tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75509265265932742962012-02-18T07:38:10.736-05:00This blog started out as a chronicle of my life as a student nurse midwife and my journey. Now that I am a certified nurse midwife and in practice full-time this blog will suffice as my "therapy" where I will chronicle the experiences and challenges of my new careerRN2CNMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544850740718541060noreply@blogger.comBlogger481100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550926526593274296.post-76313739854946743282010-12-29T17:18:00.002-05:002010-12-29T17:49:26.310-05:00

It is really annoying to walk into a treatment room and have the patient sitting there chatting away on her cell phone, but I will let it slide if gets off as soon as she notices I have come in the room. It is more than annoying if I walk in and then have to wait for her to finish her conversation. I also get rather annoyed when the cell phone rings continuously or beeps continuously for

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I understand the discomforts of pregnancy. I have had three term pregnancies myself. I had morning sickness with all three, it became worse with each pregnancy. The third pregnancy I vomitted every single day, give or take a half dozen during the whole 9 months, until I finally birthed my bouncing baby boy. I started having Braxton Hicks contractions by 24 weeks with all of my pregnancies. I had

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Since I started my new job in August I have only been doing office work while waiting for the credentialing process to run its course. It really has been a blessing that I wasn't taking call and delivering babies while still getting accustomed to the office culture. I think I would have been completely overwhelmed. There are two healthcare organizations in the area that I will be catching

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Okay, so the midwife is finally fully birthed!! I graduated with MSN the first week in June, passed my AMCB boards the first week of July and started a new job the first week of August......now, I wonder what the first week of September will hold?This blog was totally neglected during the last part of my education simply due to the amount of time I was spending in clinicals and studying for

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My first post of 2010.......it's gonna be a good year! If I can get out of the funk I am in, that is.I am tired, overwhelmed, annoyed, anxious and just plain crabby! I am finished with my numbers except for deliveries and 10 more new OB visits. The hours are another story....I am in the office 4 days a week but most of the patients want to be induced so I don't get many hours outside of the

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Okay, school requires 40 catches to complete clinicals and so far I have 14.....still have a long way to go.So here are some stats so far: 6 girls 8 boys, 5 unmedicated births (2 of these were standing with me on my knees) only 4 perineal repairs (none worse than slight 2nd degree), smallest baby was 6#9oz and the largest 8#15oz. There were 7 first time moms, 4 second babies and 3 that are baby

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Seriously people!!! EVERYBODY out there has an STI. This has probably been the most eye opening experience of my clinical practicum. I knew STI's were a public health problem but I had no idea it was a freakin epidemic! I have seen patients from age 15-50 with trichomoniasis and even sent a gal to the hospital for some IV antibiotics for severe PID. All of those with trich (except the 15 y/o

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Oh wow, have I been busy! I went to Clinical Bound (CB) the first of August and really had a great time! It was fun catching up with some of my classmates and making new friends. The last night of CB was the best. We had dinner at Wendover, the home of Mary Breckenridge and then afterwards were all in a circle and were each given our "hat" or "lap blankets"......the hats are crotched baby

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Has it really been since January that I posted last?!! Good grief, I have been slacking terribly with this blog. Well, honestly not much has changed since January......work is the same, school is kinda the same and the kids are growing by leaps and bounds.....I managed to finish up the winter term with and A in Postpartum/Newborn an A in Community Assessment and a freakin B in Antepartum. I was

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I am sooooo freakin tired!!!!Last night was a total zoo at work! Our unit typically has 165-200 deliveries a month, so we are fairly steady. On the busiest night we will admit 5 or so scheduled procedures and have maybe 3 or 4 triages, that mostly go home. Well, last night we had 10 triages and I think only sent 1 or 2 home and had to call off the scheduled procedures because we had no more

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Okay, the story forthcoming could have had a variety of endings, and here lately we've seen alot of different ones, but this mommy had faith in her body and its ability to birth and it ended just the way she had hoped.I went into work one evening and was given a patient who had come in early that am for PROM (we seem to be having a run on these the last few months!). When she arrived she refused

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So many of us have been saying this for so many years......."new research shows that those last weeks of pregnancy are more important than once thought for brain, lung and liver development. And there may be lasting consequences for babies born at 34 to 36 weeks, now called "late preterm."This article is great. Go and read it in it's entirety at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122999215427128537.

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So, it is the last few days of the year, and what does every pregnant family want right now? A birthed baby, of course. Gotta have that tax deduction and there are only a few days between Christmas and New Year's in which to get in all these deliveries so healthcare providers don't get their holiday festivities interrupted.I hate working this week, but I knew we were going to be slammed, and

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Okay, so I feel like a bit of a slacker. I haven't blogged in two months and I told myself when I started this that I would keep up with it. I have a bad habit of starting something and being all excited about it at first and then, well.....I must say that ALOT has happened in the past three months. I managed to survive my second term in grad school and again walked away with three A's. I loved

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Everyone who is concerned about the health of babies needs to be involved in the March of Dimes, they are such a wonderful organization whose only concern is healthy babies.They have started a campaign called the Petition for Preemies. Join the rest of us fighting for these little ones and sign it!!Mothers are casting their votes for healthy babies and asking all Americans to join them in

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Ruth Lubic is one amazing woman! I hope I still have this kind of energy and passion at 81 years young.http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/08/eveningnews/main4428250.shtmlTowards the end of the interview the reporter says that Ruth keeps babies out of prenatal care when he means intensive care (NICU).

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Okay, at one time I said I would post a list of abbreviations used in labor and delivery......so here it is and I have included some gyn stuff too.I'm sure if I have missed anything all my OB friends out there in bloggerland will chime in and add to the list (or make any corrections :)AB abortionAP antepartumMAB - missed abortionSAB - spontaneous abortionTAB - therapeutic abortionEAB - elective

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I want to be done with midwifery school......NOW! Sorry for the shouting, just feeling unmotivated and just plain over it right now. I am stuck. I have been working on a theory paper for a week now and haven't made squat for progress. I am over this paper and over this class! Because I have been so hung up on this stupid paper I haven't done my reading for my other two classes in a week. I

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I worked at the big house again last night. Since I've been back I've only worked L&D one shift, all the others I have been down on the HRPU (pronounced harpu) the High-Risk Ante-Partum Unit. I do like the HRPU, usually have about 3-4 patients depending on acuity and once you get everyone their meds and tucked into bed the nights tend to be quiet. Just an FYI, never say the Q word (quiet) on a

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So last night I worked at the big house. I came in and picked up a patient who had arrived the evening before for decreased fetal movement. She is being cared for by a CNM I work with frequently at the LDRP hospital.The baby is reactive but measuring small so the midwife decides to go ahead and induce the next morning. Through the night the mom was having sporadic contractions and occasionally

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Here's another one for the "what the h***" archives.First pregnancy, twins.....both are vertexScheduled for primary c-section at 38 weeks.

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Worked last night at the single room maternity care hospital. Not too bad a night except that I started the night in the O.R. and ended the night in the O.R. The O.R. is my least favorite place to be and I always end up there when I'm having a good hair night!!! Never fails.....I even told myself driving to work last night to be prepared to hit the O.R. first thing cause the hair was looking

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First term........done! I believe I pulled all three A's. Still waiting on grades for two of the classes but I would have to done REALLY bad on the last assignment for each to not receive an A!Feeling quite proud of myself right about now. I managed to; go to school full-time, work part-time, have three boys playing baseball (two of them play for travel teams-translation; practice or games 6 days

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Well, I keep getting low census at work so I called the big house (the large tertiary care center with high-risk L&D, where I started out as a nurse) and they are short staffed on night shifts so I am picking up about one shift a week with them. I have worked two nights so far and am loving being back. There are only three nurses left on night shift from 31/2 years ago when I worked there but the

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Catching up on some blog reading here and found this neat little post by babymidwyfe. I think it is interesting how foods effect certain parts of the body. This post gives a visual link to foods and body parts....I enjoyed it!

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You absolutely must read this post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!But first, take a moment to open your heart and your mind and really listen to what she is saying. This woman puts so very eloquently into words the truth of how so many women are made to feel because of how they choose to parent/birth/breastfeed/bottlefeed/live/love and the list goes on...............I really love the following from this

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Sorry, I've been a slacker. Not much posting lately.....school is very busy!I just came home from a How to Start a Birth Center workshop over the weekend. I have mixed feelings about attending this workshop. First off, it was GREAT to be with fellow FSMFN students (this workshop is required for NM 601) and to be able to get to know some of those in classes ahead of me.Secondly, the workshop was

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What is going on? Where have House of Harris and Minority Midwifery Student gone? Why have you ladies decided to make your blogs private?I have enjoyed both of those blogs so much and am very saddened by this. I hope it wasn't due to any flack you were getting from others. I just hate that some people who blog their opinions get attacked by others.Opinions are like arses, everyone has one!So, why

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I love this site, it's a photo journal of a 25 y/o midwifery student who has never given birth. Great for those who are very 'visual' learners. http://mybeautifulcervix.googlepages.com/

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Wow, the reading in this program is huge!! I knew there would be alot but I think I spent the first three days this week feeling very overwhelmed and like...what on earth have I gotten myself into.The one sunny spot in the week was some reading for the health promotion class. We had to choose a book from a list we were given and read for pleasure...what a relief. Now, it was for pleasure but

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Unintended vaginal deliveries......that seems to be the theme for this week.We had a patient scheduled for repeat c/s on Tues morning who came in saying she had not slept all night d/t an upset stomach and constipation (this pt is also an MD). The patient kept insisting she really needed to go to the bathroom, she said she just felt sooo bloated and constipated. The monitor showed she was

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Okay, here's a new one on me.Gal comes in to have a baby, which she is giving up for adoption (the baby is going to a couple that are somehow distantly related to her). Her husband is with her, only two weeks ago he had kicked her out of his house but is letting her stay with him now. This man is so eager to sign away his rights, his lawyer comes to the hospital within hours of the baby's birth.

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There are some things I don't think I will ever understand.......but am trying my darndest to be sympathetic to.We had a gal come in for induction the other night. She was single, young (late teens) and having her first baby. Prior to her arrival her sister and cousin showed up to warn us that she was on her way and that the FOB knows she is coming in and may show up later. This is an issue

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The mother-in-law came home on Friday and is recovering well. She should get completely back to normal but it will take a while. She is still very slow to respond when you talk with her but that is really the only deficit that she is suffering from.The weather this weekend was so nice, in the upper 60's-lower 70's until Sunday then it was lower 60's and very blustery. This morning, 30 and SNOWING

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I am trying to decide whether or not to renew my Lamaze certification. It is due in June and right now I am VERY short the required number of CEU's.Unfortunately, all of the CEU's that I have for my nursing license will not qualify for Lamaze. Over the past couple of years I have take a two AWHONN fetal monitoring courses, STABLES, AWHONN local conferences, all my recerts for ACLS and NRP, and

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It is spring break, and oh how I love my kids but.......they are driving me crazy!Until today the weather has not been very cooperative for going outside and doing so we're getting a bit stir crazy. We went to the mall yesterday and to Sears for a new washer since mine decided to die on Tues. night. The new one is soooo much bigger than the old one, it should really cut down the time I spend

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Oh I really have spring fever! The weather today was glorious!!!! Sunny and 70 degrees, just the way I like it. I hope we have seen the last of winter and this trend continues. My boys are playing in a baseball tournament this weekend and it looks like the weather is going to be perfect for baseball, not to hot and not to cold.We had such a nice shift at work last night. Came in to only

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My blog has been totally neglected the past few weeks..sorry.I had the best time at my graduate school orientation. I spent the week meeting new people, making new friends and learning about this journey I am embarking on. It was so overwhelming at times but I really felt confirmed during that week that I am on the right path and that midwifery is truly my calling. I have to say that the

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Darn it!!! I can't sleep! Partly anxiety, partly excitement. You see, tomorrow morning (well, today now) I leave for my midwifery school orientation. I am so excited to finally be getting started! But, I am soooo anxious. There are 50 people in my class (only 19 of them are MW students, the rest are NP and WHNP students) and I don't know any of them.So, I am going to a strange place (5

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I really dislike cold weather...and today, it's cold. I know some of you nor'easterners will be like 'what the..' This girl is wacko, 42 degress is not cold. Well, for me it is. I am as far north as I ever have any intention of going and would really like to be a bit farther south! We spent the long President's day weekend in Myrtle Beach and I must say what a great weekend it was! My two oldest

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Remember how in a previous post I said that I am a firm believer that things happen for a reason. Well, the following story is just another one of those instances.I work nights, because I love nightshift and because I then don't have to deal with babysitting issues for my three-year-old. Well, we have had quite the rash of new hires and a bunch of gals are coming off orientation making night

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Well, it has been a busy few days. I started out on Saturday teaching one of those all-day Lamaze classes. You know, the ones where I try and cram in one 7-hr session the info that I usually teach in a 5-week/12-hr series (but I'll rant more on that at a later date).Side-note: Ladies if you have any intention of having an unmedicated labor and birth do NOT take one of these classes, take the 5/6

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I started this blog to chronicle my journey through midwifery school. Well, seems that journey is going to begin sooner than I had originally planned. I had applied for the midwifery class beginning in March and was headed for orientation March 10th. Then I got an email the other day asking if I would be interested in attending the February orientation since they had one spot left open. Well,

RN2CNMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544850740718541060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550926526593274296.post-16267983991259783642008-02-07T16:17:00.002-05:002008-02-07T21:43:55.555-05:00

Okay docs, if you're not going to "let" your patients take my Lamaze classes (I have been told they are then coming back and asking too many questions) then give them some idea of what to expect when they come in for their induction. Case in point; 18 y/o primagravida shows up @0115 am for her elective induction. Along with her she brings FOB, her mother, his mother and numerous other assorted

RN2CNMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544850740718541060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550926526593274296.post-48996308250667499602008-02-06T13:21:00.001-05:002008-02-06T13:28:29.769-05:00

Well last night I attended a meeting, at one of our local fine eating establishments, that consisted of the local CNM's and WHNP's. I knew just about everyone there and met a few very fine ladies that I had not known previously. Athough there has always been a very strong presence of CNM's in this area I do believe that we are going to see it growing bigger and stronger over the next 5-10 years

RN2CNMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544850740718541060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550926526593274296.post-19561390249127606882008-02-06T12:52:00.001-05:002008-02-06T13:20:41.223-05:00

I am a firm believer that things happen the way they do for a reason. Some people call it luck, I choose to believe in Divine intervention.My Lamaze student gave birth by cesarean on Sunday afternoon. After making slow progress the MD requested the nurse place an IUPC (an internal pressure catheter placed inside the uterus to measure the strength of the contractions). During this placement the

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Okay, so one of my Lamaze students was due on Friday. She called me that afternoon after having and appt. with her MD (whom I generally enjoy working with) to tell me he wanted her at the hospital the following morning for induction since she was now "postdates". She had called to see if I would be working this weekend and be able to take care of her, well unfortunately my husband is out of

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Please be patient, this blog is currently being born. Hopefully over the next few weeks I will get all of this blogging stuff figured out and there will be some resemblence of order to my site. Thank you and visit again soon.

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