Back from Night 2

16 Apr 2010 - 9:41am 1 Comments
CTG, domestic violence, EMCS, emergency c section. brow presentation, epidural, GCSEs, ICT, meconium stained liquor, NCT, SPOrts Camp, student midwife, Traveller women, VBAC

Hi Guys,

 

Just come back from my night shift and have house full of kids. Im waiting for baby sitter to come and take one to Sports camp and look after the other- and the eldest is going into school to do ICT coursework as he is taking his GCSES next month.

I'm pretty tired (as usual!) Last night I had a student with me- lovely gentle African Nurse called Olivia who had never seen a baby being born and was new.

 

We took a VBAC lady (vaginal birth....

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A Normal Twin Delivery

10 Apr 2010 - 4:18pm 0 Comments
BCG, elective section, epidural, footling breech, induction of labour, mix feeding, normal delivery, paper airplanes, pre-eclampsia, RCM, SIDS, snoring, syntocinon, twins, waters

Hi Guys,

 

Wow! Remember the lovely positive thinking lady I met the other day? She was 38 weeks pregnant with DCDA twins and had a toddler at home? She had come in for an induction and I met her again today on the post-natal ward.

 

I chose the bay she was in purely because I had met her before.

 

I had met her the morning of the 8th and she was in to start the induction procedure. Her waters were artificially broken and she had a synt....

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Insomnia

8 Apr 2010 - 12:27pm 0 Comments
Cambridge Diet, Castleton, DCDA, epidural, G-Force, goldfish, ID twons, induction, insomnia, night shift, placenta praevia, pre-eclampsia, raised BMI, snoring, tattoo, Turkey, Twinsclub Meet, Type 1 Diabetes

Hi guys,

 

Well Ive got a terrible attack of insomnia today. I always get this after working nights. Ive done 3 night shifts and havn't been to bed yet! Ive been awake for about 36 hours now and its Easer holidays so im looking after the kidstoday as well. Our night shifts are from 9pm til 8am and I met 2 very different twin mums last night.

 

One was a first time Mum expecting twins who I think is very lonely and is facing spending the next 5 weeks on ou....

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Cass

27 Jan 2010 - 10:49pm 0 Comments
cholestasis, epidural, obstetric, SCBU

My birth story...by Cass

On 27th November 2000 I was 35 weeks pregnant. I had been for a scan and blood tests in the morning (had been going twice weekly), as I had obstetric cholestasis which is a liver disorder in pregnancy. I had had this for about 3 weeks prior to having the twins. It is a fairly uncommon complaint in pregnancy but is more common in multiple pregnancies. The signs are severe itching particularly to the hands and feet at night. If left untreated can cause still birt....

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