I'm an RN student, and today I was in LDRP, and my patient came in about 5:15 a.m. and was dilated to 2cm. By 7:15 she was a 4, and the RN I was shadowing had to insist that the resident admit her to the hospital. Her water and broken, meconium-stained, but the strip didn't change color, so I guess the resident didn't believe she was ruptured.
So I take my patient from triage to her room, the nurse and I get her in bed, and the nurse goes next door to check on her other patient. Not 1 minute later, my patient says "I have to take a s**t!" I told her to wait, don't push while I grab the nurse. I grab the nurse, and as I go back in less than a minute later, my patient is bearing down with only her husband in the room! So I get on one side of the bed, and the nurse tells me "Lay her down so I can check her." I glanced down first, and said "She's crowning!" So I held her leg, one push later, baby was all the way out!" It was awesome!!! The resident finally came in to deliver, and I thought he was gonna pass out when he saw the baby on the bed, hollering. Baby ended up being fine (and beautiful!). The patient went from 4cm in triage to delivery in less than 30 minutes.
My instructor said "I'm glad you didn't take her to the bathroom to poop!" I jokingly asked her "If I had, would I have failed for the day?" And she said "Yes, on SO many levels! LMAO! I don't love OB, but today was great!
I am used to seeing them go, but over a year ago, I got to see one come into the world, delivered it as a matter of fact...This is such an precious moment..you will always remember the "Baby that came fast"...
Specializes in Aged Care, Midwifery, Palliative Care.
Congratulations, I'm doing my 3rd yr Mid (doing a 4yr degree with Nursing and Midwifery) and I love helping to deliver babies. It scares me to death though, but you walk on a cloud with a smile on your face for the rest of the day.
Sometimes first labors can go fast too. I know my labor with my son (my first) only took 4 hours from start to finish. That last hour was just waiting on the doctor to show up.
I told her to wait, don't push while I grab the nurse. I grab the nurse, and as I go back in less than a minute later, my patient is bearing down with only her husband in the room! So I get on one side of the bed, and the nurse tells me "Lay her down so I can check her." I glanced down first, and said "She's crowning!" So I held her leg, one push later, baby was all the way out!" It was awesome!!! The resident finally came in to deliver, and I thought he was gonna pass out when he saw the baby on the bed, hollering. Baby ended up being fine (and beautiful!). The patient went from 4cm in triage to delivery in less than 30 minutes.
Hospice Nurse LPN, BSN, RN
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:heartbeatAWESOME!:heartbeat