tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983209524173572063.post1773593347337949210..comments2024-02-02T17:26:10.742-05:00Comments on Butler, Party of 4: Baby Butler is 27 Weeks!*Butler, Party of 4*http://www.blogger.com/profile/13259874091406217654noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983209524173572063.post-25208519876684173982013-02-17T14:35:44.028-05:002013-02-17T14:35:44.028-05:00Hi Danielle!! I have been perusing your blog for a...Hi Danielle!! I have been perusing your blog for a coouple days. I found it on a web search for the 24 day challenge. I have been taking Advocare on and off for 10 years. The reason I always stopped is because of my disdain for taking pills. But thankfully after reading your blog, I discovered that I can crush them!! Hallelujah! Anyway- the reason I am responding to your post is because I am both a NICU nurse and an LDR nurse. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Just a couple things I wanted to say- ask any LDR nurse and they will tell you, if you come in for your delivery with a written in stone labor/delivery plan, without an open mind, we look at each other with a wink and tell the circulating nurse to open up the OR. It just seems to work out that way. We think that when patients have an open mind and are willing to budge a little, the deliveries go mch more smoothly. So please don't write off epidurals. My advice on epidurals is to wait until active labor. Those that get epidurals at 2,3 and even 4 cm are at more of a risk of laboring slowing down. But when yoou are in ACTUAL active labor, an epidural wont slow your body down. <br />As far as episiotomies, usually they are done due to Dr preference. We nurses find that Nurse Practitioner midwives and female Drs don't usually perform them. They usually massage the perineal area in order to allow passage. That is not to say that in an emergency, episiotomies aren't performed. But ask your Dr if it is his practice. <br />As far as inductions- we nurses hate them. Soon insurance companies will not allow them to occur for convenience for the exact reasons you mentioned above. The only reason one should be induced is for hypertension/pre eclampsia (a must!), obvious harm to Mom or baby, or post dates. If a patient has gone past 41 weeks, it is conssidered not an optimal enviroment for baby. It actually can be just as dangerous to have a way overdue baby than it is to have a preemie. More at risk for meconium delivery too. Our large post dates babies in the NICU have a harder time. So, if you are approaching 41 weeks and your Dr suggests induction, don't completely rule it out. We just hate seeing 38, 39 weekers come in to be induced because they are sick of being pregnant. <br />One thing I say to all pregnant Moms that I come across- when you do get to that point of being really tired of being pregnant and someone suggests to you to take castor oil- don't do it. We get more patients in the NICU that have aspirated on meconium and need to be intubated because Mom took castor oil. It makes baby poop in utero. The safest and very effective way to start opening the cervix is relations with your husband. The prostaglandins that are "made available" is of the same substance that is used in cervidil, which is a medication we use to get the cervix to open up to about 2cm. <br />Anyway- someday soon I will have questions for you about the 24 day challenge and feel free to contact me about any questions you may have from an LDR nurse.<br />God Bless, Denise<br />Desullivan@Kentri.orgDenise's Inklingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180447026930699070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983209524173572063.post-13386888434152338242013-02-13T15:55:27.771-05:002013-02-13T15:55:27.771-05:00Totally random question- but the long term subs at...Totally random question- but the long term subs at school- why do you have to plan what they do whilst you're off? This seems crazy to me that you have to sort their lesson plans and what they will teach whilst you're not there! <br />On the natural childbirth, I gave birth without an epidural and it was absolutely fine, painful but I could cope with it. Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04142757063896827310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983209524173572063.post-53503239542418760842013-02-12T21:07:59.766-05:002013-02-12T21:07:59.766-05:00You look GREAT girl! :) Not much longer!!! You look GREAT girl! :) Not much longer!!! Stephen, Natasha & Tucker Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094897718130769038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983209524173572063.post-65910048950636923712013-02-12T20:55:44.529-05:002013-02-12T20:55:44.529-05:00Hopefully your drs will be supportive of what you ...Hopefully your drs will be supportive of what you want but honestly, don't stress TOO much about what the dr thinks. The DELIVERY nurses are who matter most!!! Bring some candy when you're in labor...sweet talk them...have a copy of your birth plan...make them LOVE you and THAT will make the process the best possible ;)Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06195582234744899087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983209524173572063.post-83540361178213163152013-02-12T15:33:22.494-05:002013-02-12T15:33:22.494-05:00Loving your blog! Makes me realize I need to put w...Loving your blog! Makes me realize I need to put way more details in to my pregnancy posts! Kudos :) You are just a few weeks behind me in pregnancy- so exciting!Anne Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13097073539866162097noreply@blogger.com