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  1. What do you think? CPD?

    rbytsdy replied to paintedbison's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My first baby never descended into my pelvis after 17 hours of strong contractions. My midwife said she was just floating there and that's why I wasn't dilated even with pitocin. She later told me my...

  2. C-Sections on the rise.

    rbytsdy replied to Halinja's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If the rise in premature babies isn't scary enough, some insurances want to refuse covering women who have had c-sections or make them pay higher costs: NY Times article Nope. I had a c-section for...

  3. My 2 cents on natural birth/birth plans

    rbytsdy replied to feebebe23's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ITA! The pit/narcotics/epidural landed me in the operating room for my first birth. As a result, I was determined to have a completely natural delivery the second time. I still wonder what my nurse...

  4. Patient's preferences during birth

    rbytsdy replied to TTE7's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am still a student but I can give you some voice of experience. :) My first birth was a c-section after a horrible cascade of interventions to speed up my labor. I was told that my pelvis was too...

  5. No more VBACs

    rbytsdy replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yep - if you talk to doctors the fear of lawsuit is the biggest driver in increased c-sections. However, there are very few vbac lawsuits. In fact, the biggest malpractice firm in NJ could not name...

  6. No more VBACs

    rbytsdy replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Feelings of failure are very real to a lot of women. Being blown off by nurses who feel it's no big deal makes it a lot worse for many new moms. In the early 70s, only 5% of births were c-sections....

  7. doctor won't approve my birth plan...

    rbytsdy replied to Saltysaltyky's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I really wish I could force myelf to feel that way with my first birth. I also really wish I had planned a homebirth. The contractions only got unbearable when they decided my labor wasn't...

  8. doctor won't approve my birth plan...

    rbytsdy replied to Saltysaltyky's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank heavens for wireless monitoring! The hospital I will give birth at this fall has wireless, waterproof monitoring. They want me to be monitored the whole time as a vbac patient but I can still...

  9. No more VBACs

    rbytsdy replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There's a hospital in Southern NJ where 2 women (who knew each other and taught at the same elementary school) died within 15 days of each other after having a c-section delivery. One bled out and I...

  10. No more VBACs

    rbytsdy replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The national c-section rate for 2005 was 30.2% in the US. Pretty bad! Louisiana and NJ led the way with rates just under 37%. I know Louisiana's largest malpractice insurer will no longer cover...

  11. No more VBACs

    rbytsdy replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm sorry SBE ~ I am certainly not trying to shoot the messanger. I've just seen so many women get pushed into c-sections b/c their doctors give them the idea that it is so much safer when it's...

  12. No more VBACs

    rbytsdy replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's not that cut and dry. A woman needs to be presented ALL the facts and decide for herself what her prefered delivery option is. A c-section carry many risks including: maternal death, emergency...

  13. freezing breast milk

    rbytsdy replied to GingerSue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In addition to what Jolie said about opening and closing freezer doors, self defrosting freezers will cycle on their own which means the temperature can fluctuate. For this reason, ice cream gets...

  14. Hunterdon County good hospitals to work in

    rbytsdy replied to luv2yoga's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Yeah - Hunterdon Medical Center is the only hospital in Hunterdon County. However, Somerset Medical Center would probably be about the same distance from the towns you mentioned. I have a friend...

  15. Those Baby Shows

    rbytsdy replied to LiveZen's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't watch A Baby Story anymore. I swear, my ob group is on every other show. I started calling the OB that delivered my dd, "Dr. A Baby Story" because he is on so often. It just reminds me of the...

  16. Working on a post partum floor

    rbytsdy posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    This might be a silly question but I need the basics! I'm taking my prereqs this year and hope to start clinicals next Fall. I'd eventually like to work with post partum mothers and babies. My...

  17. English Midwife

    rbytsdy replied to Tanvi Tusti's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yep! That's pretty much how it works. Here is a list of midwives that travel (just to give you an idea that we do have such midwives in the US!):...

  18. English Midwife

    rbytsdy replied to Tanvi Tusti's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Did I mention that some midwives are "traveling midwives?" That's how some women get to have their homebirths. When you get here, you might want to check out groups that are very "natural"...

  19. Working on a post partum floor

    rbytsdy replied to rbytsdy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is my goal! :) That's another reason I am really interested in post partum but not really

  20. English Midwife

    rbytsdy replied to Tanvi Tusti's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Midwives here can operate under very different circumstances. Some work in an ob practice and are essentially "another pair of hands to catch babies." Typically, with ob practices, you are delivered...

  21. Breastfeeding Question for L&D nurses

    rbytsdy replied to Lovely_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    when i was pg with my first baby, my sil and i thought it would be fun to go to babies r us and look around when i was about 10 weeks pg. i decided to register my info and slowly decide what i wanted...

  22. Have you ever had a patient with a uterine rupture?

    rbytsdy posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm presenting a study on uterine rupture in my class in a couple weeks. It's actually a study that came out recently looking at UR rates after 1 and 2 c-sections. The rate was 0.7% after 1 c-s and...

  23. Strange post-partum behavior...

    rbytsdy replied to BSNtobe2009's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm still doing pre-reqs so I am not a nurse but you are asking an interesting question and I think the answer is probably yes. A lot of women aren't bothered by their c-sections. However, many...

  24. How long are science classes valid?

    rbytsdy replied to *future_RN*'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Definitely depends on the school. I was really worried since I got my first degree from 1993-1998. However, the nursing school I am applied to said they would take all my prior science

  25. Babies cut during c-sections?

    rbytsdy posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'd really love to go into L&D nursing. I have a friend who is a NICU nurse but floats to L&D when needed. She was telling me that she was a c-section the other day where the baby's head was...