tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212480314140378654.post6559141908270490099..comments2023-10-31T04:28:40.334-05:00Comments on Battle Axe: laboringkati bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01102662494014957419noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212480314140378654.post-16404343728491149422008-06-03T00:49:00.000-05:002008-06-03T00:49:00.000-05:00I'm an RN in Utah, and my wife just had our third ...I'm an RN in Utah, and my wife just had our third baby (and 2nd VBAC). We were terrified - not of the birth, but that my wife would end up on her back in a hospital bed with an IV running because all the idiots at the hospital wouldn't let us have the birth we wanted. We trained for a Bradley birth, and we got what we wanted, but the fact is that the current L&D system is anything but friendly JWJohnsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00121416335366612129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212480314140378654.post-6578892336756566082008-02-20T09:59:00.000-05:002008-02-20T09:59:00.000-05:00The Five Year Plan is to work a clinic somewhere f...The Five Year Plan is to work a clinic somewhere for a couple years, and then go back for the MSN FNP. <BR/><BR/>Someone asked if I thought I would work L&D, and I just snorted. Hell no. I would puff into a little cinder and expire if I had to do this for very long in this environment. <BR/><BR/>It makes me sad to say that, though, because I wonder if that means that I will just complain my kati bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01102662494014957419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212480314140378654.post-78713412943659845132008-02-19T09:46:00.000-05:002008-02-19T09:46:00.000-05:00Welcome to my world of frustration with the curren...Welcome to my world of frustration with the current system. My question is if the evidence about what's best for mom during labor is out there -- why aren't we implementing it? Things such as movement, support, intermittent monitoring, etc have been proven to help moms out but we still allow our birth balls to collect dust in the utility closets. I just found out that in the hospital I'm at Student Nurse Midwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562790664560014484noreply@blogger.com