omg has any one ever heard of this

[peaches_04]

I was talking with an older co worker about her birth and she was telling me she was pushing for so long and they couldnt get the baby out
They were concerned about the baby not getting enough oxygen and csections werent very common back then so the doctor told the nurse to help her push
She said the nurse literally jumped pounced on to her stomach and the baby shot right out!!!
How could that not hurt that baby!?!?!

[blg5484]

MY mom said that happen with me I was her only unmedicated birth and she said "I was tired and a big black nurse lady jumped on me" LOL she didnt say i shot out or anything but i was jumped on LOL

[SarineLewis]

0_o

[purvislets]

My aunt went through something similar.  She said that the baby was stuck and the next thing she knew the largest nurse she'd ever seen came waltzing through the door and starting pushing down on her stomach.  The baby came out and was ultimately fine, but I don't think it was something that should ever be done IMO!

[Nee86]

They did that with my grandmother when she was delivering my mom. First baby and her biggest. Grandms said the other two (my Aunt and Uncle) were lucky to be born after that.

[MommaGreenhalge]

I've heard of it. I think it was my mom who told me she had a nurse practically on top of her.

[tabi_cat1023]

My son was stuck in my rib cage, literally stuck, I was 10 cm and he was WAY up high in the uterus, we tried pit even really high, had already tried walking and everything.  Doctor said if i would get the epidural she would try something similar to a turning of a breech baby...I saw in an ultrasound his foot and knee were caught front to back in my rib cage..  I got an epi, 10 min later she climbed on top of me and pushed, he popped loudly and his head came out NO pushing.

The way she explained it is this should only be done by someone training to turn babies and only IN an OR or with an OR ready..which it was ready and across the hall, just in case theres an issue.

[TTC2Long]

That happened to a friend of mine. The nurse did it with no warning. Jumped on her. My friend was trying to push her off but she couldn't and couldn't talk or breathe. She was very traumatized from it. She reported the nurse, thank goodness.

[mommyjenn84]

Ive heard of this actually

[TrentsMom84]

Sounds like shoulder dystocia, especially if baby was out enough to be compromising breathing.  That's pretty standard procedure for hospitals to deal with it-they push hard enough to get the shoulders to shift and come out, if that's what it was the next step if baby doesn't budge is they break baby's collarbone to get the shoulders to fold in.  This is the big fear with most OBs and big babies which is why they do scheduled c/s for it-rather than let the woman labor in different positions :/

[MissSarah04]

My vajay jay hurts a little just reading this. I feel so blessed that I didn't tear at all and was allowed to control my own pushing ( well my body just sorta did what it wanted lol) and I didn't have anyone telling me when/how to push.