
I didn't want to bog down the UO with this, but I was really interested in your post about birth plans. You specifically called out FTMs. Are they okay from STMs? I'm not sure mine would have been different (note - we actually forgot our birth plan at home, so I guess it doesn't really relate to me at all. We just told the nurses what we preferred when they asked, and they generally left me alone). I just thought your comment was interesting, because our preferences won't really change after having given birth now.
Do you enjoy working with STMs more? Are they generally a more reasonable bunch?
I'm a little fascinated by your job, if you hadn't noticed.
Re: RNMama12
Ah, that makes sense.
Some day you'll have to do an "Ask me anything about my job!" post. I always wonder what the nurses think about all the stuff that goes on here on TB.
How long have you been a nurse? I've been one 12 years and I know I've encountered quite a few dr's and nurses who don't neccisarily do the best thing for the patient but more like the easiest thing.
I think educating yourself and having some kind of plan is good. I know the hospital system I work for pushes pit like crazy, not because the mom needs it, but to push patients on through quicker. I'm no Ld nurse but we both know pit has it's own set of side effects.
Well, I got the delivery I wanted but I hated the nurse that took over after the shift change (and I could tell I wasn't exactly her favorite patient ever). I was difficult, though - I tend to get that way when I'm uncomfortable. She was trying to do something, and mashing on my belly while I was having a contraction. I said to her (in my head, it was very calmly, but I admit I have no idea if that's how it came out): Could you please wait until the contraction is over? I really need you to not be touching me right now.
To be honest, I got the feeling that the nurse was probably rolling her eyes at me a lot, because I was obviously uncomfortable and didn't want her touching me and all that jazz, but I didn't want the epi. Does that happen with moms who want to go med free? It's possible it was imagined, but it is the impression that the nurse gave me.
Anyways, I only came out of that situation cursing the OB resident who told me I was complete and should start pushing before I really was. He was smart to not come back into the room after that. I probably would have tried to crush him between my thighs. I know I was difficult and that the nurse probably had better things to do than deal with my attitude, I can't really blame her.
Not a doc or a nurse, just chiming in!
My OB was one of 5 in a practice. They told us up front, our very first appointment actually, that if our specific OB wasn't on hospital duty on the day I delivered, that another OB in the practice would deliver the baby. As my due date approached, I was introduced to the other OB's so I would "know" who was delivering my baby. This made me feel good, knowing that they wouldn't rush me into a csection if I didn't deliver fast enough.
As it turns out, my OB wasn't on hospital duty the day I delivered. For that matter, it was his day off. I'd been induced two days earlier though, and was having a rough time. [The day I was induced he was inoffice, which is connected to the hospital. The next day he was on Hospital duty] He came to the hospital at 6 the morning I delivered, and stayed to deliver Aria at 11:07 because he was so concerned about us. He made me feel so cared for, as did his nurses [two of them came to visit and see Aria in the hospital after she was born!].
I don't know if this is relevant, I just had to share.
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Ive worked with some phenomenal dr's and nurses in my 12 years. I'd say most have the patients best interest in mind. But those others stick in my mind.
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I agree with what you're saying but I don't think this is true. I was in L&D quite a bit towards the end and a couple of the nurses were AWFUL. Just rude, condescending, and bad attitudes. After a shift change I said to the new nurse "well I guess someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning" and she muttered under her breath "try every morning". Just because a nurse is competent medically and knows her stuff doesn't mean she has any business in that profession if she can't have a little patience. But this is true of every single job in every single industry, I'm sure we all have worked with a few bad apples.
I agree! While I absolutely loved my LD nurses, I hated the nurses on the maternity floor. They were lazy and really not helpful when I was trying to breastfeed or when I needed something. It was frustrating because I supposedly delivered at one of the top hospitals in NYC, but I was not at all impressed!