Fibroids in Pregnancy -- Midwifes perspective

[Guest guest]

I came across this page and thought you might be interested in it, it

is a series of questions and answers from the UK.

Fibroids in Pregnancy

http://www.radmid.demon.co.uk/fibroid.htm

" These archives contain posts from the UK Midwives and Consumers

email list, a discussion group for people interested in midwifery in

the UK. "

[Guest guest]

That's an interesting page. Just as a side note, many midwives feel that

fibroids are not necessarily a high-risk situation. My midwife group gives

most of its patients the option of delivering at a birth center or at a

nearby hospital that they're affiliated with. They only let certain women

deliver at the birth center; they screen them carefully. If a woman has any

potential complications that the midwives feel they might not be able to

handle at the birth center, such as pre-eclampsia, they won't let her

deliver at the birth center. The midwives have quite a long list of

conditions that they won't handle at the birth center. Despite the size of

my fibroid (it grew from 6 cm to 13 cm during the pregnancy), the midwives

gave me permission to give birth at the birthing center. When I asked about

the possibility of excess hemorrhaging, they said they were equipped to

deal with that at the birth center.

In the end, Mother Nature had a say in things. My daughter was 16 days

late, and we had to use Cervidil to get contractions going. Since Cervidil

requires uterine monitoring, I was admitted to the hospital, but the plan

was to transfer me to the birth center once labor got going well. Mother

Nature had other plans, though. She worked up quite a blizzard that day, so

I ended up staying in the hospital rather than taking a chance on the

roads. It was a fairly ordinary labor and delivery, with no excess

hemorrhaging afterwards.

Cheryl

At 08:53 PM 4/12/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>I came across this page and thought you might be interested in it, it

>is a series of questions and answers from the UK.

>

>Fibroids in Pregnancy

>http://www.radmid.demon.co.uk/fibroid.htmhttp://www.radmid.demon.co.uk/fibroi\

d.htm

>

> " These archives contain posts from the UK Midwives and Consumers

>email list, a discussion group for people interested in midwifery in

>the UK. "