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All events that are associated with a shoulder dystocia must be carefully recorded in the medical record. Appropriate documentation allows an accurate record of what happened during the delivery, especially for attorneys and experts to review retrospecitvely, but also for reviewing your own experience.

Midwives, on-call time is not your time. Your time belongs to the patients that may need you and the institution/entity that is paying you to be available for patients who require your presence. While on-call, your time should not be dedicated to your family, young baby, toddler, partner, or your much-needed rest. I do not deny that this is hard.