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Does the term "trial of labor" bother anyone else?

myantoniamyantonia
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First, I just want to say this isn't directed at the pp who posted about a TOL... But more at doctors that use the term.

 Does it make anyone else feel like the doctor is just waiting or you to fail so they can rush you into a c/s?  It's not like this is used for women without a previous c/s who plan a vaginal birth and have to have an emergency c/s, so why with VBACs?  Wouldn't everyone who isn't having a planned c/s technically be having a trial of labor then?  Sorry, I know it's trivial, but it really gets on my nerves!

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Re: Does the term "trial of labor" bother anyone else?

  • Kristine SchillingKristine Schilling

    yeah actually it bugs me. Makes me think of being tested for physical fittness in PE class. I never could do the pull ups. Does that mean I will fail this "test of womanhood?"

     

    Trail of labor... they just have to have a term for it, thats all. But it still bugs me.

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  • Harper'smomHarper'smom
    Not really actually. I think most laboring woman in a hospital are looked upon this way , meaning their labor needs to meet predetermined criteria, even though the term is not verbalized. At least with a VBAC the term is used openly. I think the c-section rate reflects this thinking.
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  • chicsubchicsub member
    I can understand in the hospital, but if my practitioner ever said that to me it doesn't feel right.  Hence why I left my first practice for a new one at 25w.  I felt like trial of labor also feels like they are doing me a favor by letting me try.  I know it's a medical term, but like I said, it was never used with my midwife.  It was called "labor".  This might be an extreme example and I'm sorry if I offend anybody, but it's kind of how a m/c could be called "products of conception", but that doesn't mean that a doctor/midwife should say that to a patient. 
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  • delg23delg23 member
    My doctor never used the term. They gave me a link to a video about VBAC vs C-section that used the term and I found it to be a discouraging term. But-I guess its the truth. 
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  • cchill01cchill01 member

    Yes, it does bother me, because emotionally/psychologically I need to believe that I can and will have a VBAC.  Not that I'm "trying."

    So many of the official terms in ob/gyn care are misogynistic and demeaning to a woman's ability to birth.  I try not to take offense, but it's hard not too.

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  • MrsJordanalmondMrsJordanalmond member
    TOL bugs ... but not as much as EDC as in "expected date of confinement" ... yes, some docs still use 'confinement'.  aaaaack.
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  • myantoniamyantonia

    imageMrsJordanalmond:
    TOL bugs ... but not as much as EDC as in "expected date of confinement" ... yes, some docs still use 'confinement'.  aaaaack.

     

    I've never heard that! You're right.... That's worse! 

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  • MrsJordanalmondMrsJordanalmond member

    oh, i thought of another good one ... 'incompetent cervix'

     

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  • BlinkingLight1BlinkingLight1 member
    YES! It bothers me a lot. I feel like they're just ready for me to fail instead of believing my body can do it.
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