Sorry if this topic has been done to death. I've been working since June in OB, focusing mainly on L&D. I have two children of my own, the first one was a fast and uneventful hospital birth, the second was a homebirth (acynclitic and OP, so labor was VERY long and difficult - if I had been in a hospital, I'm pretty sure I would have been sectioned, but all turned out well in the end).
I'm facing the prospect of perhaps having one more in a couple years. I had previously thought that any other children would also be born at home. But now that I've been working in L&D and getting a glimpse of all the potential emergencies and behind-the-scenes things that could go wrong, I'm seriously questioning the safety of homebirth. I guess you could say I'm having a crisis of faith that birth is a natural process that doesn't HAVE to be managed in order to have a good outcome.
Anyway, I was just wondering if other L&D nurses, knowing what they know, would ever opt for a homebirth for their own.
Oh I don't think they'd eat it.... hopefully they were just like "this looks like some frost bit liver or something" and throw it out! I haven't looked at it in a long time (umm since the day I gave birth LOL) but I'm pretty sure it would be obvious what it is.... I do wonder if it grossed them out tho.... LOL It just dawned on me a few days ago driving down the road.... I can't believe a month went by before I thought about it! What can ya do? :uhoh21:
Not trying to sound crazy, but I just don't want to have to clean the house and have people over to my home. I could see my water breaking and me yelling at my husband to mop the kitchen. I think a good alternative is using a birthing center or baring that, use a midwife and doula in a hospital setting. After working in a hospital and cleaning up after sooooo many people, I just think it would be stellar to order room service and let somebody else worry about bloody linens.
I am still wondering what the placenta is doing in the freezer???
can ya help me out here?
I know, I know off-topic.
I honestly didn't mean to gross anyone out..I thought it was a funny story...guess my sense of humor gets warped when I haven't had much sleep!
Many homebirthers bury the placenta under a tree as sort of a tribute to new life etc. Well that sounded nifty but I didn't have a place to plant a tree, so I stuck it in the freezer. Well I never got around to doing the tree thing and just forgot about it until last week....
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I honestly didn't mean to gross anyone out..I thought it was a funny story...guess my sense of humor gets warped when I haven't had much sleep!
Many homebirthers bury the placenta under a tree as sort of a tribute to new life etc. Well that sounded nifty but I didn't have a place to plant a tree, so I stuck it in the freezer. Well I never got around to doing the tree thing and just forgot about it until last week....
Now I'm gonna duck and run and hide! :imbar
rofl ok....
I am SO not upset. I just found it rather....odd to store a placenta in a freezer.
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See I'm not the only one! LOL.... hey..just don't leave it there if you move! Get that tree planted PRONTO!!
(and here I share my birth story 4 pages back and i'll be infamous for frozen placenta...cripes!)
We may need to contact administration and get your ID name changed.....Plancentae lady.........Keeper of Afterbirth........BirthnfreezeRus.... :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
We may need to contact administration and get your ID name changed.....Plancentae lady.........Keeper of Afterbirth........BirthnfreezeRus.... :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
LMAO!
Note to self: DO NOT TELL PLACENTA STORY IN NURSING SCHOOL!
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Ya know........it could be good for post partum constipation.