We had a uterine rupture this morning. Baby was severely compromised and mom ended up in ICU. Mom was a multip with a previous NSVD. It was a post-dates induction. I know uterine ruptures are pretty rare but can someone give me some insight here? ...
2curlygirls replied to 2muchHeart's topic in Ob/Gyn
Any doc at our facility who tried a circ with SweetEase alone would find him/herself out on their ear! Nurses would flat out refuse to assist!!! We, as adults, would not have genital (or any other) tissue removed without some form of anesthetic. Wh...
I was! I ruptured in a spectacular fashion after a night of contraction every 5-7 minutes. After that, I went to the hospital and my contractions were 2 minutes apart! Got there and on exam I was "closed and firm". I had my daughter 16 hours and ...
2curlygirls replied to CrunchyMama's topic in Ob/Gyn
I watched one in nursing school. Horrible. Any future sons I have will be circ'ed over my dead cold body. Why would you want to surgically reduce the size of your son's penis? BEcause it's cleaner??? Yeah, an open wound in a diaper full of poop is...
Being a pregnant NICU nurse is hard! I remember feeling the same way! I had weird dreams that my daughter needed to be in the NICU and I figured it would only be natural that I would be her nurse. I also dreamed that I got to take her out for a few...
2curlygirls replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU
I was thinking that maybe she thought that they were circ'ing the baby when they were actually putting in lines? It's the only thing I can think of that makes any sense.
I'm afraid to open this can of worms but.... I was on another forum and they were discussing circ'ing unstable babies. One person said her friend's baby was circ'ed while he was on a vent! This seems crazy to me! Please tell me this is not happenin...
2curlygirls replied to SiennaGreen's topic in Ob/Gyn
The answer to this question is *no* IME (personal and professional). So many of our NICU babies go home breastfeeding. MOst of them have had very interrupted breastfeeding experiences. I breastfed my first daughter for 11 months. She got one bottl...
In a pinch, yes. Ideally, no. I have to say, I've done it on quite a few occasions. My old unit (where I was trained) didn't seem to have much issue with doing it. But we also had really sick kids who tended to have all their other access ports o...
Malpractice??? That's a good one. I could say the same thing for those who fervently advocate for this unnecessary practice. I think you missed the fact that I just don't discuss it with our NICU parents. Most of them don't do it anyway so it's r...