Suggested clinical Implications
provide an opportunity for the mother and her Partner to discuss their experiences of the frightening shoulder dystocia birth.
offer mothers anticipatory guidance about the signs. symptoms and treatment for potential posttraumatic stress.
Labor and delivery nurses need to be educated about their vulnerabilty during traumatic shoulder dystocia Support for labor and delivery nurses who attend traumatic shoulder dystocia births is needed. As another mother articulated, there is no escaping the reality of the injury her child sustained due to her birth ing complicated by a shoulder dystocia. -I see my baby get frustrated throughout the day because she can't move her arm. I am constantly reminded of the traumatic birth we both went through. It will never away. Every devel- go opmental that should be rejoiced is instead heart step breaking and upsetting. There is no ecaping the reality of this, ever" (Beck, 2009).