babycatcher2B

babycatcher2B specializes in L&D/birthing center.

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1. we're pregnant

   babycatcher2B replied to medsurgnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

   If I could go back and rewrite human biology I'd make fathers lactate once their child was born:lol2: My 6m/o is currently going through a growth spurt and wants to nurse ALL THE TIME! I so wish I could say that my dh and I were breastfeeding her t...

2. Getting an epidural (with fentayl) may hinder breastfeeding (new study)

   babycatcher2B replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I went to a Hale conference last year and he mentioned the new evidence they were finding on fentayl and bf'ing. He advised avoiding using it until more conclusive evidence was reached.

3. Need info for circ presentation

   babycatcher2B replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I've never been involved w/ circ, thank goodness, and we don't do them where I work now. We make referals for parents who do want to circ which is a very low percentage of our pts. Where I used to work the rate was higher- somewhere between 75-80%. T...

4. car seats

   babycatcher2B replied to babycatcher2B's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thanks! I'll definately do that. See, I'm not even so much concerned with parents having their infant's seat installed correctly (though you'd like to think parents thought it was important enough to do before the arrivial of their child) but to a...

5. car seats

   babycatcher2B posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm sure we've all experienced parents that come in with the worst car seats just to bring their babies home. You know, the ones with used car seats that they are unfamiliar with the history on, haven't got an owners manual, etc. Anyway, today when...

6. have you delivered a baby on the ob unit you work on?

   babycatcher2B replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Me, too. But I did my OB clinicals at the same hospital where I did some doula work. It was very interesting seeing things from a different perspective.

7. Water Births?

   babycatcher2B replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I have met several of the Farm midwives, including Ina May, and they are wonderful! One of them corresponded with me during my last pregnancy to help me with hyperemesis. I've had all 4 of my kiddos at home and have used hydrotherapy each time, al...

8. New to Nursing Need Advice!!!

   babycatcher2B replied to KTroutt's topic in Ob/Gyn

   You've gotten some great advice in this thread. I just want to echo what's been said...study hard and do the best you can in school. Also, get the most out of your clinical experiences~ OB and everything else. I started RN school knowing I wanted ...

9. hot packs to sternum for post partum shaking?

   babycatcher2B replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

   This is so interesting. I work in a FSBC and almost all of our babies are delivered to mom's abdomen where they remain skin-to-skin...and very few of our pts ever have the shakes. Come to think of a few cases where the moms did have the shakes the ...

10. Frontier interview scheduled

    babycatcher2B posted a topic in CNM

    Well, I went ahead and sent in my application to Frontier. I have an interview scheduled for next month. I'm so stinkin' excited!!:roll It seems like only yesterday that I first thought about becoming a mw...and here I sit almost 8 years later clo...

11. Postpartum nurses and circumcisions?

    babycatcher2B replied to AmericanChai's topic in Ob/Gyn

    One of the many reasons I work in a FSBC. Most of our pts choose not to circ and we don't do them in our facility anyway so d/c teaching is always a pleasure. I've also changed the way I approach the topic..."Will you be leaving your son intact" vs. ...

12. Doula services for Fetal Demise, Miscarriage, Stillbirth

    babycatcher2B replied to SuzieQ_Scrapper's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Why not go ahead and certify with DONA as a birth and PP doula just to get those letters after your name. With your CEUs from the Berevement workshop you'd be on your way to developing some qualifications. As your business would be different than t...

13. NPO for labor?

    babycatcher2B replied to 2curlygirls's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in a free-standing birth center and moms can eat and drink to their hearts content. We actually encourage it b/c if she's been NPO for the last day and a half d/t excitement and/or just plain not feeling like eating she's bound to be positive...

14. Experience to Enter CNM Program

    babycatcher2B replied to MUOStudentNurse's topic in CNM

    IMO I think experience is extremely helpful in becoming an APN although I do not think it should be a hard-and-fast requirement. As far as CNMs go (and all other midwives) I have always seen them as wise, older women who have many, many years under ...

15. I'm IN!!!

    babycatcher2B replied to babynurse2001's topic in CNM

    Congratulations!! That's so exciting! I hope to apply to their ADN bridge program in February. Best of luck!!:smiley_aa