Eventually I'll learn to journal regularly again. One part busy, one part embarrassed (for not writing enough), one part forget and one part lazy
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First name Helen. I don't remember her last name, but I think Curtis may have it written down somewhere. 40's, average build, sandy blonde hair maybe shoulder length.
Babs, I've been reading your blog for years and you've been a primary parenting mentor in that way. I'm a new mom to a seven-month old baby, and so much of what I know to do has come from this blog. I had a healthy homebirth, largely due to your inspiration, and I wanted to write and tell you that. Thanks for all of this.
Thank you for the kind words, that's really lovely to say. And super amazing congratulations both on your beautiful baby, but on a happy healthy birth. :) That's so awesome: having a happy birth is such an amazing experience, isn't it?
It's so wonderful that I had both the healthy baby and the healthy happy birth. As an artist, I can see room for improvement in everything, but the fact of the matter is that I maintained agency over my body and got to be fully present for escorting my daughter into the world. I wasn't born that way, and I may not be lucky enough to bear future children in this way, but it's an experience I'll always have and treasure. <3
I'm so sorry to hear you had a terrible Doctor experience.
My husband and I see a Nurse Practitioner (is that a thing in Canada??) because she has such a wonderful bedside manner. My husband is also a nurse (RN), and he has told me that nurses and doctors receive much of the same training about disease processes, but the nurses are trained in patient care while the doctors are trained in disease care. That may seem like a minor difference, but in fact it makes huge differences. I hope you guys do make a formal complaint about that doctor, that sort of behavior should not be tolerated.
In other news, your kids crack me up! Mine are of a similar age (8, 6 and 3), and I can exactly picture my just-turned-three year old having that "nursie" conversation! LOL!!!
I prefer to see nurse practitioners or physician's assistants when possible, just because I find them so much easier to deal with than doctors. Not always, of course, but in my experience NPs and PAs are more willing to listen to patients, consider all aspects of health (when I was having headache problems, an NP suggested I get my eyes and teeth checked, and recommended diet and sleep changes in addition to a medical exam), and are more considerate than the doctors I've seen
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You're good. :) I agree with NPs having a better whole body outlook than Doctors can. My husband has genetic high bloodpressure and cholesterol (as determined by family history and elevated numbers even after after a complete diet change, regular exercise, and 70lb weight loss). The BP has to be controlled with pharmasuticals, but our NP proscribed him Apple Pectin supplements (otc) rather than something like lipitor for his ccholesterol. The pectin binds to cholesterol in the blood and it gets filtered out in the kidneys, so he gets the lower cholesterol but none of the liver damaging side effects of the prescription stuff
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The 15 month old that died in the car seat, there was a lot left out of the story. Someone posted this in a thread on FB on the topic. The baby died of strangulation after a caregiver left her sleeping unattended in the seat with only the chest clip buckled. http://ianandmeredith.blogspot.com/2008/12/devon-day.html?m=1 Not suggesting that it's safe to leave babies sleeping in the car seat, but wanted to share why this happened to a toddler.
Thanks for this. I saw several different links about the story when it happened, and not a single one mentioned the strangulation, and a couple went into detail with doctors and everything about oxygenation problems and prior deaths. How weird.
Yes, I was thinking it was a very strange thing to leave out. I was glad someone shared it, because I couldn't understand why a healthy 15 month old would not be able to protect her airway while sleeping in a car seat.
I felt like I was lulled into a false sense of security by the first night with the super nice, kind doctor and nurses. They were all so lovely and caring and came back multiple times to make sure that what they were doing was actually improving the head pain and such. When the doctor released me he said I wasn't yet completely "stable" (I was still experiencing tachycardia, for one) but he could see that the hospital was not the best place for a mom in pain to be and wanted me to be home where I could rest properly. I mean how nice is that
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I'm glad you had a good experience the first time, anyway. It's proof that there are many good doctors/nurses out there. But the second time....I don't even have words to describe that doctor. Why wouldn't she treat the kidney pain, if that's what the problem was? The kind of doctor who won't listen to patients should not be practicing, especially not in a chaotic situation like an ER, where patients are already stressed out
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I've been reading your blog for years and you've been a primary parenting mentor in that way. I'm a new mom to a seven-month old baby, and so much of what I know to do has come from this blog. I had a healthy homebirth, largely due to your inspiration, and I wanted to write and tell you that. Thanks for all of this.
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My husband and I see a Nurse Practitioner (is that a thing in Canada??) because she has such a wonderful bedside manner. My husband is also a nurse (RN), and he has told me that nurses and doctors receive much of the same training about disease processes, but the nurses are trained in patient care while the doctors are trained in disease care. That may seem like a minor difference, but in fact it makes huge differences. I hope you guys do make a formal complaint about that doctor, that sort of behavior should not be tolerated.
In other news, your kids crack me up! Mine are of a similar age (8, 6 and 3), and I can exactly picture my just-turned-three year old having that "nursie" conversation! LOL!!!
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Yikes, that's so true. I hope they don't end up requiring a PhD for nurse practitioners. That seems like overkill.
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