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  1. Coaching women during childbirth has little impact

    CEG replied to URO-RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This article appears to be referring to "directed pushing" which is not the same as labor coaching. Directed pushing results in lower APGAR scores, increased fetal distress, and increased perineal...

  2. amniotic fluid embolism

    CEG replied to Almabella's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I read a study recently that women induced with pitocin have a 2 X risk of DIC. Here is a link to a vague page of a book that talks about pitocin and dic risk:...

  3. Funny OB things people say

    CEG replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Put me in the confused pile as well- maybe she is referring to female genital mutilation? There is still a seperate urethra and lady parts, though.

  4. Precipitous Second Stage Question

    CEG replied to TarheelRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Love this! Maybe the docs are mad becuase they owe you some money;) I wouldn't worry, I think anyone who's being reasonable would realize this could happen. And you were being very considerate of...

  5. Home Births w/o CNM or doctor-

    CEG replied to SueBee RN-BSN's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I wanted to add my .02 to the rest about unassisted childbirth ("UC"). Many of these women choose this route and also make a point to "UP"- unassisted pregnancy- where they monitor their blood...

  6. Uterine Inversion !!!!

    CEG replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

  7. Uterine Inversion !!!!

    CEG replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just curious if cord traction played a factor in this? I have heard it is very rare except in that case. Glad to hear mom is

  8. Shoulder dystocia!!

    CEG replied to PegRNBSN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is sometimes called the Gaskin maneuver after Ina May Gaskin who has popularized (or tried!) this after she learned it from Guatemalan midwives. The hands and knees position apparently opens the...

  9. Are they still using Cytotec?

    CEG replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am curious about that. I was induced with cytotec and after being monitored for an hour I was up, walking, in the tub, etc. Interesting the different

  10. "Private Practice" TV Show

    CEG replied to CNM2B's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    :lol2::lol2::lol2:

  11. Midwifery??

    CEG replied to dare2dream's topic in Ob/Gyn

    True, but that is not necessarily related. For instance I know an OB who was a music major for her undergrad. She took the pre-med science track as well, but I wouldn't say her undergrad years were...

  12. "Private Practice" TV Show

    CEG replied to CNM2B's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I haven't seen it, but not too surprising. There was an episode where one of the other doctors was having a baby and she didn't want an epidural. That doctor acted like it wasn't even possible to...

  13. Midwifery??

    CEG replied to dare2dream's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is where state licensing is important. Even thought you don't know where someone did their training you know they met the state's requirements. Not all doctor schools are created the same...

  14. Funny OB things people say

    CEG replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In the video of my daughter's birth, you see and hear her screaming just after she's born and in the background you hear my midwife and the nurse laughing about how the midwife got covered in "baby...

  15. What can I do to be more appealing to recruiters?

    CEG replied to aspiringcnm's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am a new grad who got an L & D job with no real issue. I have doula experience, got certified in NRP, and am completing lactation educator certification. I was able to put all of those things...

  16. Showers

    CEG replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sounds icky, my postpartum bathroom looked like a double homicide had taken place in it, and that was just me :) At the hospital where I gave birth the labor tubs were in the individual rooms (not one...

  17. What do patients say that irks you?

    CEG replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have a friend (who is not a nurse) who was exposed to meningococcal meningitis during her late second trimester of pregnancy. She was recommended to go to the Urgent Care Center immediately to get...

  18. Good site for L&D Info

    CEG replied to amanda1229's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know a good one www.allnurses.com/forums/f35 Just kidding:) !! www.Midwife.org (the website for the american college of nurse-midwives) has lot of good info. But seriously there are some good...

  19. Refusing "Hospital Protocal"

    CEG replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks for coming back and keeping us in line, sbe

  20. Refusing "Hospital Protocal"

    CEG replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Labor is covered under EMTALA. And just like in an emergency situation, a woman in labor has the right to choose the treatment she feels medically appropriate. And it absolutely DOES NOT matter what...

  21. Refusing "Hospital Protocal"

    CEG replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No to derail, but to clear up some inaccuracies that are here. First of all, in English speaking countries other than the US the "U" is a more popular letter- as in "labour." So you may want to get...

  22. Refusing "Hospital Protocal"

    CEG replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The thing is, health care IS Burger King. I have the legal right to have it my way. And health care providers have the moral and ethical obligation to give it to me my way. Some reasons to give birth...

  23. Group B strep & pit concentration

    CEG replied to PattonD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes I have heard this too. They also test for gestational diabetes based on risk factor. I am sure some of it is a profit/spending question from a private vs. public health system perspective, but...

  24. Minimum dilation rate

    CEG replied to OzMW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was speaking with a Norwegian midwife a few months ago. They have a new "Labor Curve" that has resulted in wonderful outcomes. For the first six hours they do nothing. No matter how fast/slow mom...

  25. Group B strep & pit concentration

    CEG replied to PattonD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    A agree it's a tough balance, GBS is so scary- esp from a NICU perspective. Of course anything that prevents unnecessary AROM is probably not a bad