Cutting through the crap

SmilingBluEyes · Apr 14, 2003

yea there are some strange fish out there in the proverbial sea.

gwenith, BSN, RN · Apr 14, 2003

I like the one about teh patient who had a blood tranfusion but it was the worng sort and it changed his blood group from o to a?

Texagain · Apr 14, 2003

The one's that irritate me are the one's who say "and the Doctor told me to have an abortion, but look at him/her now!". O.K., I wasn't in the room, but I'm pretty sure that's not what the Doc said. I have no doubt that's what you recall, but..

Rissi-Roo · Apr 14, 2003

I know right ? Like any doctor would really say such a thing.... I also remember hearing about a girl who was "crowning" in the ER but by the time she got transported to Land D she was only 3 cms .... boy was she mad :-)

HazeK · Apr 15, 2003

I think some of the things folks say are proof of "The IQ-Reducing Hormones Secreted by Placentas"! (an infamous column by Dave Barry)

Haze

mark_LD_RN · Apr 15, 2003

i for one hate birth stories they almost always seem exagerated and/or ficticious:)

sixes · Apr 15, 2003

The above are good but here's a whopper. I don't work OB.

My friend almost at due date phone's She said I must come to her house something is wrong. Of course I bite. She said she was just at the hospital and the DR. sent her home. I say what is the problem. She says the babies foot is sticking out and that the Doctor told her to go home until the morning. I go over to calm her down. Of course I see no foot. Spent the whole night there as she was hysterical. Feel that is a contraction etc. What a night.

wannabeL&D · Aug 21, 2004

I know right ? Like any doctor would really say such a thing.... I also remember hearing about a girl who was "crowning" in the ER but by the time she got transported to Land D she was only 3 cms .... boy was she mad :-)

Well, actually I know several people who have had drs. tell them in no uncertain terms that they should terminate (and this is for diagnosis that are *not* incompatible with life). I actually have a friend who is an RN, husband is an MD--when the baby was diagnosed prenatally with Trisomy 21 the parents asked the OB the sex--he replied, "Is that really relevant since you'll obviously be terminating anyway?"

So, yes, many, many drs. have said such things.

Shannon

susanna · Aug 21, 2004

Well, actually I know several people who have had drs. tell them in no uncertain terms that they should terminate (and this is for diagnosis that are *not* incompatible with life). I actually have a friend who is an RN, husband is an MD--when the baby was diagnosed prenatally with Trisomy 21 the parents asked the OB the sex--he replied, "Is that really relevant since you'll obviously be terminating anyway?"
So, yes, many, many drs. have said such things.
Shannon

Off topic-Is trisomy 21 down-syndrome?

wannabeL&D · Aug 21, 2004

Off topic-Is trisomy 21 down-syndrome?

Yes, it is. However, for various reasons, many advocates would like to see the term Down syndrome dropped--primarily because Down was a racist and not the most admirable guy.

Shannon