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Before the amniocentesis, you can eat and drink as usual. Your bladder must be full before the procedure, however, so drink plenty of fluids before your appointment. Your health care provider may ask you to sign a consent form before the procedure begins. You may want to ask your partner or another close contact to accompany you to the appointment for emotional support or to drive you home afterward.

Full bladder for an ultrasound, empty bladder for an amnio to prevent bladder perforation... Thats what I always learned

hey guys, I'm 27 years old and a Paramedic transitioning to RN. So I go in the other day to take this ATI transition test, Fundamentals- fine, Child-no problem, Maternal newborn- BOMB. Jeez louise, despite not having a uterus or kids I managed to do fine on the interventions, foundation and all that. I did terrible on the Comfort portion during labor. They had questions about rhythmic stroking of the lower back for pain and there was one i was particularly confounded by:

Which statement shows that your client understands the amnio procedure

1. bs
2. bs
3. I understand i will have to drink 3-5 glasses of water prior to the procedure......hmmmm
4. I understand my bladder will need to be empty for this procedure

I know that most places prefer their bladder to be full while doing the ultrasound to find the bladder but then want it to be empty during the actual amnio to prevent puncture. So what do they want to hear? It didn't specify at what point the client was making these statements.

Beyond that I had trouble with the episiotomy care, etc. I went in thinking that i was going to receive questions about how to manage emclampsia, breech presentations, etc and instead it was waaaaaay more touchy feely than I had expected. Anyone else ever have this problem? How did you resolve it?