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Blee[/quote Ummmm. excuse me, yes we do.:uhoh21: I'm unsure of the foreskin issue,but we certainly do bury placentas and limbs, esp orthodox ,Hassidic ,but I've had a secular(read--) non-religious Jewish relative bury his leg, I personally gave many a placenta to the father of the baby to speed off to bury before sunset I must say that I work in a L&D unit that does over 4000 deliveries a year with about 60% of our L&D patients being Hassidic. In my 5 years there I have never, ever had a Hassidic patient ask to take the placenta, nor have I ever heard of such a case. They never ask about the placenta at all it seems.

I work in a Catholic hospital, so no induction unless there are no FHT or unless the mother is infected. The other hospital I work at (not Catholic-owned), anything goes.

Hi. If Baby Julie's mom went past 20 weeks with the other 2 pregnancies, she is a G3P3, one living. I have twins and I am a G3P3, 4 living, or according to the TPAL system G3 T=2 P=1 (the twins) A=0 L=4 I agree that many people try to make para the number of babies born, not the individual pregnancy. I see it all the time.

Hi. I don't post much but I read often. I had to jump in on this thread, though, b/c my hospital delivers close to 7,000 babies a year, yet I don't think anyone else's unit uses what we routinely administer. Aside from around a 98% epidural rate, the most common pain meds ordered are Demerol 50mg mixed with 25mg Phenergan via IV push. Next is Stadol 1 or 2 mg IV push. Can't say the the Demerol/Phenergan combo works well. Maybe for about an hour or so if it is really early labor. Fentanyl is only used by the anesthesiologists. I never knew that there were such problems with Phenergan. We use it so often!

Hi. The requirements for sitting for the Inpatient Obstetric Certification exam state that you need 24 months AND 2000 hours. I've got the 2000 hours down pat and would have had the 24 months this August, but I left my first job after 10 months after I had my baby, then started working again at another hospital 6 months later. A couple of questions. Has anyone applied without the total 24 months and was not questioned? Do you think my 6 month break would be considered more Maternity Leave and would not be counted against me? Or are they pretty strict about a cummulative 24 month period. I figure the worst that could happen would be that I would lose $100 of the $300 fee for ineligibility but I just thought I'd ask around. Why should they care anyway? If I pass, I am obviously qualified. My hospital pays an extra $4.50/hr for RNC so I really want it! Thanks!

Hi Everyone! I'm new here. I have 10 months experience in L&D (straight from Nursing school). I have not yet taken the FHMPP certification course b/c there has never been a convenient one available. I was wondering if anyone out there did NOT take the initial 2-day course and went right to the advanced 1-day course. If so, what did you think? Were you able to pass the test no problem? I would like to take the 2-day course but I cannot afford to be away from home two days straight. Please let me know what you think and if it is possible to pass. I know the 2-day is recommended first but the AWHONN website states that it is NOT required first. Thanks!