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  1. From Maine

    palesarah replied to acadia's topic in General Nursing

    I don't live in Maine but I work there now I live just over the border in New Hampshire and commute to

  2. Cats and Pregnancy

    palesarah replied to Toothbrushx2's topic in Ob/Gyn

    These are definitely questions you should ask your OB about! We can't give medical advice here, so your OB would be the best person to answer your questions. I believe they can actually test you for...

  3. bottle vs breast feeding

    palesarah replied to evansj2's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I certainly didn't mean to imply that it was all in your head. I hope that's not what you got from my post. I think there's more involved than just each mom & baby, though, both biologically and...

  4. bottle vs breast feeding

    palesarah replied to evansj2's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, I have seen this very often- which is why I don't accept the "theory" of nipple confusion. Flow preference, definitely I have seen that- and sometimes, some babies just get lazy, lol. My...

  5. Home Birth: Is it safe where you live?

    palesarah replied to midwife2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Safe & available in New Hampshire- there are a number of excellent CPMs practicing throughout the state. Or, I think in this state, it's LM or NHLM, instead of CPM, specifically. I think the...

  6. Drying up Breastmilk

    palesarah replied to Justhere's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm glad that worked for you, but it's not a good idea for women trying to prevent their milk from coming in. "Pumping them dry"- even once- sends a signal to the body to make more milk, and fast!...

  7. Cone biopsy, bad experience

    palesarah replied to Labrys's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have to ask- when you remembered, what did you do about it? You told him you didn't want Versed, you wrote on your consent you didn't want versed, and he gave you versed. That's considered assault...

  8. Regional differences in OB terminology ....

    palesarah replied to Selke's topic in Ob/Gyn

    LOL, I love that one... I think Anterior lip is used pretty widely, isn't that the correct term? At my last hospital, they used a variety of terms for an almost complete cervix- rim, 9 1/2 cm,...

  9. what are the happiest and saddest things you've seen?

    palesarah replied to goats'r'us's topic in General Nursing

    happiest- how can I pick just one? The birth of a baby, especially a baby who has been wanted and prayed for, for a very long time, is so powerful. I have one very happy moments that will always...

  10. Regional differences in OB terminology ....

    palesarah replied to Selke's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Re: calling it "cytotec" vs "miso" or "misoprostil"- a couple years ago, one of the OBs made a comment about how she was surprised that some pts were more worried when they talked about starting...

  11. help for addictions to pain meds......

    palesarah replied to Misty1's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know how much you can help someone who is not willing to help themselves. If this person's addiction is affecting YOU, there are support groups for family/friends of addicts; contacting your...

  12. Regional differences in OB terminology ....

    palesarah replied to Selke's topic in Ob/Gyn

    LOL, sometimes I think it's more of an individual hospital thing, than a regional thing. I'm in NH, and at 2 hospitals about an hour apart- at my old hospital, we said "fully"; at my current, they...

  13. Would you prefer a younger nurse to an older nurse?? (pls don't take to offense)

    palesarah replied to iheartnursing_cali's topic in General Nursing

    I think the question of age is not as releavant to that situation as the people having the conversation thought it was! Considering how many nursing students are non-traditional students- older (as...

  14. duct tape is amazing! :) a non-serious thread

    palesarah replied to jenn_rn_nj's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I held my first car together with duct tape for probably 6 months... the muffler nearly fell off but duct tape fixed that, and then the hood latch broke so I had to tape the hood down too! Good...

  15. Commonly used words that offend Indian people

    palesarah replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    lol, I often say the word "ugh" but it's usually accompanied by a child-like sigh as I'm complaining about something... In a more serious light, I do appreciate these posts. Like many people whose...

  16. Self Scheduling: Help me prove the nay-sayers wrong.

    palesarah replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    At my previous hospital, for self-scheduling, we all filled out a blank schedule for the shifts we wanted and handed those in to someone who agreed to be in charge of scheduling for a period of time....

  17. OB TraceVue and Meditech

    palesarah replied to ShellyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't answer your question about Meditech, but at my previous hospital, they used OB Tracevue for everything but newborn charting and GYN surgicals. Newborns were charted on paper, and GYNs were in...

  18. Vaginal breech

    palesarah replied to JeanettePNP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I personally know someone who, while her mom was in labor with her, was breech and flipped vertex very close to delivery- the doc had put a scalp clip on, and when she flipped before delivery the end...

  19. Vaginal breech

    palesarah replied to JeanettePNP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    current hospital, no way, none of the docs will go there, not even for vertex/breech twins. previous hospital, there were a couple incredible docs who would consider it with multips or twins. In 2...

  20. Can anyone help me understand Maine's non-resident state income tax rules?

    palesarah posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have an interview Friday for a position in a Maine hospital- a hospital with a great reputation, on a unit I would be honored to work on. Dream job territory here! I considered applying to this...

  21. Patches left in public

    palesarah replied to amgo24's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I was wondering the same, or if it could have been one of the "sample" patches that don't have any medication, like they sometimes have in magazine ads (specifically I'm thinking of ads for the birth...

  22. random Ob-Gyn Questions

    palesarah replied to Still Riding's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for posting your story- my heart just melted a little (in a good way) reading it. How

  23. Can anyone help me understand Maine's non-resident state income tax rules?

    palesarah replied to palesarah's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, my father in law works at the Shipyard, as do several of the people DH & I worked with at the NH State Liquor Store we were working at when we started dating! (The people who worked at the...

  24. Precipitous Birth care

    palesarah replied to zandra's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Good answer, Deb (as

  25. Night Sweats...Why?

    palesarah replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Wasn't it you that posted about the ex bringing you your things in a bodybag? Could it be due to anxiety/stress? Also, have you ruled out