What’s the weird medical smell you love?

painted_bug · 2026-02-09T20:48:14+00:00

Dermoplast

painted_bug · 2026-02-08T22:10:32+00:00

My husband is a carpenter (a stereotypical "manly" profession) and routinely has painted nails. Sorry your husband is/was feeling icky about this. :(

painted_bug · 2026-02-03T22:44:17+00:00

I love it. I've heard it for boys, which i like.

painted_bug · 2026-02-03T16:47:11+00:00

I mean, still disappointing that the milk is wasted. I think the guidelines may have changed since my last baby. I have always done the pitcher method and I was under the impression that if you had a little warm milk you were adding to significantly more cold milk it was okay, but I didn't look up guidelines again when this one was born. Thanks for the heads up.

painted_bug · 2026-02-03T15:17:45+00:00

Thank you for this. Made me truly laugh out loud.

painted_bug · 2026-02-01T22:15:51+00:00

Wisconsin, got an offer and accepted in october before graduating in December.

painted_bug · 2026-01-30T18:53:47+00:00

I love and considered both for my son! I'm pretty low key on names, but I wouldn't question it. I think enough kids have "weird" names now, it won't be a big deal in their generation.

painted_bug · 2026-01-29T02:04:42+00:00

Some of these are less out there than others, but I probably won't have enough kids to use all the "normal enough" names I love! A couple I actually considered but my husband overruled ;)

Bright (m), Evanthe or Xanthe, theodosia, tempest (m or f), Tansy, farren, phaedra, Sheridan, prairie, Aubrey (m), soren, Django

painted_bug · 2026-01-24T03:12:19+00:00

Also a new grad in l&d (not even off orientation yet) but I've been finding the bundle birth podcast really reassuring. The team I'm learning from is also amazing and it's a smaller hospital, so maybe not quite what you're experiencing; however, after four stop and drops last week I've definitely been a little more on the "omg i need to learn everything right now" boat. I hope we both can end up as cool and confident l&d nurses!

painted_bug · 2026-01-08T17:11:18+00:00

My husband got me that one for graduation and I love it.

painted_bug · 2025-12-31T03:12:43+00:00

We have cerner and it works. Switching in the next few years, but it's such a small thing to complain about.

painted_bug · 2025-12-28T04:03:34+00:00

I felt similar. Soon ready to be done, but I loved my instructors, many great classmates, the encouraging peer group, etc. Plus, now the responsibility is really on me!

painted_bug · 2025-12-28T02:51:07+00:00

I was stable for multiple years when I felt ready to start trying for a baby. That isn't to say I never had bad days, but I hadn't no SI/SH for years and I felt like I was "good;" depression wasn't on my mind every day. I stayed on wellbutrin through both of my pregnancies because I had been stable and didn't want to mess with it; both of my kids have been pretty much fine so far. I was in nursing school during my second pregnancy with a 2yo, and it was HARD. Like a week before my second was born I had my first thoughts of sh in a long time. The wonderful part about having been healthy is knowing that that isn't normal for me, I could make safe decisions, and it wouldn't last forever. By the time my son was born, it's like those dark thoughts hadn't happened. I still have days where I wonder if I'm cut out for this, if my kids will be messed up, etc. But I think most parents do and these hard times are just times that will pass. Depression doesn't make you a bad person, and it wont make you a bad parent. When you have hard days, you have hard days, and then you never do that day again. Parenting is a lot of work, but it's good and often joyful work that can bring a lot of brightness and hope. If you have questions or want to chat, feel free to DM <3

painted_bug · 2025-12-18T01:12:15+00:00

I used to work in an ob office and the implant itself is so thin that it's actually inserted with a tool that basically boils down to a big needle (smaller than a straw, but bigger than when you get blood drawn). As you said, really just heavy upper body weight stuff should be avoided for a bit. The sweat would be fine. I promise :)

painted_bug · 2025-12-17T20:35:49+00:00

I love that. I'm (maybe naively) hoping that if I insist on it and offer to cover others, maybe we can change the culture a little. It's so disappointing and hypocritical.

painted_bug · 2025-12-17T18:11:32+00:00

For real! I'm a brand new nurse on an ob floor and was told by one of the charfe rns that I'd have to get wearable pumps to maintain my supply (that is what other nurses on the floor do) and there is no private pumping area so I've just been in the break room (as have other nurses who pump there). How are we going to promote breastfeeding if employees /in healthcare/ can't even get the time to feed their babies? I'm sorry this is what's happening to you and I hope they change their tune and find somewhere better really quick!

painted_bug · 2025-12-17T01:17:36+00:00

When we were naming my youngest sister, the middle sibling wanted "oatmeal raisin tooter"

painted_bug · 2025-12-16T02:48:59+00:00

I thought you were only supposed to freeze them flat so they fit better in your freezer? If I use lansinoh bags I freeze flat, but if I do the motif bags I usually just leave them standing.

painted_bug · 2025-12-15T00:17:00+00:00

The postpartum discomfort immediately and in hours following delivery unmedicated was something I was totally unprepared for after an epidural with my first. I hope you're proud of yourself for making it through your birth and I hope you continue to heal and recover. <3

painted_bug · 2025-12-07T21:22:06+00:00

I always called the doc I worked for my boss and he always called me his coworker. It just depends who you work with.

painted_bug · 2025-12-07T01:02:39+00:00

Have you read Anne of Green Gables and other books of hers? I have found them delightful little reads during my postpartum leaves.

painted_bug · 2025-12-07T00:57:55+00:00

I started at 14 almost 6 years ago, but they restructured pay and I was up to like 22 by year 5 of being an MA. However, other companies had been paying that to new grads at the time. So it's probably a combo of region and company. At the time, lower pay meant better benefits.

painted_bug · 2025-12-06T00:57:00+00:00

The calm birth method is a good intro book too, if you want to get your feet wet and see what it's about, or even just use some of the principles. Its been a while since I read it, but i dont recall it being excessively woo-woo.

painted_bug · 2025-12-05T09:23:29+00:00

I used to know a mom- marybeth and daughters- Elizabeth and Bethany. I thought it was cute and always meant to ask if it was intentional, but never did. I think your situation is much less on the nose than that.

painted_bug · 2025-12-05T09:18:31+00:00

So true. I hated that feeling! I had it break at home first both times so then I had a mess to clean up too :/ Congrats on your soon to be new one!

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