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uneducated nurse! (ob vent)

lyndsihutsonlyndsihutson member
in November 2012 Moms
I was at my OB appointment yesterday and the nurse who was weighing me and taking my stats asked me if I am still breast feeding. I said yes, why? She says "well you know about breastfeeding and pregnancy, right?" I said "what about it?" She very proudly responds "You can't! You have to quit!!" I of course went on to tell her, "umm.. NO" She with a slight attitude started asking if I had already spoken to the OB and that if i haven't I need to. Of course my OB said "you can absolutely nurse, but it will probably cause some cramping." Why must people speak without being educated on the subject? What if she told someone who didn't know and they really took what she said seriously? I was just blown away.

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  • persephonerosepersephonerose member
    Does it seem like this doctor's office is one where the doctor picks his nurses and has a set staff or do the nurses rotate throughout all of the doctors/facility? I think I would have made sure the OB knew exactly which nurse said it so that he could correct her. But sometimes in large facilities doctor's don't have final say over which nurses they get. 

    At our first prenatal visit the nurse asked if we had concerns and my husband asked about the likelihood of  our child having dyslexia since his brother has it. The nurse rolled her eyes and gave a little chuckle and said, "well EVERYONE has that nowadays don't they".  We told the OB and he made sure we did not have her tend to us the rest of the pregnancy. 
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  • lyndsihutsonlyndsihutson member
    persephonerose said:
    Does it seem like this doctor's office is one where the doctor picks his nurses and has a set staff or do the nurses rotate throughout all of the doctors/facility? I think I would have made sure the OB knew exactly which nurse said it so that he could correct her. But sometimes in large facilities doctor's don't have final say over which nurses they get. 

    At our first prenatal visit the nurse asked if we had concerns and my husband asked about the likelihood of  our child having dyslexia since his brother has it. The nurse rolled her eyes and gave a little chuckle and said, "well EVERYONE has that nowadays don't they".  We told the OB and he made sure we did not have her tend to us the rest of the pregnancy. 
    @persephonerose I don't know what type of nurse she was. She isn't one of their nurses who do exams, but she does the weighing and BP and blood work ETC. But she was the only one there at the time other than the OB, so she knew who it was and hopefully corrected her. 

    I can't believe a nurse would say that to your DH. People are just rude! Where is the "bedside manner" with these people? 

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  • shella923shella923 member
    WOW. What a holes!
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  • SurpriseAt39SurpriseAt39 member
    My family doc seemed surprised when I answered that I was going to continue breast feeding while pregnant, but he did not comment.

    I have not been to see the OB yet.
    I won't be surprised with anything she says. I will do what I need to do...
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