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Mom's face when she kangaroos for the first time and baby finds "the milk supply". Dad's face when kangaroo-ing, and baby thinks he/she found "the milk supply"!

My fav spot is where the waistline would be, but slightly posterior. I do like to use the diaper to help secure the probe. I get an almost perfect corelation with the ax. thermometer reading either prone or supine. Never over the stomach. The temp of the formula during feeding can alter the reading. Try drinking a big glass of cold water. Then put your hand over your stomach!!! My son showed me that one day. (he's pretty trim). Placing the probe in the axilla works well of fat babies.

Thanks Jolie and llg. I went and read the Ob/Gyn tread. Lots of good info. I'm still undeceiced but leaning toward getting it--like llg said, for peace of mind and so I can sleep at night. I also plan on calling a few medical malpractice lawyers to see if they will give me any information. Another reason to get it, I'm thinking is to protect me if I am called before the BON. If I get any info from the lawyers I will post it.

I have been a NICU nurse for 20 years. I carried nursing insurance for a few years but let it expire, figuring I didn't have anything they could take anyway. Now I am married and my husband has a good amount of $ put away. My dad pointed out to me that if I were sued now, it could be taken away. (We live in Texas, a community property state.) :uhoh21: I have had to give a couple of depositions over the years, but don't know of any nurses who have ever been sued. I think the statues of limitations for babies runs out when they turn 18 years old, or 1 year after they die. I know about the hospital covering us as long as we follow policy. But who can realistically follow every policy to a T at all times? --especially if you have worked in several hospitals were policies vary slightly? I need some advice please.

When I graduated (20 years ago) I knew I wanted NICU but felt I didn't know enough about babies. So I worked regular newborn nursery for a while. I felt if I became familiar with normal and healthy, it would be easier to recognize abnorm and ill. I became bored after a few months and then cross-trained to the NICU. This worked well for me because it was less stressful. By the time I was in the NICU I was familiar with a lot of the Docs, nurses, hosp policies and all the other routine stuff. But like I said, that was 20 years ago. There are lots of excellent interships out there.

We don't even have premie nipples (red). We only use yellow. Sometimes the OT recommends a slow flow nipple.