Chef Lochia
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Nurse Lochia ..
Ok, so the title doesnt work so well, but that's ok. Lately I've been working on expanding my cooking menu. Let me start by saying that I'm not a cook. At all. Ok, so I can work wonders with my crockpot, make great cold salads (that I actually will not eat) and I make a mean lasagna and italian beef, but beyond that, I'm not so good. I think m ...
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Deep Thoughts...by nurse lochia
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Nurse Lochia ..
I've been reading a lot of posts recently about hospital births and it is a far cry from what mother nature intended. Inductions for bogus reasons, schedule c-sections for 1st time moms for LGA and the baby comes out 7 lbs., continuous monitoring, internal monitoring, epidurals, catheters, episiotomies...I could go on. All of these are done und ...
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Nurse Lochia's 12-step Program
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Nurse Lochia ..
... them a bad name by being a jerk. Watch them. Take notes. Please. I hope this list help you to become less of an ass. Thanks for your time. Very Sincerely Yours, Nurse LochiaRead on »
Are you tired?
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Nurse Lochia ..
Dear well meaning coworkers, It is not helpful nor is it ever nice to comment to me "Nurse Lochia, you look tired. Did you not sleep?" or "Are you not feeling well?". Trust me, hearing this every single weekend from the dayshift is old, but when evening shift star ...
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Cinnamon and Hoelen Formula Inhibits Scleroderma Progression
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Jan
... obile masses in the lower abdomen with pain and tenderness, abdominal spasms and tension, amenorrhoea with abdominal distensions and pain, dysmenorrhoea, and retention of the lochia.” The research above helps give a better understanding into how this formula works and its other uses for us as clinicians. Cinnamon Inspired Steampunk Abstract by pot ...
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Can people really be this clueless?
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Nurse Lochia ..
... e (and amuse) me. Evolution and survival of the fittest? Sometimes people make it through that natural selection. Here's an actual phone conversation I had last night: NurseLochia (NL): "Hi, this Nurse Lochia, can I help you?" Grandma to be(GTB): "Yeah, I know you guys can't really give out too much advice, but my 18 year old daughter is 3 mont ...
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really dude?
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Jennifer ..
... d one, please where pajamas. i do not like seeing you come out of the bathroom in the middle of the night- in your underwear, it's bad enough i have to look at perineums, and lochia, let only your ugly ass in stained underwear! b. evidence based practice has confirmed that rm#2 is graded to the right- if your wife does have a postpartum bleed, it ...
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The trouble with men
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Nurse Lochia ..
So it's 2:00 a.m. on a Saturday night and I'm here at my home computer. You may be asking yourself "Why, Nurse Lochia, are you typing a new post and not at work? Don't you work every Saturday and Sunday night for premium pay as a labor nurse?" Very good question, very good question i ...
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skin-to-skin
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Kim C.
... medically managed third stage, I wish the study/ies had looked at whether it contributed to issues with retained membranes, need for D&Cs, related complications and extended lochia (bleeding for the weeks following birth)
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Tag!
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Nurse Lochia ..
... ike a fool around the physicians I work with, I worry I look dumb when I'm talking to someone new. I even worry I'll offend someone on my blog. Which is why I blog as Nurse Lochia. Plus, I'm a HUGE lurker. Seriously. I frequent every blog on my blogroll, but rarely, if ever do I comment. Not because I don't enjoy the blog, it's because I worry ...
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