I don't know if it is overkill. I guess I just want to know what the medical benefit was to them. I assume they were monitoring you re: your safety more so than the babies at that point. I am just basing this on the notion that you said there was nothing they could do for the baby. Like perhaps, the ultrasound would have shown something that would have caused them to send you to the hospital right away for your safety? I don't honestly know.
I think a lot of the stuff in the OB world is not based more on "this is just the way we do things" vs "doing this will actually improve outcomes." I was just reading an article the other day how bed rest hasn't been shown to improve outcomes for mother or baby in many cases. But I think it is prescribed because it has always been done and I think that Docs and patients like to feel like something is being done. But perhaps @wandering has a different perspective.
My OB actually mentioned the change in bedrest theory to me this most recent time. He's part of a very large HMO, which is changing its policy on the issue as a whole. I think adaptability and willingness to change are very practice-dependent.
Oh, very interesting. That is good. The studies I was reading came out in 2007. Maybe the medical world is just a slow moving turtle
My OB actually mentioned the change in bedrest theory to me this most recent time. He's part of a very large HMO, which is changing its policy on the issue as a whole. I think adaptability and willingness to change are very practice-dependent.
Oh, very interesting. That is good. The studies I was reading came out in 2007. Maybe the medical world is just a slow moving turtle
Ding, ding, ding! In generally it takes about 7 years after research/major new recommendations come out for the majority of providers to follow the new guidelines (I've heard this number of years from several doctors, but haven't actually looked in to it myself). Obviously some things move faster depending on what it actually is and the specialty, but yes, slow moving turtle is probably a good way to describe it