Caroline Anderson - Anyone Can Dream

Now, however, she was getting more and more distressed, probably with worry, and Bev and Mr Rimmer were busy calming her down.

Just when Charlotte was convinced she was going to have to learn about the ventouse by trial and error, William walked in, took one look at Mrs Rimmer’s face and took charge.

After examining both the progress chart and the patient, he explained that the baby wasn’t descending fast enough and was beginning to get rather tired.

‘Like you, really,’ he said with a grin, and Mrs Rimmer smiled weakly back.

‘What I want to do is help the baby down, using your contractions to do the work and the vacuum cup to guide the baby’s head in the right direction, because what’s happening is it’s turning slightly and getting jammed. Now, I know you don’t want any pain relief like pethidine, but how would you feel about local anaesthetic?’

‘Is it necessary?’

He shrugged. ‘I don’t know. I hope not, and I’ll be as gentle as I can, but it may not be very pleasant. One thing I can assure you is that it will hurt a lot less than forceps, and it may even be better than a normal unaided delivery. It’s just getting the cup on that can be a bit tricky.’

Tricky wasn’t the word for it, Charlotte thought a few minutes later as William tried yet again to position the silicone cup against the baby’s undescended head.

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