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Dear Cate – we all know how you feel! Rupturing the membranes speeds up delivery – that is first stage with one or two hours. Ask your obstetrician what scientific evidence there is that this is better for the mother or child (There is no such evidence!). I once read an analogy between between labour and a woman making love – warming up slowly, staying on top for a while waiting for the climax, and the orgasm a slow, pulsating experience. (Male) doctors want it to be a manly affair, energetic job for a couple of minutes,a few good pushes and out gets the result! There was an amnihook on the bottom of the trolley which I used but it was a very strange sight to see this baby wriggling around inside the membranes. he even had his eyes open looking at us all. It was all over in less than a minute and he was handed to his mum.

I do not advocate ARM for speeding up labour or enhancing contractions. I would not perform an ARM to “get the head down onto the cervix”. I feel that this is unsafe and I would most certainly query the rationale of any such practice. api.render({product: product, productIndex: productIndex, rule_id: rule_id, ssp: ssp, scm: scm, show_type: that.show_type_}, true).then(() => { I still don’t know of any reason to rupture membranes. The research indicated that it does not shorten labour by any significant amount. It is a method of inducing labour but that is another story.There was no clear statistically significant difference between women in the amniotomy and control groups in length of the first stage of labour (mean difference (MD) -20.43 minutes, 95% confidence interval (CI) -95.93 to 55.06), caesarean section (risk ratio (RR) 1.27, 95% CI 0.99 to 1.63), maternal satisfaction with childbirth experience (MD -1.10, 95% CI -7.15 to 4.95) or Apgar score less than seven at five minutes (RR 0.53, 95% CI 0.28 to 1.00). There was no consistency between trials regarding the timing of amniotomy during labour in terms of cervical dilatation. Just to make things perfectly clear – these were ARMs performed when babies’ heads were visible (not high) and membranes ballooning. Heads were practically on the perineum. Performed because of maternal request & severe discomfort.

I know the lamb can’t help the way he’s been trained but I’m beginning to think that obs are from Mars and midwives are from Venus. Once one explains to them what a powerful trade weapon they have … they don’t need to do what Trump does and stop sales [to other countries] but they can use it as a threat in trade negotiations. Amniotomy alone versus intention to preserve the membranes (no amniotomy) for spontaneous labours that have become prolonged left: Math.abs(scrollElement.scrollLeft) >= scrollPoint + 100 ? 0 : scrollElement.scrollLeft + scrollLength,First, the membranes are on the fetal side of the placenta, so the maternal venous sinuses are not exposed to the amniotic fluid if the placenta is still attached. I too was brought up with this ‘theory’ about amniotic fluid embolism and pushing on intact membranes, at a time when if the midwife said it, then it was gospel and woe betide anyone who queried it.

When my son was born my waters didn’t break at all. The midwife finally broke them immediately before his head emerged. He was a bit stressed during labour – his heart rate was dropping lower than normal during contractions, but apparently recovering well. When she did break them there was some fresh meconium, which was expected. Was this why she broke them? Was he more likely to inhale it? I’ve been hoping list folk would contribute their experiences about carrying out Artificial Rupture of the Membranes in labour. I’ve only done one ARM for fetal bradycardia, to apply a fetal scalp electrode….which made the fetus relatively tachycardic for the next 20 min. (so the obstetric registrar was happy), but I can’t really figure out what good it did for the labour (Primigravida, nearing transition stage….) Then someone, a very forward-thinking tutor I think, at the time said, always keep in mind – if you do any ARM and the cord comes down, or something goes wrong, then you had better have had a very GOOD reason for doing the ARM in the first place ! STUDY DESIGN: The study population consisted of 60 consecutive parturients induced by early amniotomy. The two comparison groups were 147 women admitted with term PROM and 65 patients induced by oxytocin. All study participants were evaluated prospectively and had unfavorable cervical scores.

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However, I feel that rupturing intact membranes once the woman is complete (fully dilated) and pushing carried much less risk than doing it in labour. Got to be careful that it doesn’t jam a high head into acynclitism (head tilted to one side) with the next contraction.

What is the purpose of the amniotic sac? To protect the infant from infection to cushion the baby in the womb a medium for babies to grow in and thrive. Then why are they in labour the “enemy”? When she seemed to be getting dispirited we had a long talk about why she felt so strongly about AROM. It turned out all her concerns could be ruled out quite easily, prolapsed cord etc. She chose to try AROM and the baby almost dropped out on the next contraction. One second I was holding a warm compress on her newly bulging perineum, the next there was baby.

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Evidence does not support routinely breaking the waters for women in normally progressing spontaneous labour or where labours have become prolonged. fields: ["title", "url", "image", "min_price_variant.price", "min_price_variant.compare_at_price"], Tooltekt® Labor Saving Arm is an installation tool of the high build quality professionals demand, yet affordable for home improvement enthusiasts. Range of Application 🏠 She had asked shortly after delivery what the scratches were for and wasn’t really given an answer. I told her it was probably done when they attempted to break her waters. She wasn’t happy and I suggested she write to the head of midwifery and ask for an explanation. I know this happens from time to time, but she was worried about scarring.