If you don't have a doctor, or your regular doctor or nurse doesn't prescribe PrEP, you still have options.
Yes, you can, although it won't be as accurate as when
the doctor or nurse does it.
CPT codes describe what
the doctors or nurses did at the office visit to treat the patient, or any tests they performed.
Not exact matches
These programs typically hinge on what you
do for a living and are available to those who work for non-profits
or the government, as well as teachers, lawyers,
nurses, and
doctors who work in specific areas.
But it is not against the law and it
does not kill you when the
doctor or nurse carefully gives you just enough to relieve your pain, an amount that may gradually need to be increased.»
So I just don't get the «too much pressure to breastfeed» when all around me are images of bottles, ads for formula telling me a happy feeding makes a happy mom, bottlefeeding moms, moms and
doctors and
nurses telling new moms that formula is «just as good» and «not to feel guilty», women getting «the look» for
nursing in public,
or feeling weird about
doing it (I sure
did)-- to me, any pressure out there is NOT to breastfeed,
or do it as little as possible (not if it's not immediately easy
or you don't love every minute, not past 6 mos, not in public, not around male relatives and friends, not around children, not if you ever want to go out alone sometime...)
Nurses,
doctors, they didn't know enough about breastfeeding so there was no pressure from them when I had trouble,
or support
or education (I'm not saying they * should * pressure women, but having some expertise in the matter and some faith in women's bodies would help moms succeed!)
There was little my husband could
do to help, and any
doctor or professional I spoke to said that if I felt engorged, to just keep
nursing as often as possible.
Call your
doctor, check in with the
nurse,
or read your baby books, but
do not Google!
All those
nurses and
doctors sending women to walk the halls are highly unlikely to be all under an unsupported mass delusion that movement
or the lack thereof doesn't affect labor at all.
They can
nurse one
or two years, however long they want, but they
do need support from their
doctor and support at home.
If you don't feel comfortable talking to your
doctor, make a switch
or talk with another professional in the office, like a
nurse practitioner
or lactation consultant.»
Be an advocate for your partner The
doctor or midwife and
nurses are there to make sure your partner and baby
do well during labor and birth.
When I said I didn't want Pitocin, the
nurse nodded, the
doctor said OK, and I wasn't pressured into anything that didn't feel right
or unnecessary.
The canard that Dr. Amy isn't a «real»
doctor because she let her license lapse [
or be put on an inactive list — I'll tell you all a big secret, my US
nursing licenses are inactive because I'm saving a lot of money by
doing so, the annual fees are not peanuts, and I probably won't ever work in the US again, so I guess that somehow makes me «not a real
nurse» any more — pops up all the time.
What I
did get was 3 meals a day delivered to me, yummy chocolate cake, a lactation consultant on staff at my beck and call, a full body massage every day while I was in the hospital, and, oh yeah, expert care from
doctors and
nurses with an
OR and NICU down the hall if I needed it.
If you
do opt to get your child a shot, there are a few strategies you can employ to distract them from what the
doctor or nurse is
doing:
To be able to see how that
doctor responded to a complication, what that hospital's policies were for rooming in,
or how the
nurses responded when she didn't want to breastfeed.
Reassure your preschooler that nothing she said
or did caused the death, and don't be surprised if she expresses anger toward you, the
doctors and
nurses,
or even the deceased.
Assuming three shifts a day that means that there are 3 deliveries per shift [I'm thinking in terms of
nurses, now; on call
doctors will be
doing 24
or 36 hour shifts].
If you're so damned smart, why didn't you actually become a
nurse or a
doctor?
Doulas
do not take the place of any
doctor,
nurse or midwife.
Tell your
nurse or doctor if something doesn't seem quite right.
I'm the last person to put hospital staff
or doctors up on a pedestal, but I know that outside of sociopathy there is no chance that a
doctor or nurse would refuse to help a NEWBORN BABY because they didn't like their parents.
Swaddle your baby in a large, thin blanket (ask your
nurse or child's
doctor to show you how to
do it correctly) to help her feel secure.
Sometimes it is
done by a
doctor at the hospital where you gave birth, your midwife
or a public health
nurse.
One
does not want to be pressured into something by their
nurse or doctor or even their partner that they will regret later.
Doctors or nurses routinely checking mom for dilation and effacement only prods at the baby, and doesn't make anything happen any faster.
The exam can be
done by the
doctor at the hospital where you gave birth, your midwife
or a public health
nurse.
If
do not want any information released, tell your
doctor or primary
nurse.
After baby's initial assessment in the labor room, which may be
done by the
nurse if there are no complications,
or by a
doctor, baby will get a detailed, full head - to - toe assessment within 24 hours after birth.
But also get them to back you up should anyone (and I
do mean anyone — including
nurses,
doctors, pediatricians
or well - meaning grandparents) start suggesting that you send the baby to the nursery so that you can sleep, supplement with formula,
or do anything else that would hurt your supply
or hinder your breastfeeding relationship in those critical early days and nights.
A good parent will
do what is necessary to take their baby to the
doctor (
or at least call the pedi's office and speak with the
nurse on call).
It may actually stop labor
or get in the way of the
doctor and
nurses doing what they need to.
When it's
done: Within 24 hours after your baby is born, a
nurse or doctor will apply a thin strip of the antibiotic under your little one's lower eyelids.
Sometimes it means the doula, midwife,
nurse,
or doctor is asking the mother to
do a variety of position changes, techniques, and even medical interventions to help finish the labor.
I may have mentioned this before but I was in a rail accident about ten years ago in India and a
doctor ordered several
nurses to hold me down and insert a Foley catheter that I didn't want
or need (in my opinion) I had a broken femur, collarbone and one of those claw like hair clips imbedded in my scalp but being cathed like that is the most painful memory to recall.
If a laboring woman suddenly decides that she doesn't want someone to share in her birthing experience (whether it's a mother, a dear friend
or even a
nurse /
doctor that has made her uncomfortable), a grown - ass man will show them the door.
Doctors and
nurses do not want to be responsible for any type of injury caused to mother
or baby when using this type of equipment.
If you're having trouble making milk
or don't feel like
nursing and /
or pumping is going as well as it could, look for tips, ask a mom friend,
or speak with your
doctor or a local lactation consultant.
If
nursing, massage
or gentle exfoliation doesn't open the skin, you may need to see your
doctor to have it lanced.
If you decide to get pregnant
or you just don't want to have your IUD anymore, your
nurse or doctor can quickly and easily take it out.
How I wanted to give birth didn't seem to matter to the
nursing staff
or to the on - call
doctor.
I don't think that every birth can
or should be «natural» but I don't think
nurses and
doctors should badger mothers who at least want to try a natural birth.
The
Nurse Practitioner Association New York State is asking that its members be given the right to execute
do not resuscitate,
or DNR, orders, which allow medical staff to let patients die if their heart
or breathing stops, as
doctors do.
Similarly, only
doctors or nurses who are qualified to
do so should be able to advise patients about cosmetic surgery.
No, he
did not have any regrettable experience with any of the
doctors or nurses or any other patient.
In 1 in 10 cases, people infected with these germs spread the disease to apparently healthy people in the hospital — such as patients,
doctors or nurses — who in turn can act as silent carriers of illness, infecting others even if they don't become sick.
«More recently with Zika, this type of data would give valuable information about what
doctors,
nurses and front - line clinical staff — and policymakers — could
do or use to improve their responses to what people are experiencing.»
[Note: I am not a
doctor,
nurse or medical professional and
do not play one on the internet.