Monday Funny - Lies from your L&D nurse

[dogmama22]

Pregnant Chicken posted this today and I got a good laugh out of it. Since we'll all be there very soon (if we haven't already), I thought I'd share the fun.
www.mightynurse.com/lies-from-a-labor-and-delivery-nurse-stories/

[belle0720]

This made me feel like

I'm now going to add mints to my hospital bag and be paranoid that I have a smelly vagina.

[wormgerm]

I'm with you belle0720. I had to take a medical terminology class in college. It was taught by a nurse who was apparently SUPER judgemental of patients and told us how professional she was in front of them but shared all her opinions with us. That's part of my white coat syndrome. I feel so judged by everyone!

[trixi282]

Truth, all of it, I'm sure! Honestly I didn't brush my teeth for nearly 24 hours, I'm sure my breath stunk to high heaven at the end of my labor, before my csection finally happened.... terrible.

And, with all that discharge, I KNOW my vag smells.... ahh the glamorous life of nurses! I feel for them, I really do. I've always had a lot of respect for them, but it's 10-fold since I've been hospital bound for 5 weeks now!

[silv3rlining]

May 18, 2015 11:44:01 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

These made me LOL. Especially the poop one because it is so true! My past nurses have been so awesome about being discreet and lying to me, even if I know the reality is that I am pooping all over the place. I appreciate the little lies

I pooped with DS (didn't know I did/was) and saw the nurse quickly grab something and throw it away. I asked about it and everyone tried to cover it up and say oh just birth stuff. So I figured I pooped and asked did I poop, sweet! I had been so constipated that even an enema hadn't fully cleaned me out, so for me it was exciting. As weird/gross as that sounds. Plus it meant I was pushing correctly

[dogmama22]

I took the article more as everything is been there, done that for these people. I was already a bit anxious about smells, bodily functions, etc, but this reminded me that they've already seen it all. This is just another day in the life for them and it's something they choose to do.

[ombradellarosa]

I wish I hadn't read this. I found it less funny, more anxiety-inducing and depressing.