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1. Do you allow patients to take home their placentas if desired? more

   twinner replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Blee[/quote Ummmm. excuse me, yes we do.:uhoh21: I'm unsure of the foreskin issue,but we certainly do bury placentas and limbs, esp orthodox ,Hassidic ,but I've had a secular(read--) non-religious Jewish relative bury his leg, I personally gave many ...

2. Policies on starting pit on nonviable fetus

   twinner replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work in a Catholic hospital, so no induction unless there are no FHT or unless the mother is infected. The other hospital I work at (not Catholic-owned), anything goes.

3. Has the definition of Para changed over the years?

   twinner replied to Bonny619's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi. If Baby Julie's mom went past 20 weeks with the other 2 pregnancies, she is a G3P3, one living. I have twins and I am a G3P3, 4 living, or according to the TPAL system G3 T=2 P=1 (the twins) A=0 L=4 I agree that many people try to make para the ...

4. What type of pain med in labor used?

   twinner replied to Daynamyte's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi. I don't post much but I read often. I had to jump in on this thread, though, b/c my hospital delivers close to 7,000 babies a year, yet I don't think anyone else's unit uses what we routinely administer. Aside from around a 98% epidural rate, th...

5. Another Certification Question . . . 2 years?

   twinner posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi. The requirements for sitting for the Inpatient Obstetric Certification exam state that you need 24 months AND 2000 hours. I've got the 2000 hours down pat and would have had the 24 months this August, but I left my first job after 10 months afte...

6. AFHMPP w/o first taking FHMPP?

   twinner posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi Everyone! I'm new here. I have 10 months experience in L&D (straight from Nursing school). I have not yet taken the FHMPP certification course b/c there has never been a convenient one available. I was wondering if anyone out there did NOT ...