06-10-2004, 01:14 PM
ShadowHM,Jun 10 2004, 07:08 AM Wrote:I am qualified to say (after having four children) that this is not 'standard procedure'. It was never once mentioned for me, and it certainly would have met with some sharp queries as to the justification for it before I let anyone try to insert one. That's wierd then. When my wife learned that they were going to install a catheter she protested, but the doctors told her she didn't have a choice because everyone gets one (except me, husbands get off SCOTT FREE! Hahaha!).
I would agree that my sample size is not large. However, I delivered those four children in four different hospitals with four different obstetricians.