I have created another blog, www.JonathanSmalley.blogspot.com and I will working on this blog this week. Even though it absolutely relates to making birth safe, Jonathan deserves his own blog and I hope to achieve national attention for him. Another blogger has created www.FriendofDoris.blogspot.com for his grandmother.Jonathan Smalley is a six year-old boy who was taken into custody by the Division of Family and Children Services in Tulsa, Ok this week. His grandmother, Doris Garretson, a friend of mine, was arrested on kidnapping charges. I have been an advocate for Jonathan and Doris since his birth as she attempted to access services for Jonathan in a medical system and DCFS system that would not help.
Read the recent news story from Tulsa: http://www.kotv.com/news/local/story/?id=124421
The picture here and the narrative below are from my website: http://www.itsthebabysbirth.com/parentsknow/vacextract.htm
(This goes right along with my previous post quoting Tuteur as saying babies are not affected by birth.)
The Peoria baby shown above was born with vacuum extraction after being stuck in the mother’s pelvis for hours. He was induced in the morning, and in the late afternoon (just before crowning) his labor was stalled to accommodate the physician (who went to choir practice and returned later for the delivery). The baby's head is obviously seriously misshapen, with major overrides of his cranial bones. He is now severely developmentally disabled.
The Hippocratic Oath mandates and the Mother-Friendly principles support that a physician "Do no harm." Click here to read comments by two physicians about the Hippocratic Oath and how medical education leads to such practices.
The best way to PREVENT the use of vacuum extraction is to plan and prepare for a natural DRUG-FREE Birth!!
The FDA issued a warning about the use of vacuum extraction in May, 1998. In addition to specifics about injuries and an “increased number of deaths and the following major types of complications: subgaleal hemorrhage, cephalohematoma, and intracranial hemorrhage,” it states, “The Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 requires hospitals and other user facilities to report deaths, serious illnesses, and injuries associated with the use of medical devices.” In July 2002, an Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices Panel met and discussed the warning and consequential research was presented. At this meeting the research, led by an obstetrician in Arizona, was reported. It states, “that the number of deaths and serious injuries associated with VAD has steadily declined. Meanwhile, the use of VAD has continued to rise.” The injuries and medical complications above were noted to have increased and it was not attributed to vacuum extraction. He said, “the results indicate that injuries were unlikely to be related simply to a problem with the vacuum devices.” There was no mention of the practice of giving inducing hormones to women who arrive at the hospital and are not in real labor, of the planned inducing with hormones, and of the combined practice of inducing and epidural anesthesia that is known to cascade into the complications identified.
On Emedicine, is an article “Birth Trauma,” by Nirupama Laroia, MD, Director of Special Care Nursery, Assistant Profession, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatalogy, Children’s Hospital at Strong and University of Rochester.
Dr. Laroia reports, “Subgaleal hematoma is bleeding in the potential space between the skull periosteum and the scalp galea aponeurosis. Ninety percent of cases result from vacuum applied to the head at delivery. Subgaleal hematoma has a high frequency of occurrence of associated head trauma (40%), such as intracranial hemorrhage or skull fracture. The occurrence of these features does not correlate significantly with the severity of subgaleal hemorrhage." Dr. Laroia provides information on many types of birth trauma.
Obviously babies are effected for life by birth. We know this when they are obviously, clearly physically harmed as Jonathan was and yet, the family has to fight for services. But is it reasonable to believe an obstetrician who demands that what they do is harmless and that the HUMAN BEING will not be affected or remember it? Is it reasonable to not hold physicians and nurses accountable? Why is a grandmother of a disabled children seeking services for him seen as the child's problem when he has slow weight gain, can not walk, or talk?
This child, Jonathan, has a special place in my heart ---
Please visit Jonathan's site this week --- www.jonathansmalley.blogspot.com
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