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  1. 9 months to plan this...buy a camera!

    33-weeker replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Gompers, Have you posted your birth story? How'd it

  2. 9 months to plan this...buy a camera!

    33-weeker replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have a digital for demise pics, but it stays locked in the manager's office until it's needed. If a family asks us if we have cameras, we simply say 'no' without going into detail. It's not...

  3. Why do other floors think OB isn't real work?

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

    I think you may have hit the nail on the head. L&D has to staff for the what-ifs - esp. if the unit is in an area of town prone to drop-ins. This can lead to nurses 'sitting around' at least...

  4. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

    33-weeker replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

    If you are going to co-sleep, you should never do it while under the influence of anything. You should even avoid it when overly tired. I co-slept with all 3 of my kids when they were babies, but I...

  5. How long is the wait???

    33-weeker replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

    I know there are busy ERs and even busy days in the slower ones... but there have been times when I've been in an ER on a Sunday morning or the like. The staff were smiling & chatting, some...

  6. Postpartum depression

    33-weeker replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can totally relate to HvnsntRN's comments. I had PPD after both my births. The second was twins. The sleep deprivation doesn't help matters either. I could tell that even within the depression, my...

  7. anybody doing menopause consulting???

    33-weeker replied to ddt4u's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What exactly is menopause

  8. well baby nursery RN

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

    If you just do well-baby, you assess them, feed them, bathe them, weigh them, teach parents, help with breastfeeding, assist circumcisions, assist docs on rounds, draw blood (usually heel stick),...

  9. well baby nursery RN

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

    I find that varies widely depending on where you work. At our hospital, the nursery nurses only float if they want to and have been trained in other areas. Within our nursery, we work according to...

  10. Elective Primary C/S

    33-weeker replied to Gem97's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had drug-free labors twice. The first child, a 9 lb. daughter. I've never experienced a c-section, but I've watched grown women cry from the post-op pain. No thanks. I'll take labor over major...

  11. Elective Primary C/S

    33-weeker replied to Gem97's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yea... and uterine rupture (greater chance with each c-sec.) doesn't always happen during labor. It can happen at home... at the mall... you get the

  12. HELP - need vent advice

    33-weeker posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm an 'old' level I & II nurse who did short-term vents (30weeks+) many years ago, but never felt totally comfortable with them even then. Now the hospital where I work is starting to keep the...

  13. Water Births?

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

    How neat! Which midwife? I've read Spiritual Midwifery and would recognize her probably. If you haven't read it, you should. I planned a water birth for my first, but hit transition before I could...

  14. have you delivered a baby on the ob unit you work on?

    33-weeker replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Had my daughter and twin sons at home. The nurses I work with are divided about 40/60... 40% here where they work and 60% at other hospitals. Some that go elsewhere did so because there doc dosen't...

  15. Feeling sick and stupid

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

    I can understand why she's struggling. Different preceptors - being tossed from one part of the process to another - so fragmented! I totally *get* the thing about 'let me see the whole thing from...

  16. Where's my thank-you card?

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

    Just one person's thoughts, but... I was thinking this same thing as I read the posts. Personal connection may very well have a lot to do with it. I happen to be a very task-oriented person, for...

  17. Elective Primary C/S

    33-weeker replied to Gem97's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Amen!

  18. What doctors do that bugs you...

    33-weeker posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    1. in our nursery, the charge nurse assists the pedi while rounding. there's this one pedi who will ask questions about a baby (was mom's gbs neg., etc.) as she is looking through his/her chart....

  19. Elective Primary C/S

    33-weeker replied to Gem97's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I doubt your baby will weigh 10 lbs. Besides, I delivered my first baby, a 9Lb. daughter, without even needing so much as a stitch. It can be done. (The largest uncomplicated vag. baby I've taken...

  20. POLL: How many births/yr and do you have in-house anesthesia / OB providers?

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

    Just under 3000 / yr. 24 hr. in-house anesthesia, yes... 24 hr. OB, no. 24 hr. Neo,

  21. Running into the room for every D-cel

    33-weeker replied to waterfall99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Bless your heart. Things where I work are antiquated, too. That's one of the many reasons I wouldn't work L&D. It's a shame that a nurse can't work for a while at a new place to see if she...

  22. Elective Primary C/S

    33-weeker replied to Gem97's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think its just horrible. I can't believe our society has come to this. I'm surprised that insurance companies are paying for

  23. Pregnant but Negative Urine Preg?

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

    Not so supprising... urine tests are not as sensitive as blood tests. Maybe she ovulated late in her cycle and the HCG was not high enough to trigger the urine test. I've had negative home pregnancy...

  24. Emergency C/S with local anesthetic only

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

    I can't imagine even THINKING about doing this for a simple breech - esp. for a mom with a previous successful vag. delivery. Up until the not too distant past, 80% of breeches were delivered lady...

  25. phone calls no outsider would believe

    33-weeker replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    For what it's worth... by the time you painted your baby's room, he was running out of room inside and was quite scrunched for space. Those loops around his neck had been there for a while. They...