who should have an older nurse with them) you are in good hands should the Dr not make it in time!
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  • naturelle25naturelle25 member

    imageStarlitRN:
    Normal. At a low-risk normal delivery the L&D nurses do pretty much all the work! Most Drs will come in as the head is starting to crown.  :)  

    This is how it was with Lilly. 

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  • MoniqueJWMoniqueJW

    Ah ok - good to know

    the midwives here seem excellent - I'm totally confident in just having them during labour - I was just wondering if that was the standard or not because when I told my Mom she though the doctor sounded 'lazy' for coming so late in the game - glad to know it's normal for a standard birth :)

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  • itsspykittyitsspykitty

    My Dr deliveries all his babies and was pretty involved with DD1 before I even started pushing. he came by a few times throughout the day to check on me. 

    He is in his 70s, been doing this over 45 years and delivered over 7K babies.  

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  • teach2183teach2183 member
    My OB barely made it, but I went from 5cm to 9.5cm in 30 minutes.  I had to wait for him to push.
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  • lily225lily225 member

    Both times my dr's came at about 7cm and broke my water. WIth my first, he stayed from there on out I believe because I went to 10cm so quickly.

    With my second, he left the room right after, I dilated to 10 within a couple minutes, my nurse had me "practice push" and out DD2 came with no dr. in the room. fun fun.

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  • canamamacanamama member
    My first OB showed up literally 5 minutes before DD was born and my second doc was a GP and she showed up hours before and was the best.  This time I have an OB again so I get the feeling it will be 30 minutes before again.
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  • Bride2bMOBride2bMO member

    My doctor came so late she MISSED the delivery. . The nurses get you through everything and then the doctor just catches and stitches (given that there are no complications). In my case, anyway.

    I don't even remember the name of the resident who I met about 2 minutes before she caught my son. 

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