gitchegumee
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an I didn't even read it
Yet Another Preggo Blog Post!
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an I didn't even read it
RiverTheNewf
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That was delightful. I will be sending you the bill for my laptop when it fries from all of the Diet Dr. Pepper I just spewed into it reading your post.
Please, please turn it in. It will be treasured by the nurses and they will give you guys extra-special royalty treatment (Roman noblewoman hahahaha). Seriously, "evaluated for awesomeness?" They should change the name of that scale, yours is way better. They can tell people it was named for Dr. Awesome.
Please, please turn it in. It will be treasured by the nurses and they will give you guys extra-special royalty treatment (Roman noblewoman hahahaha). Seriously, "evaluated for awesomeness?" They should change the name of that scale, yours is way better. They can tell people it was named for Dr. Awesome.
Alicia
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Okay Nessa, you have to give them that plan as is but I do agree with Jane they will be posting that one for all to see. It made me laugh out loud and if I didn't already 'know' you from NN I would want to be your nurse at the delivery after reading it. I sensed a vulnerability from you while reading it and we nurses love that because after all, caring and empathy is our passion. The thing I love about it the most besides your wicked sense of humor and obvious gift with the English language is the fact that you realize the ultimate goal here and that is of course a healthy baby to take home. I have been a NICU nurse for many years now and unfortunately have seen too many times when an expectant Mom has been stubborn about her birth 'plan' and things have went horribly wrong. You are going to be a wonderful Mom. Oh and tell your hubby, nurses LOVE chocolate!!!!
Oh and tell your hubby, nurses LOVE chocolate!!!!
lacey9875
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Nessa, I did also learn that nurses like gifts. While Ashton was in NICU, I would sneak down at night and saw on the desk that someone had given them a basket of fruit. One of the nurses said they were so happy because it's hard to catch a break and eat.
The next morning I had the biggest freaking fruit basket sent to the hospital. They sent me home with two bags filled with diapers ( she wore preemie diapers even though she wasn't a preemie ) and gave me their direct number. Bribery helps. :lol:
The next morning I had the biggest freaking fruit basket sent to the hospital. They sent me home with two bags filled with diapers ( she wore preemie diapers even though she wasn't a preemie ) and gave me their direct number. Bribery helps. :lol:
The only thing that helped with my pain was the birthing tub. Warm water surrounding you ... Ahhh ....go figure, better than drugs.
And don't let anyone try to tell you how to breathe. You know how to breathe.
My only other advice? Ask your doula to set you up, a month or two after the birth, with some of the other moms she helped who have infants your age. Like 3 or 4. ask her to give you the phone numbers of some moms she feels are compatible.
You will need them. There will come a day, say when the baby is 8 weeks old, and you have your sea legs ... You will say "Now what?"
Then you will call those moms and meet at least once a week. They will become your lifeline. You will not survive the first year without a group of fellow moms.... Ideally fellow first timers.
It doesn't matter who they are. Heck, one of our moms got recruited in the hairdresser's. Another, she threw herself on us at a coffee shop looking for other moms.
Six years later? We all take our kids camping every summer. And three of the moms are my closest friends.
And don't let anyone try to tell you how to breathe. You know how to breathe.
My only other advice? Ask your doula to set you up, a month or two after the birth, with some of the other moms she helped who have infants your age. Like 3 or 4. ask her to give you the phone numbers of some moms she feels are compatible.
You will need them. There will come a day, say when the baby is 8 weeks old, and you have your sea legs ... You will say "Now what?"
Then you will call those moms and meet at least once a week. They will become your lifeline. You will not survive the first year without a group of fellow moms.... Ideally fellow first timers.
It doesn't matter who they are. Heck, one of our moms got recruited in the hairdresser's. Another, she threw herself on us at a coffee shop looking for other moms.
Six years later? We all take our kids camping every summer. And three of the moms are my closest friends.
TerriW
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Just a thought: no question is too stupid to ask. What seems embarrassing or dumb at the time will, at most, seem mildly amusing to you later.
When I came home with my daughter on day 5 after a c-section, she slept all day, woke to eat, fell right back to sleep, woke to eat, fell back to sleep ALL day. My son had had colic for the first 4 months, and never averaged more than 90 minutes of sleep in a row. So when Caitlin slept all day - well, something must be wrong, right?
The hospital had given us the direct line to the nursery, so at midnight that first day I finally called to talk to the nurse on phone duty. After I asked my question, there was an extended pause, then a muffled call "Hey! A lady wants to know if it's normal for her newborn to SLEEP a lot!" and some chuckling, and she came back on and said "Just enjoy it! She's perfectly normal."
It seems funny NOW but at the time I thought there was something wrong with my daughter.
All in all, I suspect Nessa's gonna do just fine and keep us all mildly amused over the coming months and years! :hugs:
When I came home with my daughter on day 5 after a c-section, she slept all day, woke to eat, fell right back to sleep, woke to eat, fell back to sleep ALL day. My son had had colic for the first 4 months, and never averaged more than 90 minutes of sleep in a row. So when Caitlin slept all day - well, something must be wrong, right?
The hospital had given us the direct line to the nursery, so at midnight that first day I finally called to talk to the nurse on phone duty. After I asked my question, there was an extended pause, then a muffled call "Hey! A lady wants to know if it's normal for her newborn to SLEEP a lot!" and some chuckling, and she came back on and said "Just enjoy it! She's perfectly normal."
It seems funny NOW but at the time I thought there was something wrong with my daughter.
All in all, I suspect Nessa's gonna do just fine and keep us all mildly amused over the coming months and years! :hugs:
newf&basset
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loved reading it
I had a scheduled C-Section.. I was pretty upset at the time, but now I think that I got off easy
I say hand it in as is too.... the nurses will love it
I had a scheduled C-Section.. I was pretty upset at the time, but now I think that I got off easy
I say hand it in as is too.... the nurses will love it