Pts that want to have their baby NOW!

[RN,@yourCervix]

Ok, now I know we've all taken care of pts like this......

Last noc I sent a pt home who was 36w2d......had mild cntx for a day now and was MAD at md and staff because she was sent home (didn't make any cervical change since last office visit).

I'm just getting a little fed up with 35-37 weekers coming in and wanting to be in labor &/or wanting to be induced!!..

.....because they are "tired of being pregnant....", "I want to see my baby.....", "I know a lady who had her baby early and its OK now....".....blah, blah, blah., yaddi, yaddi...

What I'm wondering is what other OB nurses tell their pts and significant others when they come like this........

I usually tell them stuff like......

"your baby and your baby's lungs really need to ripen just a few weeks more, if possible",

"yes, babys have been born early and do OK, but our closest NICU is 1hr away....do you really want to take the chance of possibly sending your baby that far?"

"The one thing that you can absolutely rely on is that......you WILL NOT be pregnant forever!!.....this baby will come!"

[susanmary]

I'm not sure that there is any amount of convincing that can be done for some women. OK to induce at 26 weeks? -- she needs a psych consult. Again, this is a fast-food society -- I want what I want when I want it -- and I want it NOW. This is not about the baby's well being -- it's about the mother's convenience. And doctor's who oblige & feed into it -- also partially own the outcome. Very sad, very ridiculous. n

[susanmary]

I'm not sure that there is any amount of convincing that can be done for some women. OK to induce at 26 weeks? -- she needs a psych consult. Again, this is a fast-food society -- I want what I want when I want it -- and I want it NOW. This is not about the baby's well being -- it's about the mother's convenience. And doctor's who oblige & feed into it -- also partially own the outcome. Very sad, very ridiculous. n

[NICU_Nurse, BSN, RN]

You know, many (most?) hospitals don't include the NICU on their 'hospital tours' and I think this is a horrible mistake. I realize that we have HIPPA now, and patient confidentiality must be preserved, but oh, how I wish I could take some of these women by the neck and force them to come in and look at what they're potentially doing to their babies. I have always felt that nothing is quite as successful (aside from actual first-person experience) as a stark visual aid to drive home an important point. Sometimes I wish I could just organize a traveling class or lecture designed especially for these moms- the ones who are so impatient for WHATEVER reason to get their babies outoutOUT into the world sooner than they're meant to be. Premature birth is shocking and traumatic for everyone involved, but ESPECIALLY the baby, and I don't think these moms realize this sometimes. Our culture is inundated with images of fat Gerber babies, and even preemies on TV are healthy one month olds. Photographers like Anne Geddes make a fortune taking pictures of cute, miniature versions of those babies- never a tube or line in sight. None of that translucent, chafed and bruised skin. No tape burns or permanant Broviac scars or misshapen skulls from lying on the sides of their faces. I totally support the March of Dimes research, but can't help feeling that they'd be even MORE successful in thier fundraising efforts than they already are if they had THESE pictures on thier web site:

[NICU_Nurse, BSN, RN]

You know, many (most?) hospitals don't include the NICU on their 'hospital tours' and I think this is a horrible mistake. I realize that we have HIPPA now, and patient confidentiality must be preserved, but oh, how I wish I could take some of these women by the neck and force them to come in and look at what they're potentially doing to their babies. I have always felt that nothing is quite as successful (aside from actual first-person experience) as a stark visual aid to drive home an important point. Sometimes I wish I could just organize a traveling class or lecture designed especially for these moms- the ones who are so impatient for WHATEVER reason to get their babies outoutOUT into the world sooner than they're meant to be. Premature birth is shocking and traumatic for everyone involved, but ESPECIALLY the baby, and I don't think these moms realize this sometimes. Our culture is inundated with images of fat Gerber babies, and even preemies on TV are healthy one month olds. Photographers like Anne Geddes make a fortune taking pictures of cute, miniature versions of those babies- never a tube or line in sight. None of that translucent, chafed and bruised skin. No tape burns or permanant Broviac scars or misshapen skulls from lying on the sides of their faces. I totally support the March of Dimes research, but can't help feeling that they'd be even MORE successful in thier fundraising efforts than they already are if they had THESE pictures on thier web site:

[NICU_Nurse, BSN, RN]

or:

[NICU_Nurse, BSN, RN]

or:

[Browneyedgirl]

All hail nurse Kristi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah..i think those pics would do it.

[Browneyedgirl]

All hail nurse Kristi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah..i think those pics would do it.

[BunnyBunnyBSNRN, ASN, BSN]

See my thread titled "VBAC question"...my sister's doc told her that since she is due on the 24th of May, if she decides she wants a c-section, he will take the baby during the week of the 12th so "she won't have to go thru labor..." !!!

[BunnyBunnyBSNRN, ASN, BSN]

See my thread titled "VBAC question"...my sister's doc told her that since she is due on the 24th of May, if she decides she wants a c-section, he will take the baby during the week of the 12th so "she won't have to go thru labor..." !!!

[NICU_Nurse, BSN, RN]

Hel-LOW, people (and by people, I mean MD's who are guilty of this as well as mommies who can possibly think this is a good idea and still believe that they have the baby's best interests at heart), PREGNANCY WAS DESIGNED TO LAST APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS

AND

TO INCLUDE THE LABOR PROCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! aRRRRRRRRRRGgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggh!!!

The process of birth does at least ONE very important thing, off of the top of my head, which is to compress the lungs of the infant to help clear out amniotic fluid, thus enhancing the baby's natural ability to breathe on his or her own. Any of these people hear of RDS? Grrrrrr. God forbid that someone who would OTHERWISE HAVE A NATURAL, HEALTHY birth have to actually GO THROUGH the labor process. I mean, heck, the baby is one thing, they can be played with and dressed up, but labor? Ahh, what's the point of that? (Pardon me while I scream with frustration. I'm screaming. Still screaming. Nope, not done yet. No-...wait...nope, still at it.)

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I need a margarita.

[NICU_Nurse, BSN, RN]

Hel-LOW, people (and by people, I mean MD's who are guilty of this as well as mommies who can possibly think this is a good idea and still believe that they have the baby's best interests at heart), PREGNANCY WAS DESIGNED TO LAST APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS

AND

TO INCLUDE THE LABOR PROCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! aRRRRRRRRRRGgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggh!!!

The process of birth does at least ONE very important thing, off of the top of my head, which is to compress the lungs of the infant to help clear out amniotic fluid, thus enhancing the baby's natural ability to breathe on his or her own. Any of these people hear of RDS? Grrrrrr. God forbid that someone who would OTHERWISE HAVE A NATURAL, HEALTHY birth have to actually GO THROUGH the labor process. I mean, heck, the baby is one thing, they can be played with and dressed up, but labor? Ahh, what's the point of that? (Pardon me while I scream with frustration. I'm screaming. Still screaming. Nope, not done yet. No-...wait...nope, still at it.)

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I need a margarita.