Birthday Nurse

I got a comment on one of my previous blogs that I absolutely loved! A very smart woman said that her goal was to be the "perfect labor patient" and she wanted to know how to obtain that goal. So I've thought about it for a while and here are my suggestions...To preface my suggestions, remember these are my OPINIONS and don't worry, no good nurse will think less of you or take worse care of you if you aren't the "perfect" patient. #1. Come in with an OPEN mind. It seems like the patients who come into their labor experience with a cut and dried, this-is-how-it's-going-to-happen mind set are the ones who have labors that are nothing like what they wanted. Those who come in who say "a C-section is the worst thing I could ever have happen to me" are the ones who end up in the OR and feel like a failure for not having a successful vaginal delivery. Also, I in no way believe that a C/S is any kind of "failure." It's just a differe...

I know I shouldn't post this when I have two more nights left this week...but I can't remember a night being as good as last night. It started out way hectic and I wasn't sure how it was all gonna turn out, but it was busy enough that it kept me going and the night was actually really good! The worst I had of it was chasing babies, but even that was ok, at least the babies were behaving! My cervidil I expected to labor just because that doc has the reputation of delivering people off cervidil's, but she was pretty quiet all night and baby was a perfect angel, best looking strip I've claimed in a long time! She slept most of the night too, so I'm glad she didnt' hurt too bad. I walked in at the same time as a R/O PROM, and was trying to do that and get the cervidil started all at the same time. By the time I got the cervidil situated I caught the on-call doc for the R/O and he proceeded to do the 1-million dollar workup on the PROM and then decided that she w...