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OK, obviously I typed that wrong. I meant to type 19 months later. So, what if I wasn't symptomatic? Should they not have transfused with a crit that low? Is it normal for postpartum patients to be sent home with labs like that?

I worked Katrina.

I'm a registered nurse of six years. I worked one year of cardiac telemetry then 15 months of critical care, which was not for me, then I went back to telemetry. I have every intention of transferring to L&D in about 6 months because it is the reason I went to nursing school to begin with. What do you think of my birth experience? I was preeclamptic with my firstborn, but did not end up on a mag drip and everything went smoothly. For the birth of my second child six months later I did not end up with symptoms of preeclampsia until one day before I was scheduled to be induced. My pressures were normal and my doc was even thinking about cancelling my induction (I was 38 weeks) and postponing it until a week later. Turns out I had 2+ protein in my urine and was starting to swell so he went ahead with the induction. During labor my pressure shot up to 180's/100's so I ended up on a Mag drip. I was hyperreflexive also. I didn't get my epidural until I was 9-10 cm dilated because I had to wait for the anesthesiologist (he was in with another pt giving an epidural). I did not feel excrutiuating pain until I was 7 cm dilated. The nurse told me that the magnesium actually disguises the pain. Is that true? Anyway, the night of the birth, after the mag drip was dc'd, I passed two huge clots. I showed the nurse and she said that happens sometimes and not to be worried. I asked if they should draw a CBC and she said they would just get it in the morning. I found out my H&H was 7 & 22 before the birth. Later that night I passed a clot that was at least 8-10cm. They still did not feel the need to call the doctor. The next day the lab did not draw my blood until 5pm because they were shortstaffed. I work at this hospital and I always end up drawing my pts' blood because of this. They let it ride until someone showed up at 5pm and my H&H was 5 and 16 at that point. Long story short (yeah right!) I ended up being transfused four units of PRBC's. What do you think of this?

My daughters names, Madelyn and Claire :wink2: . Also like Claudia and Anna for girls. Boys: Tyler, Shane, and Evan.