Stork Photos by Monica Shirk, RN Childbirth Photograper

25/11/2025

Vit K is not a vaccine, 💉 it can save your baby’s life. Watch, learn, share.

07/06/2024

From Lipoedema Australia:

We know you keep meaning to do it, but have you emailed your GP clinic yet, to remind them about the Lipoedema Australia Conference?

How about your MLD therapist? Your physio, podiatrist, or osteopath? Your occupational therapist, personal trainer, exercise physiologist, chiropractor, acupuncturist? Your psychologist?

These people all make up your holistic treatment team, and the more information they each individually have about lipoedema, the better the outcomes for not only you, but other people they treat who have lipoedema, and might not even know it yet!

We know it can be an awkward conversation, so we’ve made it as easy as we can by providing a QR code - you can either show this to them in person, or send it through by email with an introductory note explaining why it’s important to you that they attend this year’s conference.

Pop it on the top of your to-do list today!

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16/10/2023

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October 15th is National Pregnancy & Infant Loss awareness day. Sending hugs and love to all who have experienced this loss and pain.

Image: Baby Lemon Prints

17/12/2022

This is as simple as can be, your nursing staff and doctors are used to collecting cord blood and it doesn't hurt you nor your baby. You can help give new life with your new baby!

Learn about donating your baby’s umbilical cord blood to a cord blood bank. You and your baby can help save a blood cancer or blood disease patient.

10/02/2022

I loved my years in Labor and Delivery. This was written as if I wrote it myself. Powerful.

Tell us about your L&D nurse that made a difference in your life!

"I am just a nurse. A Labor and Delivery nurse. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? Well...

I am just the nurse who was there during the birth of your child.

I am just the nurse who held your hand, looked you in the eye, and made you feel like the strongest woman in the world.

I am just the nurse who recognized that you had severe preeclampsia and got an order from your physician for magnesium sulfate to prevent you from seizing.

I am just the nurse who carefully monitored your breathing WITH MY STETHOSCOPE because I know the possible complications.

I am just the nurse who vigilantly monitored your baby's heartbeat and recognized that he was in distress.

I am also just the nurse who had you on the OR table by the time your doctor was in the parking lot to deliver a healthy baby.

I am the nurse who took photos of your baby because you were all alone... Even though I should really be charting and doing about a hundred other things.

I am just the nurse who's family has to experience another day without me because I stayed 3 hours late to see you through a difficult delivery.

I am just the nurse who maintained your dignity and made you feel comfortable when you were at your most vulnerable.

I am just the nurse who convinced your OB to give you more time before performing a cesarean section.

I am also just the nurse who waited as long as possible to call your OB for delivery so that he wouldn't cut an episiotomy.

I am just the nurse who held your hand and cried with you when you came through triage... and your baby had no heartbeat.

I am just the nurse who hasn't had ANYTHING to eat or drink since my cup of coffee I drank this morning when I woke up... at 5am.

I am just the nurse who will let you leave grip marks on her arm while you are getting your epidural, while repeating to you, "You are doing an amazing job. Almost there. You can do it."

I am just the nurse who reassured a teenage mom that she can be an amazing parent and still get an education.

I am also just the nurse who stood by you while you handed your baby to his adoptive mother. I held you steady. I watched you tremble. My heart ached for you.

I am just the nurse who knows that preventing the primary cesarean helps prevent future cesareans and all of the associated risks for each future pregnancy and, therefore, will do everything in my experienced power to encourage your baby to position herself correctly in your pelvis.

I am just the nurse who held your hand and told you, "She is beautiful. I am so so sorry for your loss." My heart ached for you. I wanted to hold my children and never let them go that night... but they were already sleeping because I stayed late to be with you.

I am also just the nurse who cried the entire drive home and who's husband doesn't even have to ask how my day was.
He knows.

Today.

Every day.

I felt your joy.
I felt your pain.
I wiped your tears.
I calmed your fears.
I kept your secrets.
I taught you how strong you are.
I saved your life.
I saved your child's life.
My body aches.
My heart aches.

And I love every minute.

I am JUST a Labor and Delivery nurse.

~ anonymous"

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04/05/2021

There was a story on the news tonight about a baby born deaf because her mother had the CMV. Watch this informative video on what CMV is, the complications it causes, and how to prevent it.

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06/08/2020

An accurate description of the fresh postpartum timeframe.

27/06/2020

The more times an infant is bathed, the more skin-barrier dysfunction and eczema occurs, data from an observational study show.

29/05/2019

Did you have a doula for labor or postpartum? How did it help you? Are you considering one for an upcoming delivery? What helped you make the decision?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/style/postpartum-doula.html