AlaskaKat

First of all - congratulations! One thing that pops into my head is that if you went to 41 weks last time the odds of going into spontaneous labor at 36 weeks this time is fairly low. So I wouldn't think your OB doc would be faced with that decision...

AWHONN says it doesn't matter which side - just not on the back.

When I went back to work with my last one she also refused a bottle. It took many long days for my husband to finally convice her. He would bring her to me to nurse when she would refuse (and also just so I could see her). What finally worked was ...

I've been looking at this school for a long time and it does seem solid. They DO require at least a year nursing experience for admission, which I think is a good thing. CNMs are nurses, they should not forget that background. They are not doctor...

Does anyone know how hard it is to get in? Someone told me there was a waiting list and that I should apply now if I want to go in the next few years even if I don't quite have all my ducks in a row yet. Any ideas?

Hi! I'm revising policies and we are still using alcohol on our cords. I've heard that a lot of places now are not doing this. What are you all doing? Does anybody have a link to the research that supports not using alcohol anymore?

Those first few moments after the baby is born, laying there on mom's belly, looking up at her mommy... Mom looking at her baby, it is love at first sight...Mom is crying, dad is in shock, they look at each other and kiss... It's not always like thi...

I live in a small town, we do about 20-30 births per month and are set up as LDRP. We went to computer charting last June for everything except ICU babies and bilibabies. We were all very apprehensive about it but truly it has gone very smoothly. ...

Hi there! small hospital LDRP here, no we don't have seperate nursery nurses. We are staffed with 2-3 RNs and we all do it all from labor through discharge. As far as roomning in goes, we do most cares in the room but do take the baby to the nurser...

We give it to most babies along with the vitamin K shot after delivery. Mom has to consent to it, but most of them do. I was told the rationale is because that's what the CDC recommends because some kids may not come back for their immunizations at...

How can you not have straight pit on the floor? Don't you ever give it IM?

Sounds to me like your problem has more to do with inadequate staffing than with the lack of central monitors. I also work in a small hospitals, about 20 births a month and we just got central monitoring about 4 years ago. I do love it and can't re...

Once when I was a student (1996), I went to the Philippines with a transcultural nursing course. We did mainly L&D, with some NICU as well. At one of the very first deliveries I went to, the labor nurse actually jumped up onto the bed next to t...

It took me over 2 years to get pregnant with my first and I can't recommend this book highly enough...it taught me a lot about getting pregnant that I didn't know, and I'm an OB nurse! Read this book, talk to your doctor, good luck!

Totally ridiculous! You are on your own time, they can't tell you what to wear on your way to work!

Depends on the State...

What is the reason that your doctor wants to induce you? Is there a medical reason or is it just because you're contracting. Many women have lots of contractions before labor starts and, while it can be annoying, it is very common. Do they hurt? ...

I've always thought that would be one disgusting job! One time I started to tell my hygeinist that I thought it would be pretty gross to have my hands in people's mouths all day long, but then I remembered what I do for a living (I'm a L&D nur...

I've always thought that would be one disgusting job! One time I started to tell my hygeinist that I thought it would be pretty gross to have my hands in people's mouths all day long, but then I remembered what I do for a living (I'm a L&D nur...

I'm not sure but I think if you have finished school and can work as an RN and have your green card all you need to do is pass our licensing exam to get your RN license in New Mexico. Then I'm sure you could get a job. Contact the New MExico Board...

I'm not sure but I think if you have finished school and can work as an RN and have your green card all you need to do is pass our licensing exam to get your RN license in New Mexico. Then I'm sure you could get a job. Contact the New MExico Board...

Yup, we do. Also we place cervidil and prostin gel.

This is the part that's hard for me also. Why do people seek care when they are going to refuse it or be noncompliant? I think in this case, she probably is too ill to be competent enough to understand what she was refusing, or perhaps I'm just bei...

ABC News reported it slightly different. It put much more of a slant on her being mentally ill, and also reported that the surviving twin has been adopted out and she does not have custody of her other children (at least there's that). I agree that...

My small community hospital is needing to upgrade our central monitoring system, and I am trying to gather some data. What brand of fetal monitors do you use? Do they have maternal vital sign and pulse ox capabilities? What central monitoring syst...