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Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
“Oh, She Just Had A Little Vagal Response.”
“Oh, she just had a little Vagal response.” – L&D nurse while laughing as the husband watched concerned as his wife’s heart rate dropped as did the baby’s also.
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A sudden, severe drop in blood pressure is just HILARIOUS! Everyone laugh!
Oh, wait… that other thing. Not funny at all. Not even remotely funny. Maybe you should check on the mother to figure out WHY there is a problem? You know? Your JOB.
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Mommy23Melody had this to say,
Nov 4, 2012 @ 8:29 pm (Quote)
So here’s the story:
I fell at about 8 months pregnant, and I hit my belly in the process. Went to the L&D at our local hospital to get checked out.
When I got there, they wanted to IV me and take some blood tests that my midwife hadn’t been able to get yet. I didn’t mind, but I needed my hubby to hold my hand. I warned them that I have a very bad reaction to needles, including drop in heart rate, low blood pressure, and passing out. These are the symptoms of a [vaso]vagal response.
They lined up a nurse on each side to stick me, and hubby chased them off. I was holding his hand while they prepared the IV, then they pushed him aside so they could get to the other hand before he could get to my other side to help me.
I had a reaction… heart rate and BP dropped, and I got dizzy and the world turned black. The monitor showed my baby’s HR dropped too. Three additional nurses came running in, and they did a lot to make sure I was OK before they left, but I still didn’t like the fact that I had been treated so badly to begin with. I wouldn’t have had that reaction if they hadn’t done that.
I did not see the doctor till the next morning. She wasn’t in the hospital, and they called her and she said that she didn’t want to go up there till tomorrow unless it was an emergency.
When she finally did come in, she wanted me to stay until 8PM to be monitored, because I’d had some braxton Hicks during the night… AKA, how can we keep you till you give birth?
And of me and my three kids and my husband, and all the hospital visits for all of us, this was in the three best experiences.
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“At our fine medical institution, you will be monitored constantly for the slightest problems with either mother or baby so we can mobilize our best medical technology to ensure your safety. And since laughter is the best medicine, the first thing we’ll do is ignore the monitors and laugh at you.”
Oy. I hope the nurse was just trying to keep the husband calm while she was summoning a doctor for the doctor’s opinion.
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Mommy23Melody Reply:
November 3rd, 2012 at 8:59 pm Mommy23Melody(Quote)
The doc didn’t even see me till the next morning.
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Jane Reply:
November 4th, 2012 at 4:12 am Jane(Quote)
Good grief. What was going on?
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