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Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
“Are There Any Body Parts Hanging Out Of Your Vagina?”
“Are there any body parts hanging out of your vagina?” – L&D nurse when laboring mother called to see if she should come into the hospital.
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Seriously, the only possible reason I can think that someone said these words is if someone *dared* her to. I mean, Come ON!
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Jane Reply:
July 10th, 2011 at 4:13 pm (Quote)
Or she’d been awake and on-shift for 72 hours straight. Or was intoxicated. I think after this comment, it would be best to get her name and ask for the nursing supervisor. And maybe call the doctor’s office to get that information instead. :-b Oh, and remember the name so that on arrival at the hospital, you could say “And I don’t want Nurse Janet to take care of me.” :-b
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The Deranged Housewife Reply:
July 11th, 2011 at 8:02 am (Quote)
It more sounds like the smart-ass dismissive approach: Well, does she even know what she’s talking about? I mean, how many “girls” (gack) come in here *thinking* they’re in labor and then we send them home? mentality.
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I am kinda curious for more details. If the nurse was just confirming that the baby was not presenting in a dangerous position, including a leg or arm sticking out in front, then the question would be appropriate. If not, then it is just bizarre and inappropriate as you wouldn’t want to wait till then to go in.
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Actually, I would think she was going backwards from birth to early labor. Seems light hearted to me. If the answer is “no” then she can be reassuring that the mom probably has time to get there.
Like when my kids come running to me in a panic because they fell (or whatever), I might say, “akk!! Did your foot fall off?” and when they say no, then we can find out what is actually going on.
But I agree on the point that if mom was that far along, she probably didn’t get the joke. Our funny brains aren’t working at that stage so it could have been distracting. BUT If she did get the joke it would be a STRONG sign that it wasn’t time to come in.
I feel like most of MOBSW has really offensive statements posted… When a goofy one like this comes along it makes me smile.
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I guess the nurse was probably checking if mom was experiencing a footling breech or something like that, but one would think that if she were, she probably would have opened the call with “Hi, my name is Jane Doe, I’m due on such-n-such date, my water broke a while ago and OH MY GOD THERE’S A FOOT HANGING OUT OF MY VAGINA!” Ya probably wouldn’t *need* to ask…
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Kat Reply:
July 11th, 2011 at 8:12 am (Quote)
Another one on the “you really wouldn’t have to ask” page.
Having experienced the death of a child due to a footling breech (surprise) gone very very wrong, I would SO NOT be calling the nurse, I would be calling 911, with my knees to my chest and taking an ambulance ride to the closest ER.
And if I called to say “My contractions have been X-minutes apart, for X-hours, should I come in?” and got this response, instead of say an inquiry as to whether my waters had broken, I’d probably wonder what in the WORLD the nurse was on.
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MilkChocolateMidwife had this to say,
Jul 11, 2011 @ 5:33 am (Quote)
If you’ve ever seen or experienced a footling breech, hand presentation, or cord prolapse, this might not seem such a crazy question to ask. In fact, its quite appropriate. Any time a mom calls me with news of her waters releasing, I ask standard questions about time, color, odor, movement, and if she feels anything protruding into or out of the vagina. That last question has saved lives.
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Hell, if I’m that far along, I might as well not bother.
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Heather Reply:
July 10th, 2011 at 9:31 pm Heather(Quote)
No kidding!!
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