Q: How often do you currently see (following a non-traumatic
vaginal delivery) a practitioner do a ring forcep cervical
and vag vault check with the intent to suture any tears
found? I recently endured watching this done to a person I
transferred from a homebirth to hospital care. I thought
this procedure went out 40 years ago. Am I wrong?
-Roberta Gehrke, CNM
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I have worked as an L&D nurse for ten years and I am now in
midwifery school. We have residents at our hospital who are
taught OB by the attending family practice doctor. They are
taught to pull the cervix out with ring forceps to check for
tears. I find this practice horrendous and unnecessary. When
one of the obstetricians witnessed this he told the resident
that that was bad medical practice! I am sure we all agree.
-Anon.
Reprinted from Midwifery Today E-News (Vol 2 Issue 27 July 5, 2000)
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