kbclary4

That must have been some odor for her to notice.

I am due in 7 weeks and my Dr. said my baby is diagonal between breech and transverse. A girlfriend of mine said there were some things to do that could get her to move into the head down position. Just wondering if it was true or just more of the endless stuff people come up with to tell pg. women. (like don't raise your arms above your head or the U-Cord will get wrapped around the baby' neck:uhoh3: ) Not sure I would try anything...just thinking if she moves, then she moves. I just wanted an opinion from some L&D nurses. Anyway, advice was as follows: You can take a flash light and place the light against your belly, watch for babies reaction and steer baby toward pelvic bone with the light. Place a headphone or speaker playing soft classical music against your pelvic bone. This can cause the baby to turn head down to get closer to the music. With your rear end elevated higher than your head (either pillows, or an ironing board propped against your couch work well for this) place a bag of frozen veggies on top of your shirt where babies head is. The baby will move away from the cold. Someone can also encourage baby to move around with his hands on your tummy gently pushing baby toward the pelvic bone

When I posted this question, I read it to mean the Dr. was refusing the patient on the intial assesment. I do have a problem with meeting with a patient once and finding out they smoke or whatever and promptly refusing treatment. To me, these people need guidance and for someone to take the time to try to help them. That is where I was coming from with the question. I can understand refusing to treat someone who is non-compliant over a long period of time as they would be using up time that could go to people who actually want to do whatever it takes to be healthy. Plus, having a Dr. refuse to continue treating you may just be the kick in the pants someone needs to shape up. One poster said something about Dr.'s 'covering their butts.' not a direct quote but it was to that effect. Wouldn't documentation of your constantly telling them to quit smoking or whatever take care of this?

In one of my classes we have to answer a question and I was sort of at a loss on the answer. Acutally I know how I would answer, but cannot imagine how anyone could feel the action in discussion was good or responsible. Could you guys tell me what you think? If anyone feels this is justified, please tell me why. I am not trying to attack anyone's opinion...just curious and interested in other points of view. Some physicians are refusing to treat people when they discover that they smoke or don't exercise or have diets high in fat. Discuss how you feel about this decision.

Did you say your doc stuck a fetal scalp monitor in your son's rear?!?

How do you all do it? Ear, rectal or underarm and add a degree? I am having a debate with a friend over the best way. She says the nurses in the hospital she delivered @ did it under the arm, but her pediatrician says that is not the most accurate way and to do it rectally.

Thanks for the explanation. That does make sense. I just didn't have enough info from what I read to reason it out for myself.

I have a question and may not word it exactly great, but forgive me in advance. I read something the other day where a woman was in labor and after her water was broken, the baby's HR started to drop. She said "they pumped her full of fluid" to replace the lost amniotic fluid and this brought the baby's HR back up. Can someone give me info on how accurate this is and a better/further explanation. Just curious.

I had my first class yesterday and the lecture was great, but am a bit worried about the lab. I had such a hard time operating the microscope...I have not used one since I was like 7. I wish we could skip those and go straight to dissecting.

I think I will not dwell on it too much and then when that day arrives see how it goes. If I had to have a c-section, then I will just make sure he is fed and ask him and not push it too much if he is hesitant. I am hoping the excitement will overwhelm him enough to forget about the rest! Plus, my husband is one of the unfortunate fools who thinks lady partsl birth is not gross or disgusting!! He has no problems being there if it is a vagnial birth and I don't have the heart to tell him the facts right now.

Ok, I am due in May (yay, it's a girl!!!!!!!) with my first baby, who by the way has the most beutiful U/S photos you have ever seen! Anyway, my husband is super squemish (very much on the wimpy side) to the point of utter ridiculousness. The whole idea of pregnancy and childbirth grosses him out so much he refuses to even speak of it. Ticks me off, but that's another story. When the subject of C-sections came up he just lost it, I thought he was going to :barf01: just hearing the word. He says if I have to have one, he does not want to be in the room at all because he will faint. My question is: how many guys, who think they are going to faint, actually do? I mean, do some guys get in there thinking it is going to be horrible and then are so overwhelmed by the birth of their child that it is not as bad as they imagined? I am pretty upset about his comment and my first instinct was to tell him to suck it up and be a man, but then I felt selfish and then I felt that I had a right to be selfish as the worst of it would be happening to me and not him. Oh, those wonderful hormones!! Ha ha. :rotfl: Should I let him off the hook or have him come in and hope for the best? (if I have to have one)

Would it not have been fraud if she had used Medicaid when she already had another form of health insurance? She didn't commit fraud, but was attempting to as you are not supposed to have Medicaid if you already have health insurance. I may be wrong, but I am under the impression Medicaid is for people who do not have and cannot afford health insurance...not for people who already have and just want something that will get them their meds for free or for 50-cents.

i will be starting on monday and am so excited! i am also a bit nervous as i am five months pregnant with my first (a girl!!) and am due a little over a week after finals. wish me luck.:wink2:

How is that affected by HIPPA...or is it? I was @ work the other night and a patient came in to get a RX filled and handed me her Aetna insurance card and her Medicaide card and told me to "try both and use the cheaper one.":angryfire I informed her that if she had a form of insurance other than Medicaide I HAD to use the alternate form and of course she got ticked. It made me so mad...but if I were to report something like that, would I be violating HIPPA? Just curious.

I can give you a personal story that has convinced me to keep kids in a rear-facing car seat as long as possible. When my sis was a baby, we were in a car accident and she was in a front-facing car seat. I don't know exactly how old she was, I was only four at the time, but she was not a newborn. Anyway, the impact of the crash threw her seat forward into the back of the front passenger seat. It rested with the top of the car seat balancing on the back of the front car seat and she was basically hanging upside down. She slipped out and landed in the floor all over some glass (from me going through the side window) and had to get stitches all over her head. Luckily, that was her only injury, but it could have been much worse.

This is where I am afraid I will get into trouble. I do not have any patience for this kind of thing. I work as a Pharmacy Technican part-time while I am in school and had a lady the other day who wanted her mom's prescription done immediately. I told here there would be a wait because several people had come in ahead of her. She said "she's really sick, so you will need to do hers now and skip all of these other people." I nicely explained to her that it was a first come first serve basis and that the other people who were dropping off prescriptions were sick as well (duh), but that we would get it ready for her as fast as possible. This, of course, was not good enough and she just kept yelling "but she's really sick." I just kept explaining that others were sick as well and we would fill it as fast as possible. That's when, in the nastiest voice she could muster, she said "so you're just not going to help me." I lost my cool and said "look, I don't have a magic wand, so I don't know what you want me to do. We will get these filled as fast as possible, you will just have to wait your turn." Needless to say, she called a manager and I was reprimanded (only verbally). I guess I will have to learn to keep my mouth shut. Just out of curiosity, how much trouble can you get into for mouthing off like that to someone in a hospital? The pharmacy I work in is a nationally recognized chain and they are concerned with customer service and 'the customer is always right' but is it the same in a hospital?

During my stint in college the first time around, I worked in a bank. My area was 100% female. It was the worst job I've ever had because the women were so catty and childish. Rumors, lots of gossip and the cold-shoulder treatment if you ever even disagreed with someone. Not to say all women are like that, but you definitely run into that more with women than men. My husband can disagree with other guys @ his work and then go out to lunch like everything is ok. You don't see that with women too often. Just hang in there. It's not going to last forever. :)

I have been looking for some info on colonics that is not "hollywood" based (meaning more than how flat they can make your stomach look before a big event). My husband, who is normally quite intelligent and not gullible, has been upset over his weight gain and inability to lose it. He read a book (I cannot remember who wrote it) in which the author said all you need to do to lose weight is to fast for 21 days (only liquids) and have 15 colonics in 30 days. This supposedly gets the inital weight off and changes your body from acid to alkaline. My husband bought it hook line and sinker. I told him it was garbage and gave him the whole lecture about proper diet and exercise being the only way to lose weight and be successful. I told him it was a fad and did not sound safe in the least to me. He proceeded to tell me I did not know what I was talking about (I'm still in school) and that I was not a Dr. :angryfire So, I told him to talk to his Dr. about this before he tried it. He said he would speak to the Dr. about the fasting, but the colonics were safe. I think it's the other way around. Fasting for 21 days is stupid, but it can just make you hungry. Getting 15 colonics does not seem safe to me. My big problem is finding good, solid info to back up my point of view. I may be wrong, but I can't find any info either way. Can anyone tell me anything.

I find the accent thing very interesting. I know it is easy to pick a few things up here and there, but and entire British accent is odd. My hubby (from up north a bit) now says "fixin to" and "pitch a fit" which are two things he used to tease me endlessly about saying, but not with an accent. I have also started to say aunt the way it is spelled rather than 'ant' like I did before. I work with a girl who talks to herself (animatedly) constatly and bursts into laughter for no reason. She actually did this near a patient who had a somewhat sensitive problem and he got a bit miffed. She wasn't laughing at him, she just does that every few minutes. Sometimes I will see her talking and using hand guestures when no one is around buit the wall. She is really smart though.

Most maternity stores sell a maternity bra and a nursing bra. I have no idea what the difference is, but they are both expensive. I will probably just go to Target. :)

I need some quick advice on a few things. I would call my OB, but I feel like I have bothered her enough already with other things. I am seven weeks pregnant :loveya: and have already gained 13 lbs. I know this is a lot for just seven weeks, but I started out @ 95 lbs. so I am not too worried as I needed to gain some weight anyway. My problem is, I am still to small for maternity clothes, but I need a new bra very badly. I am still (painfully) squeezing into my A cup and my sis says I look nearly a C cup. Do I just go and buy a maternity bra or just a bigger size bra and keep doing that for a while. I'm sure they have not invented some miracle adjustable cup-size bra yet. I don't know if maternity bras are for people who are huge and I feel like an idiot going to a maternity store when I only have a little gut. Acutally, it's not that little, but not obviously pregnant yet. One more thing...I hate water. I know this is bad, but the taste of water makes me throw up. I was drinking Fruit-2-O, which is sweetened with splenda, but my doc says that can't be my primary source of water. However, I stopped drinking it and now am only drinking OJ and choc. milk. How important is water and should I just drink the Fruit-2-O some because I cannot stomach the plain stuff.

You definitely shoul have reported her. She is way out of line! That frustrates me. I work as a pharmacy tech part-time while I'm in school and we are not allowed to answer any questions beyond "what aisle is...on?" I would never dream of giving advice on a medication.

I've seen plenty of people who had nasty hair who didn't have dreadlocks.

My husband just remembers how much he spent on the engagement ring and thinks it's better if it's left at home. I would die if I lost it or something happened to it at work, but not before he would!!!

I remember when I was a little girl being told by a neighbor to not go into a garden (vegetable or flower) if I was menstruating or the veggies and flowers would die. Has anyone ever heard of that before? Not that one, but I do remember my grandmother insisting my sister and I not use tampons so we would still be virgins. She still believes it to this day. Fortunately, I had an aunt who told me otherwise.