lindalou

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1. VBAC's

   lindalou replied to trish2307's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I need to get a copy and PLASTER it on our bulitin board at work! Our docs are NOT in house EVER at night...No matter WHAT we have going on:( . We do about 200 deliveries a month and have had some PRETTY scary close calls. Anesthisia only has t...

2. Hysterical phone calls about people in labor!

   lindalou replied to mother/babyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We had one the other night come in and tell us she was dialated to 4. after her VE revieled she was high thick and closed the nurse asked her why she said she was 4. she said"well dugh......I can get four of my fingers up there.":lol2: She was wigg...

3. monthy birth rate

   lindalou replied to finallyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We do about 200 a month. In the area ther are 8 hospital that deliver.. We are #2 in the deliveries. The last 3 months our #'s are up.

4. What would happen?

   lindalou replied to birthjunkie's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Our unit has a policy that if there is no cervical changes in 2 hours the patient is dc.d. Lots of people walk around for weeks with ctx and they are 3cm or 4cm. My sister was 4cm for four weeks. I told her not to go anywhere without a pan to catc...

5. Hysterical phone calls about people in labor!

   lindalou replied to mother/babyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We get some REAL Doosies....We have a birthing suite with a small hot tub in it. We had this Bradley pt....(whew! this one was a piece of work) She brought great grandmothers quilt that all her children were born on LAID IT ON THE FLOOR and refuse...

6. Hysterical phone calls about people in labor!

   lindalou replied to mother/babyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I took a call fom this woman who calmly stated"I'm in labor, I'm 4cm and my uterus is hangin out and I'm comming in.:roll We were all having a GREAT laugh about this one! About 20 minutes later she comes walking down the hall. Going through the usu...

7. Saving the Placenta

   lindalou replied to Natalieboo's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Back in the '80's and into the early 90's a company picked up our placenas(....if you look at the ingredients of some shampoos and cream rinses they have placenta as an ingreadient!)...we called him the Placenta Man. Our delivery kits have a placent...

8. Insane visitors!

   lindalou replied to ADN 2002's topic in Ob/Gyn

   KRVRN, Bobbie was the dad.......Thank goodness.

9. Insane visitors!

   lindalou replied to ADN 2002's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Okay you guys, I had one that almost knocked off my feet. I had one a couple of weeks ago where the girls dad and husband pulled up chairs to the end of the bed when I said I was going to check her. As I am trying to be discrete and check her (she ...

10. Do YOU do this? Castile soap or astroglide

    lindalou replied to mother/babyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    For those strange pts that want to eat the placenta they already have thier cooking oil. We have a doc that always says"lets get cooking" I will now have a new outlook ...and a smirk on my face) when he says this!:chuckle :chuckle :chuckle

11. Hysterical phone calls about people in labor!

    lindalou replied to mother/babyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We also had a same sex couple that used a donor and a TURKEY BASTER to get pregnant.....(we had a great time with this one at the nurses station.)

12. Hysterical phone calls about people in labor!

    lindalou replied to mother/babyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    One that always cracks me up is as soon....and I do mean AS SOON as the baby is born you get asked ....."how much does she/he weigh?" hummmmmmmmmm. And then I had one as soon as I checked her wanted to know what color the baby's hair was. She was ...

13. What's the weirdest baby name?

    lindalou replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We had a pt last week named Kellie Kelly. We all figured she married a man named Kelly but it turned out she was single. Also I went to school with a Dusty Rhodes.

14. What's the weirdest baby name?

    lindalou replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have had several Strange ones....One was not so bad..Chrystal Lear...until you added the middle name Chandra..Chrystal Chandra Lear! There was this guy watching sports the whole time his wife was laboring and pushig when I asked what they were goi...