FrumDoula

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  1. Accuracy of Ultrasound ???

    FrumDoula replied to earthlovers123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That does seem to be what the research suggests as

  2. BMJ Study Released on Homebirth

    FrumDoula replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Actually, DD, you are the one who is wrong through your inaccurate characterizations of midwives, their philosophies and their actions. As someone who is due to have a homebirth and has aggressively...

  3. Tom Cruise on Postpartum depression

    FrumDoula replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What is very interesting to me is that Mr. Cruise is making these judgements about a woman publicly having never gone through the experience of supporting a wife through the childbirth and postpartum...

  4. Questions about moms in labor

    FrumDoula replied to lee1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have to respond to this. For a newborn, it is not always such a good thing to put the baby on a sleep schedule. This is certainly what was done in your mothers' time, but we've learned it can...

  5. distended bladder

    FrumDoula replied to nursejoey05's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I like this tip a lot! I'll have to keep some in my doula bag .....

  6. BMJ Study Released on Homebirth

    FrumDoula replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you look at the study, it focused on non-nurse midwives. So the results are very impressive indeed. And yes, statistics have been compared comparing CPM's vs. CNM's, and there have been times...

  7. Future CNMs

    FrumDoula replied to ayndim's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Knew you'd appreciate that one, SBE! I'm telling you, the kid is more informed about birth than many of my former

  8. Future CNMs

    FrumDoula replied to ayndim's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Just wanted to share one more story. When my son was still 5, he said to me one day, "Mommy, someday I'm going to become a doctor so I can back you and the other midwives up!" Can you STAND it??!!...

  9. Future CNMs

    FrumDoula replied to ayndim's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    For the longest time, I thought I wanted to be a CNM. Years and years. I thought it was the only game in town. Then, as a doula, and as a pregnant mother, I got a fuller view of what CNM's are and...

  10. Questions about moms in labor

    FrumDoula replied to lee1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As often as you hear about women experiencing trauma because of an unintended c-section, you don't as often hear about women who go through trauma due to unintended NATURAL childbirth. The RN's here...

  11. Questions about moms in labor

    FrumDoula replied to lee1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Though I have obviously not looked at your medical record or your body, it's these kind of comments from docs that make me absolutely want to bang my head against the wall!!!!! Why a practitioner...

  12. Questions about moms in labor

    FrumDoula replied to lee1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Amen, sister!!!! If I have to transfer to the hospital during my birth, SBE is just the kind of nurse I would want greeting me at the

  13. Questions about moms in labor

    FrumDoula replied to lee1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is often where doulas step in as a valuable service to help save the sanity of an L&D nurse. :) We will go to the mothers home, reassure her, etc so she's not so antsy. I use phone contact...

  14. Women's Reactions to L&D Nurses Outside the Hospital

    FrumDoula posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    So I'm not an L&D nurse, I'm simply a doula and student nurse. But I imagine this is not just a doula occurence, and I wanted to hear what others had to say about this. I travel fairly frequently...

  15. Holding up the legs during delivery

    FrumDoula replied to bfusco's topic in Ob/Gyn

    SL, Although I see your point, I'm going to disagree here slightly and throw in another perspective. The point is not JUST a healthy baby. It's a healthy baby AND mother. And I would enlarge the...

  16. male labor and delivery nurses

    FrumDoula replied to booluvstrains's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's interesting ... most of us who are responding are female and are pretty comfortable with male L&D nurses. When I asked my husband the other day about how he would feel about a male L&D...

  17. When is the right time to push?

    FrumDoula replied to NursePamela's topic in Ob/Gyn

    With a mom who doesn't have an epidural, I think it's preferable to wait until she's complete AND has a strong urge to push. Some women get to 10 and kinda chill out for awhile before they do the...

  18. male labor and delivery nurses

    FrumDoula replied to booluvstrains's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I guess you could accuse a lesbian nurse in L&D of the same thing. Seriously, though .... while I think there would be no problem with a male nurse learning all the mechanics, pharmacology,...

  19. Doulas?

    FrumDoula replied to asher315's topic in Ob/Gyn

    While I certainly think some women's bodies experience pain differently, I also think pushing is a bit of a learned activity, particularly with an epidural. If a patient has cut off a lot of the...

  20. Infertility Evaluation Advice

    FrumDoula replied to ConkyTonker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hope I didn't offend you, SBE. I'm an overly crazy pregnant woman these days. :)

  21. Infertility Evaluation Advice

    FrumDoula replied to ConkyTonker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    SBE - I normally hate to contradict you, since you usually agree with me. But the OP said she was 33, didn't she? Does this make a difference to an infertility specialist?

  22. Infertility Evaluation Advice

    FrumDoula replied to ConkyTonker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Having gone through miscarriages myself, my experience with my OB-GYN was that they wouldn't run any lab work or other tests until after 3 miscarriages. He said that this was the standard of care...

  23. Infertility Evaluation Advice

    FrumDoula replied to ConkyTonker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Why do you think she has a hormone problem, though? Unless she was habitually miscarrying (and medically speaking, it's not until after 3 miscarriages), it's a non-issue, medically speaking. It may...

  24. Infertility Evaluation Advice

    FrumDoula replied to ConkyTonker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Have you read Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschsler? I recommend it highly, along with Garden of Fertility, by Sara Singer (I think). In any case, before you begin all the hormones and...

  25. Nclex-pn

    FrumDoula replied to poon120's topic in General Nursing

    It really has nothing to do with being sensitive - it has to do with clearing up a wrong piece of information on the Internet. I think it's silly to stand by and let people think that Jews don't...