BreckH

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1. Feeding Protocols

   BreckH replied to HawkeyeRN's topic in NICU

   Hi, Just came back from a meeting at work NICU in San Diego where we are discussing going to cue feedings please if you can send the feeding protocol you are talking about... [email protected] Thank you so much, Breck

2. Home birth vs. hospital

   BreckH replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I worked in a hospital in Grants Pass, Oregon Three Rivers, and they were CIMS certified Coalition for Improving Maternity Services. To become certified they had to have a low section rate, low intervention rate over 98% breastfeeding when they walk...

3. Home birth vs. hospital

   BreckH replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

   And I've gone one step further, from my husbands suggestion of "if you are so upset about what is happening to laboring women in hospitals today why not write a book." and I did I wrote "Hey! Who's Having This Baby Anyway?" and in it I help women cho...

4. Home birth vs. hospital

   BreckH replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Yes i contact my congressmen and state representatives regularly along with about 100 other of us. And have you noticed that the choir is the heart of the church and the praises and messages they sing are for the whole of the community? And I love ...

5. Home birth vs. hospital

   BreckH replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm a nurse too you know.. 18 years and have seen many changes . I watched things drastically change especially in L&D and have seen results change too and as a result have changed my focus from L&D to NICU where the interventions there most...

6. Home birth vs. hospital

   BreckH replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

   And back in her grandmothers day maybe that was true but not anymore. Statistics show home and clinic births have a much better outcome, IF the woman has prenatal care, has a good diet, has a good birth team, has an uneventful pregnancy and is willi...

7. Home birth vs. hospital

   BreckH replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I would love to know in which states and cities all of you are from, this makes a lot of differences in the type of birth experiences people have in hospitals and at home.. I'm from San Diego California. The hospital I work at has a 85% cesarean rate...

8. Home birth vs. hospital

   BreckH replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

   This is exactly true and accurate, we are a nation, and just about the only one, who have been taught to fear childbirth and to be forced through peer pressure to submit to the wishes of providers and follow the path of others who believe the only sa...

9. Home birth vs. hospital

   BreckH replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

   This is current: Pregnancy is big business in America Published by Roxanne February 26th, 2007 Care 66% of all hospital revenue comes from hospital births (and the C-section rate is 33%), according to a new documentary that examines pregnancy practic...

10. Home birth vs. hospital

    BreckH replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Smilingblueeyes spelled it out pretty clear, clinics and small hospitals are closing their doors to birthing and directing the births to larger hospitals which with their complications and interventions are directing their babies into NICU, longer st...

11. Home birth vs. hospital

    BreckH replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Google pregnant in america and listen to the trailer that is offered on the home page. This is the documentary that will be presented later this year. In this trailer is the statistics that I quoted about the 66% and when I chatted with Steve ( th...

12. Home birth vs. hospital

    BreckH replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm so sorry for the mentioning of the website. I didn't know. sorry. No the Stats are from the US and current. Breck

13. Home birth vs. hospital

    BreckH replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi I was a direct entry midwife in Canada for 6 years and under the supervision of an MD I caught over 250 babies at home, had my two children at home at that time and just last January delivered my own granddaughter 8 lbs. 4 oz without a tear, becam...

14. Home birth vs. hospital

    BreckH replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There is a new documentary http://www.pregnantinamerica.com check it out these are the stats they are quoting and the film isn't out yet. As for self pay? when a person is a no pay or illegal and has no insurance the price of their care goes up becau...

15. What's the weirdest baby name?

    BreckH replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I went to school with a kid name Richard Head (Dick Head) and also one named James James James Jr.