Sunday, February 15, 2009
Baby Names
Ben and I have been stressing about what we should name our baby. We just can't agree on anything... at least not until today. Ben was talking about how we should give our baby a scriptural name. To be honest I hate scripture names for babies, but Ben came up with the perfect one today. We are going to name our baby (drum roll please).......Shiz. He will be our little Shiz and that's what he will be called.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Top 10 Things I Love About Being Pregnant
Now that it is obvious that I am pregnant people always ask if I like being pregnant and if I'm having a good experience so to answer everybodies questions I thought I would put a list of the top ten things I love about being pregnant.
10. Maternity clothes.
9. Stretchmarks.
8. Headaches and Backaches.
7. Puking up all the foods you used to like.
6. Raging hormones.
5. People at work staring at you wondering if you are pregnant or just fat. Then when they find out you are pregnant they nickname you 'fatty'.
4. The baby using your bladder as a punching bag in the middle of an exam.
3. Exhaustion to the point that if you don't get a daily nap you think you will die.
2. Every woman thinking they need to prepare you for giving birth by sharing their horror stories.
1. Nothing!
Yeah, pregnancy sure is fun. Woohoo!!!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Wash Your Hands!!
Everybody keeps telling us to post pictures, but we can't. Unfortunately our camera died a couple weeks ago so our lovely people who look at our blog can only read about our stories until Ben and I get a new camera.
I just wanted to lecture everybody who reads this blog about hand washing. My family is a bunch of hand washing nazi's. If you look at our hands they are usually cracked and red from washing so much. I wash my hands before I go to work and a hundred times at work and I wash them when it's time to go home from work and then right when I get home from work the first thing I do is wash my hands. When I get home from school the first thing I do when I walk in the door is wash my hands. I carry hand sanitizer in the car so after I fill up with gas I can sanitize my hands. You might think it's rediculous, but I tell you what, if you've seen some of the people I've seen you would wash your hands too. 15 seconds of warm water, soap, and friction is all it takes to prevent you from getting sick.
This is a true story that happened this week. I was at clinicals this week working with babies. One would think that babies are fresh into the world and so they are clean and fresh, but they aren't. They are actually really disgusting creatures. I don't care whose baby it is, it doesn't make them any cleaner. Imagine this: a baby comes up to the floor a few hours after delivery. It is a cute little bugger and you just want to pinch his little cheeks. You observe the nurse because you are the student. The nurse gets things ready for the new borns first bath. When things are ready the nurse picks up the naked baby bare handed. If you don't think that's a big deal then just go ahead now and slap yourself for me because that nurse just touch a new born baby that was covered in amnionic fluid, blood, urine, and feces bare handed. Not to mention the mom who gave birth to that baby had absolutely no prenatal care which means that she has not had any blood test for communicable diseases like std's, hepatitis, aids, tuburculosis, mumps, measles, and etc. After the nurse placed him in the holder she put on her gloves. By then it's too late, she already has the germs on her hands (which are multiplying by the second). When she's done bathing the baby she disposes of her gloves and does not wash her hands. In the meantime she handles everybody elses babies, she's touching pens, stethescopes, doorknobs, patients, elevater buttons, and moving your cup of water aside. YUCK!
If you want to infect yourself in the privacy of your own home that's fine, but when you are out in public you really have the responsiblity of washing your hands. That's not just for healthcare workers either, it's for everyone.
I just wanted to lecture everybody who reads this blog about hand washing. My family is a bunch of hand washing nazi's. If you look at our hands they are usually cracked and red from washing so much. I wash my hands before I go to work and a hundred times at work and I wash them when it's time to go home from work and then right when I get home from work the first thing I do is wash my hands. When I get home from school the first thing I do when I walk in the door is wash my hands. I carry hand sanitizer in the car so after I fill up with gas I can sanitize my hands. You might think it's rediculous, but I tell you what, if you've seen some of the people I've seen you would wash your hands too. 15 seconds of warm water, soap, and friction is all it takes to prevent you from getting sick.
This is a true story that happened this week. I was at clinicals this week working with babies. One would think that babies are fresh into the world and so they are clean and fresh, but they aren't. They are actually really disgusting creatures. I don't care whose baby it is, it doesn't make them any cleaner. Imagine this: a baby comes up to the floor a few hours after delivery. It is a cute little bugger and you just want to pinch his little cheeks. You observe the nurse because you are the student. The nurse gets things ready for the new borns first bath. When things are ready the nurse picks up the naked baby bare handed. If you don't think that's a big deal then just go ahead now and slap yourself for me because that nurse just touch a new born baby that was covered in amnionic fluid, blood, urine, and feces bare handed. Not to mention the mom who gave birth to that baby had absolutely no prenatal care which means that she has not had any blood test for communicable diseases like std's, hepatitis, aids, tuburculosis, mumps, measles, and etc. After the nurse placed him in the holder she put on her gloves. By then it's too late, she already has the germs on her hands (which are multiplying by the second). When she's done bathing the baby she disposes of her gloves and does not wash her hands. In the meantime she handles everybody elses babies, she's touching pens, stethescopes, doorknobs, patients, elevater buttons, and moving your cup of water aside. YUCK!
If you want to infect yourself in the privacy of your own home that's fine, but when you are out in public you really have the responsiblity of washing your hands. That's not just for healthcare workers either, it's for everyone.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Labor and Delivery
This week was our first week in clinical rotation. I have to say that this semesters clinicals are a lot different and a lot more educational than last semester. Last semester we were all together in a nursing home and this semester we are all seperated in a hospital. It is a lot scarier and a lot more intimidating this semester because you don't have a buddy with you, they make you come out of your bubble. My first rotation was Labor and Delivery. My shifts are 3-11 so there isn't too much that goes on in the afternoon in that department. I wasn't sure I would see anything.
My first day was Wednesday and i was prepared and ready to see a baby be born, but I went there and there was nobody. I sat the whole eight hours. It was very disappointing. Thursday I went back and they said they didn't have anyone so I was kind of bummed out, but I saw one of their delivery rooms closed and I asked about it and they said one nurse had a patient in there that might have a baby. I asked the nurse if I could go in with her so the nurse took me in with her and asked the patient if I could watch if she had her baby and she said I could. The nurse left me in there with the patient and a student midwife and the student midwife was really good to me. She let me follow her around and she explained everything to me. The patient that I was with did not want an epidural. She was one tough lady. She was dialated to a seven and still walking around the halls and only have to stop every once in a while for a contraction. Finally the midwife made her go to her room and sit for a while. The contractions were getting closer and closer. They decided to have her push once she was dialated to about a 9. i was at the foot of the bed just watching everything, but they needed an extra hand to hold the ladies leg so they had her husband on the left and they had me on the right. It only took a few minutes and the baby came out and it was blue and crying and there was lots of blood....it was awesome. Then it was cord cutting time so they asked the dad if he wanted to cut it, but he said the midwifes could do it and they were so cool they turned and asked me if I wanted to, so I got to cut the cord. How cool is that? That baby was so cute too. He was eight pounds with a head full of hair and his shoulders were fuzzy and he was born with a tooth. The nurse was going to let me do a fundus massage after we gave the family some time together, but she couldn't find me so I didn't get to do it, but I'll eventually get to when I rotate to post-pardum.
My first day was Wednesday and i was prepared and ready to see a baby be born, but I went there and there was nobody. I sat the whole eight hours. It was very disappointing. Thursday I went back and they said they didn't have anyone so I was kind of bummed out, but I saw one of their delivery rooms closed and I asked about it and they said one nurse had a patient in there that might have a baby. I asked the nurse if I could go in with her so the nurse took me in with her and asked the patient if I could watch if she had her baby and she said I could. The nurse left me in there with the patient and a student midwife and the student midwife was really good to me. She let me follow her around and she explained everything to me. The patient that I was with did not want an epidural. She was one tough lady. She was dialated to a seven and still walking around the halls and only have to stop every once in a while for a contraction. Finally the midwife made her go to her room and sit for a while. The contractions were getting closer and closer. They decided to have her push once she was dialated to about a 9. i was at the foot of the bed just watching everything, but they needed an extra hand to hold the ladies leg so they had her husband on the left and they had me on the right. It only took a few minutes and the baby came out and it was blue and crying and there was lots of blood....it was awesome. Then it was cord cutting time so they asked the dad if he wanted to cut it, but he said the midwifes could do it and they were so cool they turned and asked me if I wanted to, so I got to cut the cord. How cool is that? That baby was so cute too. He was eight pounds with a head full of hair and his shoulders were fuzzy and he was born with a tooth. The nurse was going to let me do a fundus massage after we gave the family some time together, but she couldn't find me so I didn't get to do it, but I'll eventually get to when I rotate to post-pardum.
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