celebrity deliveries

StatRNNJ97 · May 1, 2006

The only reply I will give on this is that every patient I have cared for gets the best I can give as an L&D nurse. When a women is in labor it does not matter who you are because it is about the best outcome for mom and baby...period. Labor is labor...hurts! :penguin:

SmilingBluEyes · May 1, 2006

no celebs where I work, just a small community hospital and all the "uppity ups" deliver up North, in Seattle.....

texas-rn-fnp · May 1, 2006

I am in the military. Yes, people expect to be treated special when they come in for delivery based on their rank or the rank of their husband. The low ranking patients sometimes try to abuse the situation too because this is the one time they have the officers running around taking care of them.

My philosophy is that everyone should be treated equally great.

imenid37 · May 2, 2006

I have had wives of sports figures in the past and several local media celebs. Most were pretty nice. Several I can think of were quite obnoxious. Pretty much the way it goes w/ "regular" people. They get the same care my pts. on MA get..the best I can give. I have also had a couple of hospital admin. wives, who as I remember were very difficult and asked for the royal treatment. I think I might prefer TomKat to one in particular. Yikes!

Trauma Columnist · May 2, 2006

I have to respond to texas-rn-fnp about the military care. In 1980, I delivered my first son overseas at a military hospital. My husband at the time was a SSGT (E-5). Because he was ONLY an E-5, I had to make my own bed, change my own linen, etc! Didn't matter my physical condition (which was totally fine btw). However, in 1985 when I delivered my second son and my husband was an E-7 and first sergeant, I didn't have to do any of that - someone changed my bed linens.

I don't endorse treating folks differently based on rank, celebrity status or VIP status. You should provide the best possible care to everyone and it should be based on the care they need...

Just my $0.02 and yes you can tell I'm still bitter about the care (or lack thereof) I received some 26 years ago.

PegRNBSN · May 2, 2006

I have taken care of many sports celebs' wives. Like a previous poster said, a mixture of people. The one humerous anecdote was when I was very pregnant with my fourth child (other kids 5, 3 and 15 months) and this very nice wife of a baseball player was delivering her third. She shared with me how important her live-in nanny was. She asked me if I had live-in help too!

I just smiled and said no, live in help wasn't in the budget. She kept remarking on it over and over how awe inspiring I was to be able to manage without live in help. It's a different world!!

Graciegirlienurse · May 3, 2006

I took care of the wife of a local tv personality as a gyn patient, they were super mellow and nice and did not seem to expect any special treatment.

CEG · May 4, 2006

That's sad about your military care, TraumasRus. I had both of my babies in the military system and was treated great. Hopefully things have improved. My CNM actually made a point of telling me how important it is to treat everyone the same regardless of rank.

Once funny thing though is that I delivered at a civilian hosp with military CNM. The nurse insisted over and over again that we fill out WIC forms (despite the fact that our combined income was well over $100,000) because we were military. Finally our CNM had to tell her we don't qualify for WIC to get her to leave us alone:)

psalm, RN · May 4, 2006

...in the 70s in the military hospitals it was customary for the new moms to make their own beds. I didn't like it as a medic on OB, I thought it was asking for trouble...and just mean-spirited to expect a postpartum mom to make a bed! In 1977 when I delivered my son at Tripler Army Medical Center, I had to make my own bed. I liked it even less as the new mom! Maybe the military had changed their stupid rule of moms changing their own beds by 1985?

MttoRN · May 4, 2006

I had two children in military hospitals and am a military brat myself. Silly me...I thought they were trying to get me up and ambulating as soon as possible:uhoh21:

nuberianne_RN · May 4, 2006

I have to respond to texas-rn-fnp about the military care. In 1980, I delivered my first son overseas at a military hospital. My husband at the time was a SSGT (E-5). Because he was ONLY an E-5, I had to make my own bed, change my own linen, etc! Didn't matter my physical condition (which was totally fine btw).
Wow! That is horrible. I had both of my sons while I was still an E-4 on active duty and I was not treated that way at all. When I was in labor with my second son I got to the hospital complete and ready to spit him out. My friend went downstairs to park my car and a staff member tried to call my husband who decided to go eat at McDonald's instead of meet me at the hospital:angryfire . Therefore, I had to deliver him alone. I had him after arriving only 15 minutes earlier.
The nurse who was with me told me to hold my leg up and push. Up to this day I don't know why that was so hard. I only weighed 133 lb at 9 months. Well anyway, back to my long-winded story, the nurse told me to throw my leg up on the shoulder of the doctor and push. I was an E-4 and he was an O-3 or O-4 but my guess where my leg went that night:lol2: .