I don't know why but that statement makes my jaw clench up everytime I hear it.
I had a patient the other day ask me how I was going to insert a foley since "the head is down there, wont that hurt the baby?" For the love god, people .... come on .. 2 HOLES! SERIOUSLY!
and my favorite of all time ...
"Does that machine beep everytime I dilate?" .. this one left me speechless
Please share your "omg, no she didn't say/ask that" quotes
Who is letting people take their placentas home??? When we started our OB rotation, we were specifically told that this was one of the only cultural practices that would not be accommodated, no way no how. And we've got students at five different hospitals around NY...
Excuse me, I have never taken my placenta home (actually I gave birth at home and let the mw dispose of it as she saw fit) but exactly who is the hospital to decide if they 'let' people take their placenta home? It is part of the patient's body and if they decide to keep it what right does the hospital have to say "we don't let"? There is nothing unsafe or unsanitary about a placenta, there are no yucky germs attached to it. If they want to keep it in their freezer, bury it in their backyard and plant a tree, bronze it, whatever - it is their right to do so! If you're worried about storing it until the patient is discharged, why not put it in a plastic bag and let a family member take it home?
Excuse me, I have never taken my placenta home (actually I gave birth at home and let the mw dispose of it as she saw fit) but exactly who is the hospital to decide if they 'let' people take their placenta home? It is part of the patient's body and if they decide to keep it what right does the hospital have to say "we don't let"? There is nothing unsafe or unsanitary about a placenta, there are no yucky germs attached to it. If they want to keep it in their freezer, bury it in their backyard and plant a tree, bronze it, whatever - it is their right to do so! If you're worried about storing it until the patient is discharged, why not put it in a plastic bag and let a family member take it home?
Yeah, I wondered too. I agree. Given our mobile lifestyle we couldn't do it, but if I lived somwhere I thought I would be long term I would have planted a tree with the placenta under it for each of my kids when they were born. Just my .02 but it seems odd to be so stringent over that when there is no apparent reason and many larger worries.
Anyopne's SO/FOB ask for a "love stitch?" I was in the middle of a delivery with shoulder dystocia and the FOB kept bugging the MD not to forget his "love stitch"! ICK
I also had a FOB ask if I had started to seduce his girlfriend. Um, INDUCE, would be the word he was searching for.
Equally creepy was a FOB who asked how dialated his girlfriend was each time I "fingered" her.
Who is letting people take their placentas home??? When we started our OB rotation, we were specifically told that this was one of the only cultural practices that would not be accommodated, no way no how. And we've got students at five different hospitals around NY...
I live in an area with lots of native americans and it is a widely practiced custom to take the placenta home and then return it to mother nature. I don't know all the ins and outs of the custom, but we just put it in a bucket and add water, label it and they take it home. The only way this is not possible is if it has to go to pathology for any reason. Have at least one person a month take home thier placenta. We have to ask everyone if they want it before we dispose of it.
I think my best(or maybe worst really) was the 18 yo that came in crying hysterically that she had killed her baby. Upon questioning we discovered that seh had gone swimming that day and her S/O's mother told her that she had drowned her baby because she had gone swimming...Just had to shake my head and give the girl a lesson on the whole process...After Visteril to settle her down!
I live in an area with lots of native americans and it is a widely practiced custom to take the placenta home and then return it to mother nature. I don't know all the ins and outs of the custom, but we just put it in a bucket and add water, label it and they take it home. The only way this is not possible is if it has to go to pathology for any reason. Have at least one person a month take home thier placenta. We have to ask everyone if they want it before we dispose of it.
We have to ask everyone also about disposing of it. I've only had 1 person ever say they wanted it but they did change their mind before they took it. There is a book I read years ago that had different cultural customs for the placenta most involved planting a tree but there was some eating of it.
Speaking of the, gulp, "love stitch"-I recently had a patient's MIL (who, apparently she did *not* get along with)-asked the OB to put an extra stitch in for her son because "he likes it a little tighter"-I did NOT ask how she knew that, OMG....
What really irks me is when patients tell me I am deliberatly trying to kill them by withholding an epidural from them if anesthesia is not there the minute they say the word epidural and that I would be reported to patient relations for making them suffer. Then the SO also decides to jump on the bandwagon and tell me I don't care about her pain. Twice I have been told this recently when the anesthesiologist has been in a section. I really had to bite my tongue and not tell them that yes, I get my kicks out of watching women writhing in pain while I taunt them:rolleyes: . I realize they are in pain but it doesn't matter how much I explain to them the reason behind wait I am still doing nothing on purpose.
I live in an area with lots of native americans and it is a widely practiced custom to take the placenta home and then return it to mother nature. I don't know all the ins and outs of the custom, but we just put it in a bucket and add water, label it and they take it home. The only way this is not possible is if it has to go to pathology for any reason. Have at least one person a month take home thier placenta. We have to ask everyone if they want it before we dispose of it.
I have also read a book about the Hmong culture who take the placenta and bury it to free the spirit and protect the baby.
:lol2:Thanks for asking because I've been wondering that myself!
Granted, I'm not a L&D nurse yet. My understanding from the context is that it's a lovely thing the really sensitive and compassionate men ask for when the OB is stitching up the episiotomy. The hubby of a friend asked the MD to "stitch her up tighter" so future 'marital relations' would be better :angryfire
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JeanettePNP, MSN, RN, NP
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Excuse me, I have never taken my placenta home (actually I gave birth at home and let the mw dispose of it as she saw fit) but exactly who is the hospital to decide if they 'let' people take their placenta home? It is part of the patient's body and if they decide to keep it what right does the hospital have to say "we don't let"? There is nothing unsafe or unsanitary about a placenta, there are no yucky germs attached to it. If they want to keep it in their freezer, bury it in their backyard and plant a tree, bronze it, whatever - it is their right to do so! If you're worried about storing it until the patient is discharged, why not put it in a plastic bag and let a family member take it home?