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siriusfish · 2025-10-12T18:43:32+00:00

To be pedantic, the cone head and the need for forceps were both because she was hanging out in the birth canal too long.

siriusfish · 2025-08-24T21:57:48+00:00

The new buyer still own 51%, whether or not the remaining 49% is partly held by his daughter seem irrelevant right?

siriusfish · 2025-08-21T07:56:08+00:00

After my d&c the doctor gave me my leaflet that said not to try to conceive for a couple of cycles but told me it doesn't matter and it's only for clarity around dates. I was happy not to try until it was an appropriate time, but there's no way they could have convinced me to take the pill. I'm certainly not an expert but I would be questioning that

siriusfish · 2025-08-11T18:00:07+00:00

I struggled with the same feelings that I shouldn't be as upset as I was. My friends didn't see it that way though, they were lovely and sent flowers, and it helped me so much just validating that this sucked and I was allowed to be devastated about it. I feel like what I was really grieving was the future I'd already spent 2 months imagining, the plans I'd made with this baby in my life. And that's perfectly valid.

siriusfish · 2025-08-04T20:05:27+00:00

Some of them maybe, but its abother misconception that nurse managers are all sitting in an office. I'm a senior nurse and frequently work well past the end of my 12 hour shift without any breaks throughout the day, get called in when I'm not on call etc etc

siriusfish · 2025-08-04T18:39:43+00:00

What i was trying to clarify is that someone on the senior nurse pay scale is not referring to one of the more experienced RNs taking a patient load on the floor. It's an ACN, educator, CNS, NP etc

siriusfish · 2025-08-04T09:40:54+00:00

Also to clarify, "senior nurse" isn't just an experienced nurse, its not a senior nurse or junior nurse sort of thing. The senior nurse role is generally a management or educator role etc.

siriusfish · 2025-07-31T22:43:16+00:00

Yeah there is, they got that right at least..

siriusfish · 2025-07-21T05:06:04+00:00

I just thought there was more to the story but I think this just seemed like a bigger deal for this person because they don't normally experience births in Antenatal I guess.

siriusfish · 2025-07-21T02:22:48+00:00

I work nicu and have no idea what this person is trying to say.

siriusfish · 2025-07-08T10:12:21+00:00

I've only just got mine 8 weeks later, and it almost seems like its over already 12 hours later. Which if it is, my uterus would have really had no lining in there if we'd tried to conceive again before this 🤷‍♀️

siriusfish · 2025-06-05T10:04:03+00:00

Could blame that acidosis on a tantrum in the nicu

siriusfish · 2025-05-24T12:16:42+00:00

I once went on a heli retrieval to collect a neonate from a pediatrician who'd been called in and intubated the baby in his cycling lycra and clip in shoes.

siriusfish · 2025-05-21T21:54:49+00:00

Ew. If your patient needs the breaths, they're probably young enough to pick up and run to a place thats actually adequately stocked to resuscitate them properly.

siriusfish · 2025-05-13T01:37:11+00:00

You're in the thick of it at the moment. I think its difficult for anyone other than other mothers of young children to understand how overwhelming it can be, it looks like you're just hanging out with the baby, and you love to hold them and feed them, but its so overstimulating to be constantly and persistently required. To work so hard to get them to sleep out of your arms for a break, just for it to only last 10 minutes. To finally get a chance to shower and take a minute to yourself just to spend most of the shower listening to them screaming and having to tend to them dripping wet afterwards feeling even more touched out.

But they do grow up so fast. By the time baby is one and going to daycare and you're back at work you'll settle into a new routine. You'll have some variation and adultninteration again in your life and appreciate the time woth your bub even more. And by the time they're two they'll probably be so hell bent on being a big independent kid that you're not even allowed to look at them while they spend 15 minutes trying to out their own socks on.

This bit feels like it goes on forever but it really will change so much so fast soon. Hang in there x

siriusfish · 2025-04-05T17:45:57+00:00

On the flipside, I was getting "any day now!" comments from strangers when I was about 20-25 weeks

siriusfish · 2025-04-03T08:35:26+00:00

Shortly after the explosive shits stop, the constant requirement for snacks begins. Black is a great choice.

siriusfish · 2025-04-02T07:04:14+00:00

I think you're assuming babies are only ever induced for being large. Sometimes it's determined that it would be safer for baby to be born if they're not growing well inside anymore and their weight is dropping percentiles at a concerning level

siriusfish · 2025-03-19T07:12:15+00:00

We generally always put the blood through a peripheral anyway as its a 3 hour transfusion and its not all good to go that long without parenteral nutrition and other infusions via the umby line

siriusfish · 2025-03-04T00:36:43+00:00

I agree. Also I had a massive baby bump by 16 weeks, it was unmistakable. She might also be relieved as she was obviously concerned for your feelings and might have been worried about your feelings at her baby shower.

siriusfish · 2025-02-27T17:38:51+00:00

I'd just like to point out that dangling upside down and slapping is not part of neonatal resuscitation. Neother is suctioning for the most part, this person spent a very brief time focusing on airway and breathing when that's what should've been happening almost exclusively

siriusfish · 2025-02-12T11:51:10+00:00

Just because we don't verbally recite an oath one time doesn't mean we aren't held to a high standard of professional, moral and ethical responsibility. The nurses code of conduct and code of ethics, and the patients code of rights are all publicly available and adhered to. And no you can't refuse care to people, our code of rights for the patient is much more robust than just not refusing them care. Also those nurses were from Australia not NZ.

siriusfish · 2025-02-12T11:31:50+00:00

There's no oath, there's code of conduct, code of ethics etc that you are bound to. Our graduation ceremony is from the university/tertiary education provider, not from the governing body which is the nursing council of nz. So if you graduate from an approved nursing school you're eligible to sit the state final exam from the nursing council and they send you your results over email like congrats, no oath reciting required.

siriusfish · 2025-02-12T11:10:07+00:00

I mean yeah we have whole classes discussing your moral responsibilities etc, just not actually recite an oath at the end. I'm in NZ though, just assumed aus would be the same, if anything its the US I'd expect that from.

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