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I actually start tomorrow (Wednesday). I should get some sleep since I start at 8 am, but I am too excited!

Gosh, I don't even know if my midwives or any of my nurses have had children, except for one nurse who shared that informtion with me. I'm positive that the male perinatologist who delivered my son has never given birth.

I just got mine today, too. I spent about $800. I actually had to borrow a dolly from the bookstore to get all the books to my car, because it probably would have taken me three trips.

What exactly do you do when a woman comes in with possible rupture of membranes? I assume you leave them to let any amniotic fluid pool for a while, then check with a speculum and then do either a ferning or nitrazine test, right? But, what positio...

At my school, A&P is taken first, or the second semester of it is taken concurrently with Nutrition. And Nutrition wasn't an easy class by any means. I would think A&P would be hard to do as a summer class, but my professors say people see...

Thanks. :) All of this is really interesting to me. I just registered today for my first semester of nursing classes, for this fall. I find labor and delivery, women's health, etc., especially interesting, and can't wait to learn more.

I had forgotten about this old thread until I started getting e-mail alerts of replies! The baby in question is a healthy, beautiful 9-month-old now. :) They may have given me antibiotics towards the end, although I don't remember anyone saying th...

I only got through micro by making up lots of mnemonics for things - those funny little associations that help you remember things. It helps to get together with your friends/classmates and come up with ways to remember things together, and quiz eac...

I'm trying not to think about it. :chuckle I go to a private school, so I am taking out lots of loans. LOTS. Subsidized, Unsubsidized, SELF.... But, you know, I'm only 25, so just think of all the years of working I have ahead of me, making an inc...

Yes, it has, it is very interesting.

And thanks for all the congratulations, and for the information. :)

This is really interesting. The theory of the head plugging it makes sense to me. The first gush was when I was lying down taking a nap. After that, the biggest amounts were when I would move suddenly to a different position. The gush that soaked ...

Thanks, she is actually my second baby, too. We also have a 2 1/2 year old son. We're not sure if we're "done" for good, but I think we will wait until I am done with school at least before we have any more.

Thanks! That was really informative!

Can I ask a dumb question? I noticed in a post earlier on this thread, someone mentioned that a patient couldn't get out of bed once her water broke. Is that standard, or are there certain circumstances that make that necessary? What is the reason...

I go to the College of Saint Catherine in Saint Paul, MN. I really love it. Maybe part of the reason they were so accomodating (they were also very understanding about things like missing class due to severe morning sickness, etc) is that it's a pri...

Yep, I did it. Last year I went to school full-time doing pre-requisites, and I was pregnant for the end of fall semester and all of spring semester (I had the baby last month). It wasn't a problem. I just let my teachers know. Spring semester I ...

Maybe if you contact your school's nursing department, they could give you some sort of information sheet with all of the pre-requisites, to help with your planning. I know my advisor provided me with a planning sheet like that when I started, and h...

Oh, I didn't mean to imply that it was true everywhere, just in my area. I'm glad things are easier elsewhere!

The public university here is a lot more competitive to get into than the private schools. But the private schools are flooded, too. It's at the point where if you are transferring from another school, you can forget about the private schools, beca...

I didn't see the Pioneer Press article. I'm interested in the answer to your question, too! (I'm in the Cities and graduating in 3 years.) The last I heard was when the Strib and one or two news stations were doing stories last month on the people...

Oh boy, who's claiming that? My *32*-weeker stayed longer than that, so I'd find it hard to believe.

I'm Erin, 25, I live in Minnesota and I'm the mom of a 2 1/2 year old boy and a newborn girl (born July 15). I took most of my pre-req's last year, but have a couple more to do this year. I've already been guaranteed admission to the nursing progra...

Thank you. I had originally asked that the catheter be placed after I got the spinal, but the nurse came back later and said that the doctor wanted it done beforehand because he wanted things to go as quickly as possible once I was ready for the cesa...

Gosh, when I had my son a couple of years ago, I let a student nurse insert my foley catheter BEFORE I got my spinal. It took her four tries -- ouch! Oh, well, I'm having another baby any day now (due today) and I'll still let students practice on m...