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[quote=Anonymous]Inova Fairfax has the highest csection rate in the state of Virginia: http://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2011/3/5/virginia-cesarean-rates-by-hospital-2009.html The 2009 numbers were 45% overall, 27% of first time moms, but I have heard they are over 50% now. If you want to check csection rates by doctor, they are here: http://www.vhi.org/ob_report_results_phys.asp In the doula community, Inova Fairfax is generally understood to be a hospital that is not noninterventionist-friendly; with approximately half of births being surgical, this makes sense. At my most recent birth there, the nurses and the OBs all expressed surprise at my client's successful unmedicated birth, and admitted that they silently snicker when a mom comes in expressing a desire to go unmedicated. They also admitted they rarely see such births. I have found the staff pleasant and professional, but (perhaps unwittingly?) unsupportive of unmedicated moms: like this time, the OB told my mom that the pain would be "excruciating," the worst pain a human being can experience; the nurses assured her that she didn't have to do this to herself, and they promised to keep a good eye on her...because the monitor could be seen at the nurse's station, and even in their lounge (so the monitor, not a present person, would be observing her labor). And they offered her an epidural at 9.5 centimeters! So the hospital culture is not particularly well-suited to noninterventionist birth, but that does not mean it is impossible. [/quote]
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