RootedRedwood

RootedRedwood

Antepartum, L&D, Postpartum

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About RootedRedwood

RootedRedwood specializes in Antepartum, L&D, Postpartum.


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  1. Hanging a Mag Bolus?

    we do the same
  2. What's the weirdest baby name?

    We had an infant named "Country Creek" a few weeks back.
  3. Why is there a nurse when you have a midwife with hospital birth?

    Not totally on topic to the OP but just an FYI, I worked for a small community hospital in N. California that did give privileges to a non-nurse midwife to deliver in the hospital. This midwife is a CPM and has never gone to nursing school. I think i...
  4. Cytotec for PP hemorrhage

    Dearest L&D nurses, Just wondering if anyone knows the best route for Cytotec (misoprostol) being used in PP hemorrhage? Our docs/midwives order it given PR, PO, and sublingual/buccal...all in various doses from 200mcg-800mcg. I have mostly re...
  5. What's the weirdest baby name?

    Latest interesting ones: "Rebel" "Jubilee" "Harvest"
  6. Post c/section diet

    We only have two providers who do C/S where I work and they couldn't be more different with the post-op diet orders. We have one provider who writes orders for advance as tolerated- and we usually start with clears for the first "meal" and then if no...
  7. Postpartum Nursing Question

    We don't have any NPs (nurse practitioners) working on our unit, which is antepartum/L&D/postpartum all in one. We do have CNMs (certified nurse midwives) though- these are masters prepared RNs trained in midwifery. They are not hospital staff ...
  8. LOW DOSE PITOCIN INDUCTION,do you use it ? how does it work for you?

    We mostly have one MD who uses the low-dose pit method but she always orders it along with the foley bulb induction method. It doesn't work every time but I have seen it work pretty well on an unfavorable cervix. The pt. doesn't sleep as well throug...
  9. fentanyl in labor

    We use IV Fentanyl quite frequently for labor pain where I work. Our providers prefer Fentanyl for labor pain relief over other opiates because it decreases the likelihood of having to give the infant naloxone for respiratory depression after deliver...
  10. Staffing Issue

    Yikes. It does sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. I also work in a small rural hospital- we do 500-600 births a year....so maybe that amount makes the difference. We always have two RNs on at all times trained to do labor and work with sick...
  11. Question about "Too narrow of bones" with giving birth

    We have women squatting during labor/pushing/birth with some frequency. The providers where I work are very accommodating to what position the woman wishes to give birth in. Both our Midwives and MDs will get down on the ground on their knees with ...
  12. Question about "Too narrow of bones" with giving birth

    As I understand it, true CPD is quite rare these days whereas it was more common during times of poor nutrition which caused rickets and other pelvic anomalies. CPD is difficult to diagnose but is often implied when the baby's head does not engage o...
  13. Question about "Too narrow of bones" with giving birth

    As others have said here, the measurement tools used to screen for CPD and macrosomia (a big baby) are often fairly inaccurate and most women should at least be given the chance to labor and try for a vaginal birth. Being induced complicates the ma...
  14. What's the weirdest baby name?

    In the last month, we have had two uniquely named newborns: "Galaxy Puff" and "Zen Revolution"
  15. Funny OB things people say

    Funny one from a few weeks ago that just popped into my mind and made me laugh again: A very nice woman who had been on bed and pelvic rest for the last few weeks came in to r/o pre-term labor again. I remembered her right away from the last time sh...