Nice things my nurse did while in the hospital

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• apinkpelican member

  January 2016

  I was on magnesium due to HELLP/pre-e and had a horrible headache that none of the meds would touch. My nurse fashioned an eye mask out of a padcicle, towel and some sort of band to put over my eyes and heated a warm rice sock for my neck. It felt like my mom was there taking care of me.

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• littleloves3 member

  January 2016

  I was in the ICU recovering from complications from an emergency C with HELLP syndrome and didn't see our babies for two days. They remained unnamed at my husband's insistence until I got to see them. My nurse moved mountains to get me up to the NICU to visit them. She sponge bathed me, literally carried me to a wheel chair, unplugged and replugged every machine I was hooked up to, covered me in blankets, and brought me up there knowing they wouldn't say no to me visiting once I got there. Her care was beyond generous and thoughtful and the only bright part of an otherwise awful ICU stay.

  
  

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• GAgirlinSDakota member

  January 2016

  With my last C-section there was a nurse in the OR who kept me sane.  She stayed right at the top of my head the whole time.  She calmed my initial panic when the spinal started working and I couldn't feel myself breathe.  When I thought my eyelids were going to itch off from the meds, she scratched them with a cotton ball.  She whispered what was happening during the section step by step, and even narrated some of the things she didn't have to b/c they were funny (med student tripped over something, sending the bowl with my placenta flying!)  She made being on the table enjoyable.

  
  

  DS1 01/08/03 DD1 08/11/04 DD2 10/06/08 DS2 09/30/14

  SURPRISE!  Hannah May born 01/22/16

  

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• Rakastajatar member

  January 2016

  I had an induction due to preeclampsia which turned severe the night of. I was put on mag which totally makes you all blah. My labor nurses were very supportive during my two day labor.
  
  My post nurses were great too. One took great care of me and my husband. After a c section you get very personal with them. She helped me in all ways even helped cleaned my ladies bits when my strength wasn't there. She even took my baby for 4 hours so we could sleep. She made sure no one came to my room. I was going crossed eyed and slurring my words.
  
  When I am in better shape I will visit those nurses!

  
  

  
  

  Married: Feb. 2014

  Age: 35+

  TTC #1: March 2014

  Clomid: 1 cycle no IUI lead to a BFP 

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• hailees member

  January 2016

  I could say so much about our nurses. One of the charge nurses came by before we were discharged and asked how our nurses were (great) and if we had any specific nurses that were particularly great. My answer was all of them!
  
  -pre op, one nurse was so encouraging about this surprise c section, she explained everything and answered so many questions
  -they got me from recovery straight to NICU (wheeled in a hospital bed) to see my daughter. It wasn't easy for them to do, but it meant the world to me since I only saw her for under a minute after she was born
  -kept filling up mine and DH's water bottles... What we didn't realize until late in day 2 was that the water machine was literally outside our room around a corner. DH was especially embarrassed that he had been asking for that!
  -taught DH how to change a diaper

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• BarrettJ89 member

  January 2016

  When I was sent in for a surprise induction with my son, my nurse asked me when I last ate. Since I had come straight from my appointment, I had eaten bare minimum, probably something like a bagel. She immediately told me to have someone bring me food before we got too far. She said she only wanted happy Mamas, and hungry mamas are never happy.
  
  This time around I had one nurse when I delivered who we saw again the day I was discharged. We had a pretty lousy night. We had finally gotten the baby to sleep and less than 5 minutes later, a nurse came to tell us that we had to move across the floor to a different room to make space for someone else (it was 4 a.m.). I was exhausted, crying, and they made me walk the whole way there... so the baby never went back to sleep. By morning, the nurse came to ask how we were doing, I started crying out of pure exhaustion. She offered to take little one so that we could get an hour of rest. She also sent the manager to us later so we could discuss our stay and what they could do to improve it.

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• Cricket99 member

  January 2016

  I had two fantastic nurses when I was induced at 9 PM. I was freaking out a little as it was a total surprise due to high blood pressure. They chatted about things not involving baby and sang along to our playlist. I was the only woman on the floor in active labor so they hung out with us for about 4 hours. They hung out for so long partly because of my antibiotic allergy. I am allergic to all the major antibiotics that they give for GSB, so they had to move down the list to one I hadn't had before. Sure enough the itching and hives started. They were quick with unhooking me and getting me some Benadryl, which allowed me to sleep for a few hours during early labor. They also made sure I got breakfast the next morning even though they normally wouldn't give it to someone who had already started pitocin.

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• teachmegs817 member

  January 2016

  I had over 30 plus nurses taking care of me and our son during my 5 day stay and his 9 day stay.  I can say that all of them acted as if they'd known us for years and did whatever they could to make us feel comfortable and welcome.  
  
  In particular, I appreciated the NICU nurses the most.  The day DS was discharged from NICU (Christmas Day) they clapped and a few got teary eyed seeing how excited DH and I were to get the news that we could take him home.  Leaving there that day, made me feel like we were leaving behind a new small family.  For 9 days, we'd come and go from the hospital and we'd talk to the nurses about our lives and share stories.  It was as if I was going up there to not only see our son, but to hang out with my new friends.  =D  They gave us a ton of extra stuff to take home for DS including over 70 preemie diapers to get us started at home, nipples for the breast feeding bottles, and a bunch of other things that DS used and had while in NICU.  DH and I felt so prepared and ready to take care of our LO, once we got home.  Since leaving the LC has called me twice just to check in on Griffin and see how we are all doing, and has encouraged me to keep in touch and call with any questions we may have in the future.

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• BarrettJ89 member

  January 2016

  The last nurse I had before being discharged was quite possibly the sweetest thing ever. She let us sleep when we were sleeping, and when we were awake, she was extremely attentive and came by just to hang out when the floor was quiet.
  
  I just checked my mail (Ok, my parents brought it in for us, whatever) and the was a hand written card congratulating us on the baby. Guess who it was from? So sweet.

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