tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post3542870280057451273..comments2023-07-03T07:52:14.139-05:00Comments on Trey and Abby: How to annoy your labor and delivery nurse...Abby Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15292885032942811533noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-40884352152860162782013-12-31T02:42:56.603-06:002013-12-31T02:42:56.603-06:00I'm sure the L&D nurse thought she was jus...I'm sure the L&D nurse thought she was just humoring me when I told her the baby was coming 5 minutes after she had just checked me. She insisted I was fine; however, after she rechecked me she suddenly decided she had better call the doctor. Sometimes the mother does know what is happening. My doc didn't really have a chance to scrub ... threw some gloves on and sat down and caught my son coming out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005517614413749667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-84033734101513135712013-12-30T10:23:20.298-06:002013-12-30T10:23:20.298-06:00Love reading all the posts!! Don't forget the ...Love reading all the posts!! Don't forget the lovely ladies who come with the birth plan, who we know are now guaranteed a section btw, The things patients feel the need to put on their birth plans are amazingly insulting. Oh! I'm not allow to ask you if you want pain meds or an epidural? Really? You think you are soooo weak, you might cave and actually take the epidural? You want to do skin to skin right away? Well, toots, we want you to do skin to skin ASAP too! You want to breastfeed as soon as the baby comes out? Well, how about your baby breathes a bit first? Here's some news for you, we labor nurses actually want the birth of your child to be an awesome experience for you! We actually want you to bond with your baby! We are your advocates and our hearts break if things don't go as you planned too. We chose this career because we are passionate about helping you and your baby arrive in this world safely and all healthy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02305874851960264555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-31235222490553329382013-12-29T21:39:33.552-06:002013-12-29T21:39:33.552-06:00Loved the article. As a retired L & D nurse I ...Loved the article. As a retired L & D nurse I have witnessed everyone of these patients. Another favorite was the first time mom coming in with a three page "birthing plan". We nurses always called her a c-section walking. Also loved when our ER nurses who could handle a major trauma would rush laboring moms up on the elevator to L & D. One time they oopsed and we "delivered" a baby out of her pants leg!Kathy 725https://www.blogger.com/profile/16120469204766796161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-25057362389178831872013-12-29T18:36:08.456-06:002013-12-29T18:36:08.456-06:00I have been a labor and delivery nurse for 33 year...I have been a labor and delivery nurse for 33 years and have seen and heard ALL of the above!.<br /> I love it when I can't even get a brief history or do any patient teaching without competing with a cellphone.<br /> And, oh by the way...no one is ever supposed to have pain. Who knew?? ha ha! Guess I still love it, though, since I'm still an OB nurse! :}love a nursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284701090052083699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-84537301077499411732013-12-29T13:32:52.697-06:002013-12-29T13:32:52.697-06:00Oh my goodness, do people really do that?? LOL. I...Oh my goodness, do people really do that?? LOL. I am so glad my kids are older too and now grandkids are having babies!! I will definitely remind granddaughter next July to behave in the L/D room. Thanks for all your hard work girls, where would mothers be without you?? Blessings to you.Nanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14955937231372636671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-36340142521332847722013-12-29T13:19:32.565-06:002013-12-29T13:19:32.565-06:00that is so accurate it's hilarious!!!! This i...that is so accurate it's hilarious!!!! This is coming from an ob/gyn resident. Half I get to suffer through with you...but other half I still understand the pain. It's still an amazing job...but good to take the annoying parts and laugh them out. Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16629636321312390362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-59699502325502024722013-12-29T12:03:15.615-06:002013-12-29T12:03:15.615-06:00Make sure you hold your phone in a tight grip and ...Make sure you hold your phone in a tight grip and update your facebook status constantly and then make sure you facebook before you even look at your whole baby and especially try to facebook and text while your new baby is crying to breastfeed. Make sure you don't say please or thank you. Have all of your family members and friends wear a different and annoying amount of perfume. Make sure you invite friends you've only known a month or less to witness your awesome birth, and then complain that the rooms are too small and why don't you have a flat screen tv in every room.<br /><br />There are many days that I say thank you to patients for coming in and truly mean it because they have given some thought to their birth and treat themselves and their health care professionals with love and respect. Sadly, those days are getting fewer and fewer. But I still love my job, and consider each birth sacred and miraculous event. <br /><br />This was a good blog!!!!!<br />Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15237980779534293304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-50131791441792161922013-12-29T09:45:20.338-06:002013-12-29T09:45:20.338-06:00I am with so many and glad I didn't pull any o...I am with so many and glad I didn't pull any of these. I did however beg for drugs, when I was denied, I told them it was fine many of us were born on drugs and we are there and fine, but had progressed too far to have them. I'm pretty sure at that point they all thought I was whacked. I had a very quick labor and had some fantastic nurses. I was one of those unprepared women who drove herself to the hospital and didn't want to go up to the desk because I wasn't positive I was in labor. I thought my water had broken about an hour before but wasn't sure and didn't want to be one of those first time pregnant woman that ran at first scare. Just over 2 hours later I was fully delivered. Oops! I will not be fooling around this time! Thank you nurses for all you do!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02660250695705172974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-31193548953534905822013-12-29T08:42:28.656-06:002013-12-29T08:42:28.656-06:00my favorite was the lady who called the ambulance ...my favorite was the lady who called the ambulance to take one block to the hospital l&d because "it was her due date". no labor, no broken water-----just her due date. Then she wanted the medic to take her back home!!! done l&d for almost 40 years--stories stay the same with a bit different twist!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09498468240129699496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-33404616055904446392013-12-29T08:35:02.516-06:002013-12-29T08:35:02.516-06:00My husband went to Boston to pick up his grandmoth...My husband went to Boston to pick up his grandmother at the airport- didn't really think I was in labor. He called at 2 pm to see how I was doing and if I was ready to come home! Told him to sit down- his daughter was here. As an RN that had worked at the hospital I knew all the codes- around midnight when I was half awake and awaiting the baby to nurse, the overhead page called a Code 99 (cardiac arrest), I flew out of bed johnny flapping open and ran towards the code- luckily one of the night nurses stopped me and asked where I was going. Didn't I feel foolish saying I'm on the Code team! <br />Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07139019615638994594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-84725332963401175792013-12-29T08:20:20.028-06:002013-12-29T08:20:20.028-06:00Okay I think my favorite one was when my husband w...Okay I think my favorite one was when my husband would ask the nurse how long do you think this will last? I would look at him and say do you think she has a magical looking glass that she can predict this. Sit down shut and enjoy the ride. I got my revenge with every bad contraction with no drugs or epidural praise you ladies who can do that, I let him know exactly how long it took. Then when I had delivered I would look at him and say okay you can now take your Oxygen mask off the ride is over but now the real fun starts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-85189070644231612192013-12-29T08:10:44.350-06:002013-12-29T08:10:44.350-06:00One that you kinda left out was the wonderful one ...One that you kinda left out was the wonderful one that my husband asked at all 4 births "how lond do you think this will take" I looked at him every time and said do you think she has a majical ball that lets her know , shut up sit down and enjoy the ride. Not to mention they were all natural births no pain meds or epidurals? Praise God for you ladies who can do the whole epidural thing. So to say least he felt almost every painful contraction I had and then prayed to God when it was over!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-81903759511301320922013-12-28T20:13:33.910-06:002013-12-28T20:13:33.910-06:00I forgot my toothbrush along with everything else,...I forgot my toothbrush along with everything else, being that i was sent straight from the doctors office at 37 weeks.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697964975156889213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-46177271566975830832013-12-28T19:53:17.564-06:002013-12-28T19:53:17.564-06:00I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but I...I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but I love when the first thing out of the patient's mouth when they arrive in triage is "where is my juice and socks?" Then when said patient makes it to L&D their family empties the refrigerator completely out!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05393406077346602594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-14742628830368116172013-12-28T18:40:21.390-06:002013-12-28T18:40:21.390-06:00Next Summer I will be with my daughter while she i...Next Summer I will be with my daughter while she is having her baby, my first Grand baby. I will have to remember these things...and try not to do them! lolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660197470113776344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-67673457829627653272013-12-28T13:58:12.791-06:002013-12-28T13:58:12.791-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792959868722194804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-39647565619123672292013-12-28T09:25:21.723-06:002013-12-28T09:25:21.723-06:00I worked L&D for 15 years and now I work in an...I worked L&D for 15 years and now I work in an OB/GYN office. I try to make sure my patients are WELL informed as to when to go, what to take, what NOT to take, etc. Yes, I have experienced ALL of those situations! BUT, you forgot to mention that when the woman comes by ambulance...usually because she was scared and didn't have a ride...they usually are followed by many, many family and friends. Any one of them could have given her a ride...and they usually give her a ride home because she isn't in labor. <br />I loved reading these...they brought back great memories. :)ejin84https://www.blogger.com/profile/15630841188037598864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-78424818887682770502013-12-28T09:13:36.262-06:002013-12-28T09:13:36.262-06:00Almost 30 years in L&D....so absolutely true! ...Almost 30 years in L&D....so absolutely true! Seen all of these multiple times. It's part of what makes L&D what it is, lol!We Are Hishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10940085721163524389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-24361024999271315052013-12-27T22:11:10.532-06:002013-12-27T22:11:10.532-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04957855715983906822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-44032363741722346182013-12-27T20:11:09.547-06:002013-12-27T20:11:09.547-06:00OMG.....I can't stop laughing....these things ...OMG.....I can't stop laughing....these things truly happen. But don't forget about the bazaar names these babies. You wouldn't believe it if I told you. LMBO!!!!!Lizz4210https://www.blogger.com/profile/08355878593639278315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-9652919522747753912013-12-27T20:03:32.663-06:002013-12-27T20:03:32.663-06:00Oh wow!!!!!! I can't stop laughing.......I'...Oh wow!!!!!! I can't stop laughing.......I've been in L&D for 13yrs and by all means it has not changed at all. Don't forget about the unbelievable names these mothers name theirbabies. Thus is tooo much....LMBO!!!!!!Lizz4210https://www.blogger.com/profile/08355878593639278315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-1130669229929369712013-12-27T19:28:54.859-06:002013-12-27T19:28:54.859-06:00Wow! Hit the nail on the head! I love it when &q...Wow! Hit the nail on the head! I love it when "Opt out" ("No Information") patients are on their cell phones posting to Facebook every 5 minutes about exactly where they are and what is happening!<br /><br />Cali4niaRNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14532969130899720628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-18222671905038148182013-12-27T12:56:09.395-06:002013-12-27T12:56:09.395-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.PDXNursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00440748015235594228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-54135824476253491142013-12-27T12:49:51.087-06:002013-12-27T12:49:51.087-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.PDXNursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00440748015235594228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293458520281991384.post-63312368460845201592013-12-27T08:31:20.565-06:002013-12-27T08:31:20.565-06:00L&D Nurses called me "Pizza Delivery Lady...L&D Nurses called me "Pizza Delivery Lady"...why? 4 of 6 children all popped out in 30mins or less! Might I add no screaming, no meds, over 9lb babies and a couple of times almost before the Doc arrived. To bad it wasn't 30 mins or less and the delivery is FREE! Haha!<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13094663771202809786noreply@blogger.com