Best Friend as L&D nurse???

Re: Best Friend as L&D nurse???

• sdkrlm

  March 2010

  my first inclination would be to say "no" but...then thinking of it - I have a friend that is a Doula and I'd LOVE to have her in the room.  I think it really depends on her personality - is she someone who you think will be calming and nurturing?

  Definitely go with your gut on this one...and make her sign a contract or somethign that if you scream profanities her way or poop on the table, she can't hold it against you  

   

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• kc0721 member

  March 2010

  I would definitely say go for it.   I'm sure she wouldn't hold anything against you if you yell obscenities at her while in labor.  I would think having my best friend there would be wonderful, but even better that she's a L&D nurse. 

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• SeasideBride06 member

  March 2010

  My aunt is a nurse (not a L&D nurse) but a nurse that works in the same hospital that I delivered in.  She was with me the entire day and I was very happy!  I was only allowed to have one person in the room during my epidural and if it was my DH he was going to have to sit in a chair in the corner.  I let my aunt stay and since she is a nurse and they knew she would not pass out at the site of things, she was able to stand in front of me and I could lay my head on her during it.  SO much better!!!

  I say go for it!

  Allie ~ 01/26/09 ~ 7 lbs, 9 oz ~ 20.75 in. & Amelia ~ 03/16/11 ~ 8 lbs, 1 oz ~ 21 in.
  
  
  
  

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• star21gazer

  March 2010

  As much as I love my BFF I couldn't have had her in the room...but that's just because she would have drove me crazy during that time.  But I think you should do what you prefer, and as for the yelling at her thing, especially since she is a L&D nurse, she would more than likely understand and not hold it against you. 
  

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• jiffy-pop member

  March 2010

  Well, I'm sure she's experienced plenty of women in pain and has learned not to take it seriously. I'm sure she wouldn't hold it against you if you snapped at her during labor.

  Married 5/31/08 * TTC#1 9/09 - 2/11
  after anovulatory diagnosis and TTC for 1 1/2yrs with several medicated cycles and one chemical pregnancy, we have our first bundle of joy!
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• amandabrooke81

  March 2010

  Ahhh I wish my BF was my L&D nurse- the 1st shift nurse I had complained about how bad her life was as a newly divorced mom...and how bad guys are in general.  {oh yeah PS I was about to bring a son into the world and am a single mom myself- silly lady!} 

  Thankfully the 2nd shift nurse was AWESOME and DS waited to enter the world until we had better surroundings-hehe!

  She's your BF...you'll know what to do and what's best

  
  
  
  
  
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• MissLMS member

  March 2010

  As long as your BF is someone who can support you without stressing you out, then absolutely.

  My L & D nurse was a girl I knew remotely in college... a sorority sister of my bestfriend. She had just given birth to her own daughter three months before and that day was her first day back at work.

  I credit a lot of how great my labor went to her. It was so nice to have a nurse there who was my age, someone I knew (even if I didn't know her well) and someone who had recently been in the same situation. She was so supportive and let me hold her hand during the epidural and everything.

  
  

  

  mmc and d&c at 8.5 weeks - 8/23/2010
  natural m/c and d&c at 10 weeks - 1/24/2014
  DX w/ hetero C677t and A1298C MTHFR - 3/4/2014

  
  

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• ReeCPC member

  March 2010

  Thanks ladies! I think I am leaning towards going for it!!! We'll see how it works out!

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