Poppy_Petal

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1. An OB's Birth Plan

   Poppy_Petal replied to Poppy_Petal's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I wanted to update... Here I sit holding a healthy almost 4 month old baby boy and part of me wants to send a thank you card to this doctor because if he hadn't been so extreme I probably would have had a hospital birth and almost everything he liste...

2. An OB's Birth Plan

   Poppy_Petal replied to Poppy_Petal's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thank you all for your responses. Elvish, I read over the links and feel like I can formulate a more informed response now. I realize that he is extremely unlikely to listen to me but I also think it's my duty as a human being to send an articulate...

3. An OB's Birth Plan

   Poppy_Petal posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hello, I've been a member here for a long time but don't post because I decided nursing school with young children at home wasn't something I could personally pull off. I'm 26 weeks with my 3rd (1st 2 were hospital births) and at my last appointment...

4. Corpus Christi vs Galveston?

   Poppy_Petal posted a topic in Texas

   Hi, I am trying to decide whether to go through the E-line at Del Mar and live in Corpus Christi or to do the E-line while living in Galveston. I have family near both places and they both have the beach. Galveston is smaller and has UTMB but has ...

5. Thoughts about childcare during procedures

   Poppy_Petal replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in General Nursing

   I called the childcare facility at the local medical center. It is not in the hospital (I don't believe) and does not offer expanded hours/after school care, etc. as some supposedly do. It seems to be more for classroom hours/administration or whoe...

6. Thoughts about childcare during procedures

   Poppy_Petal replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in General Nursing

   There are hospitals that provide onsite childcare centers (with expanded hours needed for medical workers) for the hospital staff. Why couldn't patients who have no other alternative call ahead so that the center would be able to staff adequately an...

7. Thoughts about childcare during procedures

   Poppy_Petal replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in General Nursing

   If this thread has not turned nasty then I am on an alternate planet!! It seems that some people feel that children are an unnecessary burden on society. "....Second hand smoke...." That is so offensive I will not formulate a rebuttal. Should we hav...

8. Thoughts about childcare during procedures

   Poppy_Petal replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in General Nursing

   CNM2B, I read your post and all I can picture is the movie Parenthood where the actress (short hair-remembered her name 30 seconds ago) was explaining her vibrator to her teenage daughter by jumping up and down in her business suit and heels yelling ...

9. Thoughts about childcare during procedures

   Poppy_Petal replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in General Nursing

   CNM2B I know what you mean! I also have two children and frequently have no one to sit with them. If one goes-they both go. I realize this is not ideal-but much of a single mothers (or mother with a busy or uninvolved father) is not ideal. I ca...

10. new immigrant to corpus christi, need info

    Poppy_Petal replied to jyer2124's topic in Texas

    You have calmed my fears, that helps since it would be easier for me to go to school in Corpus than San Antonio. I have family in both the Corpus area and Houston and I really like the San Antonio area but don't have anyone to help me there. I do p...

11. new immigrant to corpus christi, need info

    Poppy_Petal replied to jyer2124's topic in Texas

    I am getting all my non-nursing classes done and hope to start nursing courses fall '05. I am seriously considering the eLine program through Delmar/A&M but have heard some bad things about the medical system in Corpus. Not enough specialists, ...

12. Who Knows Something About Galveston?

    Poppy_Petal replied to Aurora's topic in Texas

    Thanks Shirley, I had seen some of your other posts and was hoping you would reply. Like I said I love Galveston. On the flip side my husband hates it. But he is just being shallow LOL. I do feel sad about the levels of ignorance and poverty in t...

13. Who Knows Something About Galveston?

    Poppy_Petal replied to Aurora's topic in Texas

    I love Galveston!! There is a lot of crime here but it is the poverty that is most disturbing. I think you'll find that it is where you live and who you associate with that makes the difference. I feel very safe where I am (close to the Strand and...