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  1. "Rooming in" on Mother/Baby - not one size fits all

    eden replied to LilyBlue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There is no nursery where I work so we encourage someone to stay the night and help, it's all rooming

  2. An OB's Birth Plan

    eden replied to Poppy_Petal's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Honestly I would find a new Ob as well. Many of his guidlines are not standard practice elsewhere. Awhonn guildlines suggest that IA has comprable, if not better outcomes then continuous EFM. Yes...

  3. How long did you work while pregnant?

    eden posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I recently found out my husband and I are expecting our first baby next summer. When you were pregnant how many weeks were you when you went on mat leave? Barring any complication I would like to work...

  4. Baby in a bag!

    eden replied to elizabells's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The baby I saw was not delivered in the sac but it came close. It was a 40 week multip who said she had an urge to push. I pulled the cover back to check her and all I saw was membranes being...

  5. How long did you work while pregnant?

    eden replied to eden's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No they can't fire you here even if you are only working a few months before announcing your pregnancy. Now you need a certain number of hours to qualify for paid mat leave but you are entitled to the...

  6. How long did you work while pregnant?

    eden replied to eden's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm in Canada, so we get 52 weeks of paid mat leave. It's great to know that I will be able to spend my baby's first year at home, I feel bad for you in the US that have to go back right

  7. Nurse manager says you can't refuse iv

    eden replied to paintedbison's topic in Ob/Gyn

    They certainly have the right to refuse IV access. Now in the US I know many say that it is a liability to not have one but in canada where I work we have many a person without IV access and we have...

  8. unsafe staffing in LDRP

    eden posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    It is getting to the point where I love my job but I am scared something will happen to a mom or baby before someone listens. Today we had 5 nurses, 6 if you count the charge nurse, 4 in active labour...

  9. Does your hospital have a policy on no walking after ROM?

    eden replied to paintedbison's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's crazy. The only time I ever seen no movement after AROM is if the head was really high and even then it was no getting up for 1 hr post AROM so the head had a chance to descend. Once well...

  10. Epidurals & Foleys

    eden replied to RNBelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow, what concentration do you

  11. Epidurals & Foleys

    eden replied to RNBelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Nether actually. If a pt has an epidural we get them up to the BR to void. Most of the time they are able to void on their own and only if they can't, do we cath them (which drastically cuts down the...

  12. I just saw the most amazing delivery

    eden posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had a pt come through at work and she had the most amazing delivery I have ever witnessed, I was not sure she would delivery lady partslly. Her baby was OP, deflexed, asynclitic and had a hand right...

  13. Why (I'm told) I can't get job in OB

    eden replied to pbajil's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had to apply for a year and a half before I got my position in L&D because I had no maternity experience, onlu medical. What could help you is to apply for all positions in any womens field. I...

  14. I just saw the most amazing delivery

    eden replied to eden's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Had another one the other day. The pt was at the doctors office for her 39 ish week appointment so he did a routine cervical check. She was 8 cm. He walked her across the street himself and I tried to...

  15. How to deal with abusive family members

    eden posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had a pt the other day whose baby had lost to much weight. I told her the pediatrician would not release the baby and the father snapped and became very verbally abusive to me. He started yelling...

  16. How to deal with abusive family members

    eden replied to eden's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for your responses. Moonshine, I work in an LDRP where the doctors are not on the floor all day. It is well within our scope of practice to tell the patients what the routine practice of the...

  17. How to deal with abusive family members

    eden replied to eden's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We don't have alarms on the baby bracelets and legally we can't keep them there. I did document, I practically wrote a novel so at least I did that and my licence is

  18. How to deal with abusive family members

    eden replied to eden's topic in Ob/Gyn

    They left before security could get

  19. midwife or MD?

    eden replied to Jayla's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know this thread is old but since new discussion hads been gebnerated I'll add my 2 cents. I would stick with the OB's. We have a few good midwives at my hospital however there are more bad midwives...

  20. Pros & Cons Newborn Hep B Vaccination

    eden replied to couchdogs's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There is no pro unless a primary caregiver is Hep B positive. It's not given routinely here and when it is, it is done within 12 hours because someone caring for the baby is positive. zThey have...

  21. L&D nurses? Are you all for natural births?

    eden replied to MIcrunchyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I love doing the natural births. Sometimes they can be more work but not necessarily. There's less risk to mom and baby, mom tends to recover faster. There is so much you can do in between nothing and...

  22. Vitamin K administration legal/ethical nightmare!

    eden replied to IndigoCarmine's topic in Ob/Gyn

    How can it be state requirement that a baby get vitamin K when parents have the right to make medical decisions regarding their children, icluding any and all vaccines? To the OP, is there a law on...

  23. What would you do in this situation?

    eden replied to camay1221_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We actually keep our demises on the LDRP unit. The thinking was that they have less privacy on L&D and gyne and rooming them in with another mother baby couplet on PP is cruel. Our LDRP's are...

  24. Is this birth plan reasonable

    eden replied to wulfbourne's topic in Ob/Gyn

    CEG, one of the sites I based it on is http://pedbase.org/j/jaundice-neonatal/ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gGENH/is_all/ai_2699003534. That's all I have time for now but I will try and look...

  25. Is this birth plan reasonable

    eden replied to wulfbourne's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Right that proves my point about neonatal jaundice, CEG. There is increased incidences of polycythemia (an increase primarily of RBC) in those newborns with delayed cord clamping. Since most neonatal...