Laura Beaudin

I ended up with PPROM with both my pregnancies so when to deliver (both
cesareans) wasn't an option.

I found out the hard way that I'm allergic to steroids. An injection I
received a few years back damaged my pancreas so surprise, surprise, I ended
up diabetic. I ordered the lab tests myself since the doctors didn't request
the most important ones (HbA1C and C-peptide) and then went through 5
internists...had I listenedd to half of when they said, I'd probably be dead
today. I went to the American Diabetes association and stuck to that.

Laura



On 1/27/07, Marieke Willis <luuknam@...> wrote:
>
> --- Laura Beaudin <laura.beaudin@...> wrote:
> > Thanks for pointing this out--your right, I haven't been able to get
> > info
> > off the internet. Would you believe that I got this from my doctor?
>
> Yes. In my experience, doctors are a good source of misinformation.
>
> > That's
> > what you get for listening to people in this country--my apologies.
>
> On the bright side, you could sue him. :P In NL, the judges would laugh
> you away, you probably couldn't get this to be a court case, whereas
> here... who knows what would happen? Although I don't like stupid
> lawsuits... they just increase the cost of medical care.
>
> Speaking of doctors and malinformation, I'm currently reading "The
> thinking woman's guide to a better birth", which is actually pretty
> well researched, despite the title. Some of the stuff in it really
> makes me roll my eyes, even though I was already very skeptical of
> hospital birth with all its interventions. It's a wonder obstetricians
> don't get sued more often. Example: in around 1800, some doctor decided
> that the average length of a pregnancy is 40 weeks. Nowadays, doctors
> use that number to decide when to induce, which is quite often done at
> 41 weeks, although there are doctors that wait till 42 weeks. Still,
> turns out that the average length of a first time pregnancy is 41 weeks
> and a day, and for subsequent pregnancies 40 weeks and 3 days. So, the
> average first time mom is overdue and should be induced? Gimme a break.
> And I could obviously go on and on, but then I'd be abusing Henci
> Goer's copyright, I think.
>
> Marieke
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