Nov 25 shift at Blacktown
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whitewriterI'd write more if I could but time is limited.
Main aspects of the day:
in the notes, the woman was VERY CLEAR she had wanted an epidural. In fact it seemed that she had made it a point to mention it at most of her clinic appointments.
By luck, I got one in a very reasonable length of time for her.
She also mentioned her friends gave poor reviews of SSH and that made me think, how would I deal with that in clinic, if a woman was like "oh. my friend says this hospital is not a good hospital" what do you say to that. "Unfortunately, everyone has a different experience that may or may not have met their expectations". That we take feedback and are continually working on ensuring women's needs are met, but we have limitations.
Like, we're not a private hospital and we don't have an anaesthetics on standby all times of the day - our anesthetics cover emergencies, review patients etc. they aren't just sitting around for one task.
You can pay $10 grand and go private, if you'd like however.
There are better to private option.
Continuity of care, for example.
We have some programs in the public system but it probably only reaches ... approx 8% of the women who birth at SSH.
Anyways reading this in the file, coloured my day so to speak.
Also, her perineum popped under my hands and I wished so badly that I had cut an episiotomy.
That's it. For every Indian woman I have from now on, I'll ensure I have the scissors nearby. It's just not worth it.
Yes that seems racist but if they're Lebanese or islander you can leave the scissors in the cupboard.
Unless it's untreated diabetes or LGA or some other high risk situation.
Main aspects of the day:
in the notes, the woman was VERY CLEAR she had wanted an epidural. In fact it seemed that she had made it a point to mention it at most of her clinic appointments.
By luck, I got one in a very reasonable length of time for her.
She also mentioned her friends gave poor reviews of SSH and that made me think, how would I deal with that in clinic, if a woman was like "oh. my friend says this hospital is not a good hospital" what do you say to that. "Unfortunately, everyone has a different experience that may or may not have met their expectations". That we take feedback and are continually working on ensuring women's needs are met, but we have limitations.
Like, we're not a private hospital and we don't have an anaesthetics on standby all times of the day - our anesthetics cover emergencies, review patients etc. they aren't just sitting around for one task.
You can pay $10 grand and go private, if you'd like however.
There are better to private option.
Continuity of care, for example.
We have some programs in the public system but it probably only reaches ... approx 8% of the women who birth at SSH.
Anyways reading this in the file, coloured my day so to speak.
Also, her perineum popped under my hands and I wished so badly that I had cut an episiotomy.
That's it. For every Indian woman I have from now on, I'll ensure I have the scissors nearby. It's just not worth it.
Yes that seems racist but if they're Lebanese or islander you can leave the scissors in the cupboard.
Unless it's untreated diabetes or LGA or some other high risk situation.
