My first client was induced yesterday morning. I will post a birth story in the appropriate section, but wanted to get out the frustrations that I had here. Just gotta vent.
So, she had her water broken when she arrived, told to walk, which started a few contractions and then given pitocin.
It was frustrating to hear the nurse tell my client about pitocin. She said that pitocin douesn't cause pain (which is true) and went on to explain that it just causes contraction that are no different than if your body had started them naturally. She said the only difference was that with pitocin, the hospital staff could control the contractions.
I found this explaination to be wrong, because it's only a half truth. In my book, a half truth is a lie.
Another thing I found strange is that they put her in one of the 2 rooms in L&D that had a jacuzzi tub. This hospital does not allow you in the bath after your water is broken, so the jacuzzi was unable to my client as well as any other laboring momma that may have benifitted from it.
My next frustration- My client's other support folks. It started out when I first met her as her husband, her mother and myself. By the time the first prenatal rolled around, it was her husband, her mother, her mother's partner and myself. 2 days before the induction it became her husband, her mother, her mother's partner, her father and myself. 3 hours after the induction, the "support team" was her husband, her mother, her mother's partner, her father, her step-sister, 2 other friends and myself. WAY TOO MANY. Her father slept most of the time, her mother paced, 2 of the others talked loudly and kept telling medical horror stories. Her husband had hurt his back the day before and was unable to sit or lay comfortably the entire time. There was not enough seating in the room. When suggestions were made for my client to rest or for them to take a break/walk....they didn't really respond.
One person was loud and dare I say, obnoxious, asking a zillion thousand questions of the medical staff as if she was in charge, giving my client advice that was not correct, pretending that she could read the charts and the graph from the monitor.
When my client opted for an epidural, I surprised that the anestheiologist asked all the important medical questions and gave her the risks AFTER inserting it. Is that common practice?
But, the nursing staff was kind and supportive, momma and baby are healthy and breastfeeding is going well, I suppose that's what really matters.
This birth really has made me question whether I am cut out for this work. Although I am not as emotionally involved as the family, I still am quite an empathetic person, and felt great frustration and sorrow to see her labor and delivery go the exact opposite as she wanted.
I feel like I failed her in some way, even though the induction might have been the right thing to do at 41 weeks....baby was 9 lb 11oz, 22 inches.....mom is 5 feet tall. (Read the birth story for more info
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Thanks for letting me vent.
Some good news though...
You're doing your job well! 
