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  1. What's your experience with doulas?

    CEG replied to EnergeticRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is exactly what I was trying to say... just didn't say it as well. I had two epidural patients today. One c/o severe pain with placement. The other c/o of pain not relieved with contractions...

  2. How many babies?

    CEG replied to prowlingMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The other day the hospital I am doing clinicals at had triplets born via c/s and lady partsl twins about 5 minutes apart. Resuscitation teams had to be called per unit policy (pre-term) - but there...

  3. Voluntary C-Sections?

    CEG replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I also wouldn't advocate for a cheeseburger for a heart attack patient. Sure, it's what the patient wants, it won't cause him any problems today, and maybe the doctor will allow it, insurance will...

  4. What's your experience with doulas?

    CEG replied to EnergeticRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I didn't mean to imply ALL women are dissatisfied with epidurals or that there is no good situation to have one. Just that I regularly see women who are dismayed to dicsover that the epidural isn't...

  5. What's your experience with doulas?

    CEG replied to EnergeticRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    They have tips on how to hire a doula and questions to ask on the DONA website. Maybe that's what SBE was referring to. Another consideration is that few people even bother to interview the person...

  6. What's your experience with doulas?

    CEG replied to EnergeticRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, I am a doula so I didn't vote:) I can say that I have never had a client with an epidural but I have had a couple opt for stadol which I encouraged them to do based on our pre-birth...

  7. Voluntary C-Sections?

    CEG replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You might look into getting a provider into preserving an intact perineum. I am not sure if your episiotomy was "routine" or "necessary" but they not recommended by ACOG to be done routinely. Also...

  8. Somalian patients

    CEG replied to Zhlake's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is what I thought of too. If you look at it from their point of view it is quite shameful to make a woman immediately care for herself, baby, family, and return to work in 6 weeks. OT but it...

  9. Cpd???

    CEG replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

    12 hours isn't really a very long labor. Isn't that the average length for a primip? Mine were both 18+ hours so I guess I was lucky to deliver where I

  10. we're pregnant

    CEG replied to medsurgnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm really only posting because "we" have been trying to get pregnant with #3 for about 6 months so I figured it couldn't hurt However when I do get pregnant my husband will not be pregnant. Just...

  11. "Hippie" Image

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

    I am in a direct entry CNM program. I have heard this and I usually throw out some stats- "Actually, 11% of babies born in the US last year were delivered by midwives," is one of my favorites....

  12. Question about car seat policy

    CEG replied to *Bethany*'s topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had my kids in New York. With the first the nurse sort of halheartedly walked behind us out to the car and then went to smoke. With the second they didn't even come down to check if we had a car...

  13. Tell me about NRP certification

    CEG replied to Clarise's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am graduating at the same time as you and I got my NRP certification. It wasn't at all difficult, it's just like CPR. Although I may not be able to do a mega-code as well as a seasoned nurse, I have...

  14. driving after birth

    CEG replied to paintedbison's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I like the idea of having the patients check off the info. With my second child, born Saturday evening, the nurse came into my room at 3 am on Monday, woke me up, ran quickly down her checklist and...

  15. Husbands or S/O's at routine exam

    CEG replied to walker shaw's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wouldn't have a problem with this- we are pretty open with our bodies in my family I guess. I wouldn't want my 4 yo to see another woman's naked body, nor would I take him if he was uncomfortable...

  16. Letters of Recommendation - Direct Entry

    CEG replied to mvanz9999's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I had my midwife write one for me as I was applying for a CNM program. My intermediate boss's wife was a Women''s Health NP and she wrote one for me. My ultimate boss (an Army Colonel with an...

  17. Husbands or S/O's at routine exam

    CEG replied to walker shaw's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If I had a provider who wouldn't allow someone in the room with me I would find another provider, ER or not. If I were in the ER for miscarriage, bleeding, trauma, etc I would want my DH to be there....

  18. driving after birth

    CEG replied to paintedbison's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow, I had no idea that was even a recommendation- I drove 1000+ miles within a week of both of my kids' births for military moves. Of course being in cooped up in a hospital for 24 hours was like...

  19. Silly Episiotomy Question

    CEG replied to TheCommuter's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I saw an episiotomy a couple of months ago with a doula client. Her doc did not use any anesthetic. It was abunbantly clear that he rarely had a natural labor client. He first "ironed" the perineum...

  20. Doula's?

    CEG replied to Mama2girls's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There is actually quite lot more than just that class involved- you attend the class, three births of at least 15 hours total, a childbirth class series of at least 10 hours, write two papers on birth...

  21. Do you have a nursery at your facility?

    CEG replied to eden's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The hospital where I had clinicals had a "procedure room" where things like PKU were done. At night babies could go in there. It is right near the nurse's station so there was someone around....

  22. Questionable delivery--mom with cardiac history

    CEG replied to Poochee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Maybe the doc and patient thought the difficulty in enduring/recovering from surgery with her heart condition outweighed the risks of a lady partsl birth. Although obviously it didn't turn out well...

  23. car seats

    CEG replied to babycatcher2B's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Actually this depends on the seat. The one I had for my kids had to be up, I can't think of the brand offhand- maybe Graco? I have the same problem though. I see people improperly buckling their...

  24. Is this normal for most L&D/OB units?

    CEG replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've heard of people getting a note from their md/midwife saying that the baby does not need to go to the nursery. Personally I wouldn't deliver at that hospital. If they think mom and baby should be...

  25. Elective Primary C/S

    CEG replied to Gem97's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Please don't have more faith in ultrasound than you have in your own body! It's true that you may be having a big baby, but your body is building that baby and chances are everything will be okay....