billytea, have you seen Dr. Tatiana? if you were only on the same continent ....

I hope she and the baby are all right. Is the ruptured uterus something that can be repaired?

The baby's fine and in an EXCELLENT NICU--the same one my preemie (2lb) SiL was at 23 years ago. My cousin is being transferred to the same hospital today, as well. My sister seemed to think they might have performed a hysterectomy because the damage was so severe. I hope not. I'll have to wait until I get an update to find out.

My sisters had to stop by my uncle's house first (they're taking a batch of food over there) and then they were heading to the hospital to see my cousin & the baby. I expect a full update.

The hospital she delievered at is notorious for fuck-ups. It's a small town and I wouldn't go there unless I was dying, myself. But it's 40 minutes by ambulance to the next nearest hospital.

Timelies!

Ok - I am a day late in answering, but Trudy, yes, it appears that Mr. MG is employeed. He still has to pass the background and drug tests, but they have him scheduled to start December 27th. I'll be nervous until he is there for a week or two...

Cash - I'm glad your cousin and baby are doing well. That is traumatic.

bt - TM!girl does not know what she is missing.

vw - I hate fluffing papers just to meet a "minimum". If I've covered the topic sufficiently, I hate adding BS to meet a word or page count.

Cashmere, I am so grateful they are both alright.

Dude, in my google, I found stats that a ruptured uterus results in infant mortality rates of 80%, so your cousin seems to have been lucky. I hope they didn't have to do a hysterectomy - it doesn't seem necessary in most cases. I'm glad they're doing okay and now in a position to get good care (insert standard rant against the US medical system's inequities).

I also smell a medical malpractice case, if the family thinks that way. Not to check a woman with pre-term labor for dilation seems wrongity wrong.

Damn, Cash. That's freakin' criminal.

Here's to a speedy recovery to them both.

55 hours is two and a half days. The longest non-section labor I've heard about in my circles was about four days. When we went in for induction, we were prepared for three days (obviously, that didn't happen) WCS.

Lillian has a cold. I'm home with her while Paul goes in for a couple of hours, then he's with her while I work. Poor girl. She's all slightly feverish and sad.

There's a cop in my boss' office talking to my boss and the accountant. Disturbing.

I also smell a medical malpractice case, if the family thinks that way. Not to check a woman with pre-term labor for dilation seems wrongity wrong.

I know! I can't imagine it, either. But I'm getting information second-hand so I want wait until I have a full update to start ranting. This is her third child and her second was slightly premature, too. I'm fully confident they'll get excellent care from here on out but it just freaked me out because she is literally due the same day I am and the thought of going into labor now scares the shit out of me.

I was in moderate labor with K-Bug for 3 days before it kicked into high gear. Then it was another 10 hours or so. They were ready to do a C-section if I didn't have her by 10am. She shoved her way out at 10:05!

My cousin was in hard labor. I went away for the weekend, Friday evening, expecting the baby to be born that night. I got home Sunday, and she still wasn't born.

She had some trouble with her thermostat after that, for a while, and had to stay in the hospital for some extra time, but that was in 1988, and the details are very foggy in my mind, now that the child is in her senior year of high school.