What's your craziest delivery story?

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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.

Okay Smiling Blue Eyes, WHAT pray tell do you do with these toilet deliveries?I have seen alot of things in my past 15 years nursing, but not that. Thanks for the info on how to get rid of the pop-ups.

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Shea Tab...She had twins at 26 weeks and was 36 weeks the day of her section? I don't get it. You mean one twin died and they left it in utero for ten weeks. I think I missed something...FUNNY story about the helicopter story....As for toilet deliveries, I have had a few ( that "grunt" gives them away every time) and I am extremely suspicious of anyone ( well, in labor) that has to suddenly take a s***. And I have had a few sterotypical elevator deliveries, once when the elevator was stuck. I had just enough time to whip off my yellow gown, and catch...See, it doesn't only happen on TV...Have had one or two parking lot deliveries and Emergency room deliveries since the er staff was so truamatized and waited for us to get there and went back inside!~ Once I came downstairs to pick up an active patient ( registration right next to the ER waiting room). This lady was seriously ready to push and promptly started to do so. Maternity was on the third floor and we were on the ground floor. My plan was to get her into the ER on a stretcher and check her to see what the next step would be when she promptly dropped to the floor and announced to the VERY crowded waiting room that the baby was coming..Somehow I got all the available staff ( including admitting, lab, er docs and nurses and several willing visitors, to stand in a circle facing away from her, designated the security guy as the gopher, had someone call delivery for backup and the OB from home, and we ended up delivering that child in the middle of the ER waiting room....What a circus...But, everyone was happy and modesty was somewhat maintained..Talk about a community effort!

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Toilet deliveries? Most of the time, they dont' happen in OB cause we know to check first before letting a laboring mom go pooh. But if they happen, What CAN we do? We simply pull em out, resuscitate as needed, and WARM THEM UP. Then, we complete the occurence report. Most of the time, these babies will be ok, if you get to them quickly. Anyhow, Not too much else you CAN do.

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I'm not really sure how "crazy" this one is, but it was crazy enough for me. A young G2P1 came in SCREAMING, and BEGGING for a c/s. Checked her, she was 10. Called Dr, who promptly says, "oh, it will be a while before I can get there. Go ahead and let her have a vbac." Pt. adamantly REFUSES to even ATTEMPT vbac, as is afraid of uterine rupture. DR. advised of refusal, says "ok, prepare for c/s." We have her on the stretcher going to OR, and she says "I need to push!!" I'm saying, "go ahead and push, then!" Baby was nearly crowning anyway, I figure waiting for dr. for c/s is only delaying the pain. BTW, she has no pain relief on board. Then she starts screaming "but I don't want a vbac! I WANT a c/s!" but she's still pushing a little bit between screams. Dr. comes running in, mom put on table with crown of head on perineum, epidural placed with mom on side and still trying to push, and dr. PROCEEDS with c/s! :eek: The dr. had a really hard time pulling that kid back up to get her out. I kept thinking, "what kind of crap is that?? THe baby was nearly hanging out already, no distress for mom or baby, and the dr. does a c/s?? "

That was completely insane to me. I just don't think that would have gone over too well in other places. If the kid is crowning already with no distress, i think a c/s is completely unnecessary. That's why I work in NICU now. ;)

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Shea Tab...She had twins at 26 weeks and was 36 weeks the day of her section? I don't get it. You mean one twin died and they left it in utero for ten weeks. I think I missed something...>>>

Yes... she had an IUFD of twin A at 26 weeks. Twin B was delivered via section at 36 weeks. :o) Sorry for the confusion.

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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...

This is like a story from the 40s that my mom used to tell--the sink was at the foot of the del table, and the doc was scrubbing. "Doctor, if you want to be at this birthday party, you'd better TURN AROUND!"

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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??!!

The more things change the more they stay the same. This one happened quite a few years ago--pt was G3P2, went to local hosp, was examined and determined to be 7 cm. She was on public assistance and her prenatal care was with us, so they sent her by private car 25 miles to our facility. She actually made it to our parking lot before she delivered in the car, screaming, with all 4 doors open! Oh, yeah, she was 36 weeks gestation and it was about 40 degrees out.

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Well, I have had more than my share of crazy deliveries. The inner city hospital where I work had several OBs that were pretty laid back about rushing in to deliver. So nurse deliveries were not that uncommon. Coupled w/ the fact that some of the ER staff was, lets say, alittle slow on the uptake. No offence to those who are ER nurses. But some just have a few screws loose.

One that comes to mind is a few months ago, we had a call from ER a multip cam in and was "pretty uncomfortable" so they wheel her up after registering her, which usually takes at least 10 min. He comes in mom is half out of the wheel chair. ER nurse says "well she is having a hard time sitting, so she must be close" Well his hearing aid must have been on the blink, cuz I could hear a very definate muffled cry. Mom is spanish speaking and is going a mile a minute how the baby is here, ER nurse didn't get the whole pic. I help her to get up on the bed call for help and in one pull on her sweats, here comes baby...screamin up a storm. The ER nurse just looked like oh, well. Lucky all was well. I still can't get over that he didn't hear the crying baby or the huge moving baby in the pt's sweets. Found out from the patient that she was telling them down stairs that the head was coming out, and was delivering in the elevator. :uhoh3:

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Another one comes to mind as for babies just flying on out.

Had another multip, was 7cm, wanted to go on her side, BOW intact/bulging, so ok no prob, doc was in the lounge. About 2 min later she says she feels pressure so I go to check her, she isn't even all the way on her back and I see the membranes bulging through, I called out to the tech to call the ob in and give me a hand, so next uc comes and this girl must have had poly cuz, I go back and her bag explodes and shoots fluid across the room and the head is on its way out well I just barely caught that kid, It was quite slippery and was shot into my awaiting hands. beautiful baby, crying and all was good, brought to the warmer and did very well. I on the other hand was soo soaked that I needed to take a quick shower, It was in my hair, down my shirt my underware was soaked, thank god no mec! Well the doc comes in and was in a really good mood, didn't mind that he missed, goes to put on his gloves and by this time the pt was up in stirrups out comes flying the placenta, not just coming out like litterally 5 feet from the bed the thing landed by the doc's feet with a ploop. All he could do was laugh and say that he missed that too. Family and everyone was laughing.

Same thing w/ the same doc happened a week later, this time a primip who was 5 cm and still laughing. Next thing I know, I was talking to the doc by the door w/ my back to her and she says " um I think the baby's comming" I literally turn around to see the baby fly out and land at the foot of the bed. I felt horrible. Pt was ok, but was like does that always happen, um no not usually w/ first time moms w/ no sign. pain.

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