What's your craziest delivery story?

[sierranurse]

We've all had those experiences of the delivery that is anything from the morm. It's the one, two, or multiples that just stick in your mind. Contribute the craziest stories from the Del Room, ER,, Emergency services here.

[SmilingBluEyes]

WE have had several "toilet deliveries" (who in OB has not seen these?)

But ......a set of twins born to a very obese mom in the ED (she was there to rule out appy) comes to mind.....boy did that suck, getting THAT call in OB....rofl. Nothing like trying to warm twins born in the toilet!!!! (yes she thought she had to poop and was in denial about her pregnancy, so no one knew what was going on just then). Talk about rapid labor!

But if you spend enough time in OB, you will see the occasional attempted toilet delivery....it happens all the time. But not usually in ED, with twins to a woman unknown as-yet to even be pregnant! I felt sorry for them that day....

[SmilingBluEyes]

Another story comes to mind that taught me never to assume anything in OB:

Several years back, we had a lady push for more than 2 hours--- to no avail, in her attempt to deliver. That baby would NOT budge! Dr. called a section, and we began to prep her. Our OB's had their c-sections in central OR in that hospital, so we had to call the crew to come and get her.

Well, in getting all ready to go, she is having a lot of pain and screaming for relief. Dr orders me to give her some demerol (yes, demerol was used for OB's 7 years ago). I asked how much Phenergan, to which he snapped "NONE"! (are you sure?) Ok, then....... :uhoh21:

The demerol, as little as it was, totally snowed her, of course. She relaxed and felt good. For a while, anyhow. However, those of you who know demerol know it can make one vomit, esp. w/o phenergan given concomittantly.

The OR team showed up to get her, I went to get the gurney and help them when the husband come SCREAMING down the hall: "the baby is coming!!! Help us please!"

So, I ran in to see mom snoring away, back turned to the door, and a blue head peeking out her backside....sure enough, he was right, the baby was not just coming; he was HERE! (at least the head was).

Turns out, when we went to get the gal ready for her section, she had vomited, husband turned her on her side (good man)to help her, and out popped the baby who would NOT come before. Just slid out like a banana from a peel, basically.

My first nurse-assisted delivery, and most memorable to this day. As well as my best learning experience. I never felt as badly as I did that day, snowing her like that and having a baby come out, taking ME unaware. NEVER again was I to assume a baby "could not come out" just because a section was called!!!!

Baby and mom were just fine, but the delivery was a hazy memory for her, thanks to the demerol. I felt very sorry about that. If only I had known better.....

[SmilingBluEyes]

Another story comes to mind that taught me never to assume anything in OB:

Several years back, we had a lady push for more than 2 hours--- to no avail, in her attempt to deliver. That baby would NOT budge! Dr. called a section, and we began to prep her. Our OB's had their c-sections in central OR in that hospital, so we had to call the crew to come and get her.

Well, in getting all ready to go, she is having a lot of pain and screaming for relief. Dr orders me to give her some demerol (yes, demerol was used for OB's 7 years ago). I asked how much Phenergan, to which he snapped "NONE"! (are you sure?) Ok, then....... :uhoh21:

The demerol, as little as it was, totally snowed her, of course. She relaxed and felt good. For a while, anyhow. However, those of you who know demerol know it can make one vomit, esp. w/o phenergan given concomittantly.

The OR team showed up to get her, I went to get the gurney and help them when the husband come SCREAMING down the hall: "the baby is coming!!! Help us please!"

So, I ran in to see mom snoring away, back turned to the door, and a blue head peeking out her backside....sure enough, he was right, the baby was not just coming; he was HERE! (at least the head was).

Turns out, when we went to get the gal ready for her section, she had vomited, husband turned her on her side (good man)to help her, and out popped the baby who would NOT come before. Just slid out like a banana from a peel, basically.

My first nurse-assisted delivery, and most memorable to this day. As well as my best learning experience. I never felt as badly as I did that day, snowing her like that and having a baby come out, taking ME unaware. NEVER again was I to assume a baby "could not come out" just because a section was called!!!!

Baby and mom were just fine, but the delivery was a hazy memory for her, thanks to the demerol. I felt very sorry about that. If only I had known better.....

[alphafe]

I know a L/D nurse who told me about babies who **flew** out! Does this happen? Do they literally "fly" into waiting arms (one would hope!)

[alphafe]

I know a L/D nurse who told me about babies who **flew** out! Does this happen? Do they literally "fly" into waiting arms (one would hope!)

[SmilingBluEyes]

I have seen one or two appear to "fly" out, oh yes, they can be quite slippery. This is why precips are delivered ON the full bed, never broken down (the bed ends come off, and we have leg rests/stirrups that we can set up from underneath.). Cause I have seen them literally shoot out, with barely enough time to "catch", they are delivered on the bed with plenty of chux underneath.

[Mermaid4]

Have had a slippery little critter "fly out"..Actually was another wild night ( I notice they rarely come on quiet nights) and mom was really active so whisk her into the delivery room and attempt to get things under some control ( just to get the gloves on) and here comes the OB,old school, HAS to get everything just right with the gown, the set up , etc. I tell him he better turn around because he doesn't have time and sure enough I hear PLOP..He took too long, turned around and said child slipped out of his hands into the bucket below...Try to write THAT up as an incident report...

[Mermaid4]

Then there was the girl that came in insisting she was in labor..She said she had no pre natal care which explained the lack of records availble, and she did look pregnant...But, I couldn't get a fetal heart. So, the next step is we do an ultrasound and surprise, there is no baby...We do her urine and bloodwork and post exam by the doc it seems there never was a baby..Had to discharge her via ambulance to a mental health facility because she became violently insistant that we had either killed or stolen her baby..The baby that never was. I was quite shaken after that....

[MedLJ801]

Exactly what do you do when you drop a baby on the bed or in the pan thing? Sorry, I'm a very new telemerty nurse, not OB. Do you really have to file an incident report depending on what happened? Wouldn't it be the doctor's responsibility? Has anyone ever heard of babies being dropped right onto the floor or falling so far that the cord just barely holds them from touching the ground? I know, gruesome...but I'm just wondering if it's ever happened like that. I would feel so terrible.

[Mermaid4]

Well, you DO make out an incident report for nursing as the doc should for them....Whoever witnesses the incident is supposed to fill it out. People are under the mistaken impression that the person who does the error fills it out..Besides, hard to miss that when you can hear it...

[palesarah]

we had a "flyer" recently- multip who precip'd, that baby just shot right out like a cannon and landed in the delivery goo. There were three of us- myself (new nurse), A (experienced & skilled nurse) and M (very experienced & skilled nurse who had always had "L" do her nurse catches before "L" went to dayshift. So this was M's turn. She was all gloved up, turned around to get a fresh sterile towel to support the perineum, but she was just to slow... oh well.

The CNM showed up just intime for the placenta :)

[SheaTab]

People drive miles and miles to deliver at our hospital. A couple of months ago we had a term G2P1 go to her local ED (no OB at that hospital) because she thought that she was in labor. The ED doc checked her and told her that she was 7 cm. They proceeded to load her up in a helicopter and fly her to my hospital! NOW... who would put someone in a copter at 7 cms??!! Who would want to deliver a baby in that small space??!! Well.. they pull into the city and discover that we don't have a landing pad... go to another hospital that does not do OB anymore nbut does have a landing pad and is relatively close to us. The paramedics notice she is leaking something from her lady parts... and of course are totally freaking out. They rush her to us and we check her... she's 1 cm... we 4 hour obs her (no change) and send her home. HEHEHEHE!!! Crazy....

I delivered a woman a few weeks ago who had twins at 26 weeks and one died. She was 36 weeks on the day of her section... when the doctor delivered the live baby it came out holding the other. Sad, Sad.

Lot's of wild and crazy stories in OB! Keep'em coming.