Dr. Annette Fineberg, an OB at Sutter Davis Hospital, has requested letters of support from women who have had breech babies. She is experienced in vaginal breech birth but has encountered significant roadblocks from her hospital. She has also been unable to get privileges at a nearby tertiary hospital to do breeches there.
Please write letters of support for keeping the option of vaginal breech birth available! More details below from the OB:
I need to ask a favor from anyone who
1) had a vaginal breech birth in the hospital,
2) had one at home because that was your only option, or
3) was pressured into a cesarean because it was not an option due to hospital policy or lack of experience of attendant
I am getting a lot of pressure to stop attending breech and despite my best efforts to get privileges at a tertiary care hospital with neonatology, it is not happening.
Please send your impassioned pleas and experiences to:
Sutter Davis Hospital Birth Center
2000 Sutter Pl
Davis CA 95616
Thanks!
[And please also send me a copy of your letter so I can forward it on to the OB!]
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