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1. Need some opinions!

   winewinn posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi, I'm trying to collect some opinions here and would appreciate any input so when I talk to my OB next I can bring up some questions. I had signs of miscarriage 9/24 of this year, and subsequently had a D&C performed 9/29/06. My HCG level at th...

2. Preterm Labor: Magnesium Sulfate vs. Nifedipine

   winewinn replied to winewinn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Just wanted to let you know that at 7:27pm on Wednesday, April 13, 2005, Jasmine Adrianna decided to make her debut. Just 15 minutes after officially switching and meeting with an OB I was very comfortable with, labor began and despite increasing the...

3. Preterm Labor: Magnesium Sulfate vs. Nifedipine

   winewinn replied to winewinn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thank you! I scored 8/8, so baby is well. Fluid is very low -- we were able to only find one pocket that could measure "2x2" in order to score the 2 points on the BPP for fluid. At least there is that little bit there. It took quite awhile to show so...

4. Preterm Labor: Magnesium Sulfate vs. Nifedipine

   winewinn replied to winewinn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thanks to both of you for the words of encouragement. I will ask today for a second opinion. He did seem to be on the opposite spectrum of my former OB who treated my 27-weeker. It would be nice to just get something "inbetween." After three non-stre...

5. Preterm Labor: Magnesium Sulfate vs. Nifedipine

   winewinn replied to winewinn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am still leaking fluid, and the leaking has been quite a bit today. I inquired with this OB today about testing for fetal lung maturity as I had the betamethasone shots at about 26 weeks. He said we may as well assume they are immature until about ...

6. Preterm Labor: Magnesium Sulfate vs. Nifedipine

   winewinn replied to winewinn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thank you for your advice. I would like to get a second opinion, but at this point I don't know how to go about doing it. At this point, since I don't have a rapport established with this OB (I was supposed to deliver at a different hospital), I'd pr...

7. Preterm Labor: Magnesium Sulfate vs. Nifedipine

   winewinn replied to winewinn's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Is Nifedipine dehydrating or the magnesium sulfate? I know I've read some others are, so just curious. Even with a full rupture with my first (the 27 weeker) I had the Nifedipine. Once when contractions acted up on the Nifedipine, a fluid IV to hydra...

8. Preterm Labor: Magnesium Sulfate vs. Nifedipine

   winewinn posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hello! I am presently at a hospital where I was admitted for PROM at 31 weeks. Was about 2cm dilated and put on magnesium sulfate. I am wondering what others think of using Nifedipine as a substitute for mag sulfate? For the past three days, I've exp...

9. Thumb sucking adults

   winewinn replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I don't know what is up with thumbsucking, but my husband is a correctional officer and says about half the people in his jail suck their thumb!

10. Record for most babies

    winewinn replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My great-grandfather had 24 children. His first wife died after having 12. His second wife must have been quite a woman to take on the first 12 and then have 12 more together! Must have been cheaper by the dozen back then. :chuckle

11. How to deal with being childless in L&D

    winewinn replied to pebbles1977's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had a cute comment from a nurse I got to know well while I was on bedrest in the hospital. She was newly married, and while I knew she actually wanted a baby -- she said that at the end of her shift she already had that "baby fix" taken care of fro...

12. Need Input from the Pros

    winewinn replied to StressedDad2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is wonderful news! I began reading your posts from January and just wanted to say that I am a mom of a 27-weeker (a girl) with no problems to report at 3-1/2 years old! :-) (My water had broken at 24 weeks and I had lost so much fluid that the ...

13. er vs. ob the battle goes on sort of

    winewinn replied to imenid37's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I delivered a stillborn (36 wks), and was actually given a choice between an OB floor or another floor as we were leaving the birthing suite. I don't know which type of nurse would have been assigned had I chosen a different floor, but I opted for th...

14. er vs. ob the battle goes on sort of

    winewinn replied to imenid37's topic in Ob/Gyn

    From another standpoint, since the woman just delivered a stillborn infant, it could have been easier on her emotionally at the time to not be around other women with newborns or near the nursery...

15. Cytotec for Inductions

    winewinn replied to SteelTownRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm not a nurse, but wanted to add my point of view from a patient's perspective! I didn't have a very good experience with Cytotec. I was administered a half tablet at 36 weeks due to stillbirth. I was already about 3-4 cm dilated. Very painful, on-...