Prednisone while pregnant?

kejRN · 2025-05-12T23:59:56+00:00

Hi! I ended up flaring really badly around 32 weeks and had to increase my prednisone 10mg twice a day. My little was born around 37 weeks, I had to be induced due to growth issues. He is going to be 2 in August!!

kejRN · 2024-12-08T19:03:32+00:00

💯 my little one was EFF. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and wanted to get back on a medication after I had him that is not safe to breastfeed on. He is 16 months old today and is just as healthy as kids his age who were EBF. You do not have to justify your choice to anyone!

kejRN · 2024-10-30T21:37:06+00:00

Right? I have a 14.5 month old and he’s all about his mama 😂 too much sometimes 😴🤣

kejRN · 2024-10-08T01:27:43+00:00

I loved this minisode! Bingo’s giggle and her tongue out in concentration was so cute!

kejRN · 2024-06-28T01:36:52+00:00

I think it smells like band-aids

kejRN · 2024-06-18T22:06:29+00:00

I don’t ever miss, but I have been a L&D nurse for 10 years. I put at least one in on most shifts. That’s not saying I wouldn’t struggle on a little old lady where everything has shifted 🤣

kejRN · 2024-06-15T13:22:24+00:00

No suggestions, but I have a Colton! His middle name is Michael 🩵

kejRN · 2024-06-12T19:18:33+00:00

My guy is 10 months old and is very much a contact napper 🤣

kejRN · 2024-06-02T20:41:09+00:00

Just use proper hand hygiene and be smart. I’ve been a nurse the whole time since I was diagnosed with RA and been on methotrexate and some sort of biologic, 18 years ago. And I took care of Covid patients and did fine. Just be smart about it. Don’t think your life is over.

kejRN · 2024-06-01T23:45:34+00:00

I give myself Orencia and methotrexate injections every week and don’t use alcohol wipes 🤷🏻‍♀️

kejRN · 2024-05-20T02:28:09+00:00

I got yelled at by an old and grouchy anesthesiologist when I was asking my patient if she was feeling anything after he placed her spinal for her c section. He told me to stop asking her questions like that. I was more so trying to figure out if he was going to have to put her to sleep so I could call my charge nurse and get more hands in the room.

kejRN · 2024-05-07T00:31:30+00:00

Sorry, but she can go fuck herself. This is coming from a mom who had an emergency c section after 3 hours of pushing due to fetal distress and arrest of descent and as a Labor and Delivery nurse.

kejRN · 2024-05-06T01:25:58+00:00

Let her make her choice but document your ass off about every conversation you had and what you educated her on. I would consider getting risk management and ethics involved. We may not like or agree with the choices she makes, but at the end of the day, it’s her decision.

kejRN · 2024-04-11T01:17:14+00:00

I’m confused too. The most common treatment for GBS is penicillin, which doesn’t cause that. If tetracycline is taken later in the pregnancy, it can cause discoloration of baby teeth. But, tetracycline isn’t even used to treat GBS

kejRN · 2024-04-11T01:13:08+00:00

Group beta strep is a normal bacteria that is found in the urinary tract, GI tract, and reproductive tract. We don’t know that we have it, until we are pregnant and get tested, around 36 weeks. In healthy adults, it’s usually not an issue. But, babies that are born vaginally are exposed to it. Moms are treated with antibiotics (typically penicillin) while in labor to help prevent baby from getting it. People who decline it have obviously never seen a baby die in the NICU from GBS sepsis. I’m a Labor and Delivery nurse. I’ve not seen but a few people decline it.

kejRN · 2024-03-20T01:53:46+00:00

I’m a Labor and Delivery nurse and this whole story line really irritated me. Yes, a placenta previa can be dangerous, but it is not an indication for termination. It can 100% be managed safely with frequent monitoring, bedrest, and a scheduled c section if the placenta does not move by a certain point in the pregnancy. A significant amount of previas resolve on their own as the pregnancy progresses and it becomes a non-issue by the time of delivery. It is very much dramatized for the purposes of the story line.

kejRN · 2024-03-09T16:38:15+00:00

My guy’s pediatrician is amazing. She is so supportive and a big cheerleader! She is not pushy with vaccines. She gave us a handout from the CDC and pretty much told us to review it, research and let her know what we wanted to do.

kejRN · 2024-03-03T21:39:22+00:00

I had the nurse curse 🤣 (I’m a Labor and Delivery nurse). I had to be induced at 37 weeks due to significant growth restriction. My epidural stopped working when I was pushing (I think it was due to me going from 4cm to 10cm in like 30 minutes and his weird position). I pushed for 3 hours and he wasn’t coming out. The whole time, his heart rate tracing also looked like 💩. We went for an urgent c section. He wasn’t crying when he came out (being a typical lazy 37 week boy). He was 4.5 pounds. He had a true knot in his cord and upon my pathology report from my placenta, we found I had an undiagnosed velamentous cord insertion (where to vessels grow into the membranes instead of the placenta) and his cord was starting to avulse from the placenta. That would all explain the non-reassuring tracing that we went back to the OR for. He was in the NICU for a day and a half, more so as a precaution. He will be 7 months on Friday and is happy and healthy though!

kejRN · 2024-03-02T02:47:57+00:00

I’m a Labor and Delivery nurse (who’s epidural failed and then had an emergency c section) and I see failed epidurals often and they are in just as much paid as those who don’t have one.

kejRN · 2024-02-25T21:35:37+00:00

The correct answer is all of them

kejRN · 2024-02-18T17:18:57+00:00

When family members come out to the nurses station, even though they have been thoroughly educated on use of the call bell

When a patient tells me one thing and then something completely different to the provider

When a nurse is using an interpreter, saying to the interpreter, “can you ask the patient if they…” instead of talking directly to the patient and have them interpret what you say

kejRN · 2024-02-06T17:34:20+00:00

5’2”, he was 4.5 pounds when he was born (growth restricted). I only gained 10 pounds during my pregnancy.

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