[jeffbee]

I witnessed this phenomenon first-hand when my second child was born and during the labor, which was not exceptionally long, only 7 hours, the doctor started making "this is not progressing" noises toward 5pm and I had to sternly tell him to fuck right off. Based on a strip chart of the time between contractions the labor was clearly making normal, bordering on rapid, progress.

Doctors are pretty much dicks, and the entire American system is massively broken.

[watwut]

I think that in this case, the TA is the system. There should be no issue with changing the doctor with the shift.

[gowld]

For a 2nd child, 4-8 hours of active labor is normal. Did you go to the hostpital early?