Anybody else refusing internals

[Emily0505]

I found internals fine.

Mind you, its just as well as everyone seemed to have their hands up my foof at one time or the other!

XX

 

[babyem]

I personally would never refuse them, without them I could have lost our LO x

My fat fingers can't spell! x

 

[Seb]

Omg I'm dreading these now I'm very small down there. This thread has freaked me out, especially the 'up to the elbow' comment!! Really?! Am I being naive? Xx

 

[babyem]

G&A helps x

My fat fingers can't spell! x

 

[Pudds86]

I was induced last time and they only were to check once established then every four hours. Luckily labour was only 5.5 hours so only examined once. Id had two sweeps previous to that.

They do hurt, of course its going to hurt, hands arent meant to be up there. However im too impatient not to know how im progressing.

Ill be having sweeps and internals this time too.


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[BunnyN]

It all depends on why they are doing the internals. There are situations where internals are very useful but routine internals aren't always essential. An induction might mean more internals but there are several different ways of doing inductions as well. The poster wasn't planning on flatly refusing all internals at any cost, just wanting to avoid them when not necessary. I've seen birth plans that said to avoid routine internal examinations unless for an important reason. As well as being uncomfortable some people wish to avoid them on the grounds of increasing risk of infection.

 

[babyem]

It all depends on why they are doing the internals. There are situations where internals are very useful but routine internals aren't always essential. An induction might mean more internals but there are several different ways of doing inductions as well. The poster wasn't planning on flatly refusing all internals at any cost, just wanting to avoid them when not necessary. I've seen birth plans that said to avoid routine internal examinations unless for an important reason. As well as being uncomfortable some people wish to avoid them on the grounds of increasing risk of infection.

Well I didnt have them because they were routine. As for risk of infection, its no more than going to the dentist, they wash their hands thouroughly and often aswell as use gloves x

My fat fingers can't spell! x

 

[CARNAT22]

Having regular internals (every few hours) was the main reason they knew my labour wasn't progressing.

I went in at 5cm, was 6cm 2 hours later and was still 6cm 2/3 hours after that, same 2/3 hours after that. So they had to send me to labour ward!

I had 2 internals one after another (my MW wanted a second opinion on my dilation) but I still don't recall it hurting. They did time the internals between contractions though!

xxxxxx

 

[babyem]

Having regular internals (every few hours) was the main reason they knew my labour wasn't progressing.

I went in at 5cm, was 6cm 2 hours later and was still 6cm 2/3 hours after that, same 2/3 hours after that. So they had to send me to labour ward!

I had 2 internals one after another (my MW wanted a second opinion on my dilation) but I still don't recall it hurting. They did time the internals between contractions though!

xxxxxx

Mine didnt hurt either xx

My fat fingers can't spell! x

 

[Les1504]

I was induced and was examined regularly, to insert the propess, break my waters and then I was checked twice to see how I was progressing. I even let a student double check! I didn't feel any pain and agree it was an essential part of an induction x

 

[BunnyN]

It all depends on why they are doing the internals. There are situations where internals are very useful but routine internals aren't always essential. An induction might mean more internals but there are several different ways of doing inductions as well. The poster wasn't planning on flatly refusing all internals at any cost, just wanting to avoid them when not necessary. I've seen birth plans that said to avoid routine internal examinations unless for an important reason. As well as being uncomfortable some people wish to avoid them on the grounds of increasing risk of infection.

Well I didnt have them because they were routine. As for risk of infection, its no more than going to the dentist, they wash their hands thouroughly and often aswell as use gloves x

My fat fingers can't spell! x

The infection thing has more to do with bacteria naturally present in the vagina, an internal examination could potentially push bacteria into the cervix where it shouldn't be. Some doctors MW prefer to avoid internals with strep B patients. I'm not saying you shouldn't get them and clearly there are some circumstances where it's important but there are reasons against as well as for so if a person makes an informed decision to refuse them or have as few as possible it's a valid choice.