Oh Baby!
Oh Baby!
Let’s get reacquainted. I had a wonderful Christmas, New Year’s Day and six week hiatus from nursing school. Now I’m back doing my OB rotation, and I have three weeks left. Let’s talk about those babies.
First, I can’t help but think of Cliff Huxtable on the Cosby Show while doing my OB rotation. In case you blogger fans don’t know your Cosby trivia, he was an OB/GYN who somehow managed to be the perfect father of five while maintaining a perfect marriage to a successful attorney, Clair Huxtable. His pager never went off at inopportune times, and he was always available for weekend fun and family evening activities. How did Dr. Huxtable do that? Well, I’ll tell you. He had great nurses!
I’m going to give you some OB terminology that I have found entertaining.
1. Expected Date of Confinement (EDC) refers to the date we expect the baby to leave the comfort of the uterus and make its debut into the post uterine world. Confinement? Confined to what? Confined to the house? That thought deters me from reproducing. We cannot say Estimated Date of Delivery (EDD) because patients complained that their babies were being talked about like groceries. I have a question. When was the last time you got your groceries delivered or knew someone who did?
2. Passenger refers to the baby while inside the uterus. I wonder if the passenger gets free peanuts. I know I don’t when I fly, and it makes me mad every time. I remember when I asked for peanuts, and the stewardess said, “Oh, I’m sorry. We don’t give peanuts anymore, but I have pretzels.” The airlines want you to think the reason for not giving peanuts is to protect those individuals with peanut allergies. However, I later watched the Discovery channel, and I learned that by removing 2-3 peanuts from each bag saved the airline company multimillions of dollars. Money is the motive.
3. Fetal Presentation refers to the part of the baby that comes down the pelvis first. Did you know you made a presentation before you were even born without the use of PowerPoint?
4. Fetal Attitude refers to how the different body parts of the baby are situated. It’s not just teenagers that have attitudes. Babies have them too!
5. Uterine Soufflé is a uterine bruit. I never associated dessert with uterine activity until now.
I intend to post another blog related to a specific OB experience later today!