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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I got Fentanyl after an exhausting night of labor; it was amazing! I instantly felt calm and okay. Unfortunately, the nurse administered before she did a cervical check and found out I was 10 cm dilated. My OB was mad about it. They to bring in a team of “drug” nurses (?) that specifically treat babies in these circumstances. But my DS started crying as soon as came out and the nurses laughed and said “okay guess we’re not needed here” and left without looking at him.[b] I have no idea why or what happened. [/b]Baby was fine, though.[/quote]

And you never thought to ask?! [/quote]

There's not  much more to ask than PP related. The nurse effed up.  She isn't supposed to give fentanyl or other opiate close to delivery because it can cause respiratory depression in the newborn.  It's not an issue earlier because the mother is breathing for the fetus.  The nurse should have checked dilation to see how far away delivery was before giving an opiate.  They brought down some NICU nurses to help do CPR on the baby (and probably a respiratory therapist) if the baby was not breathing well when it was born. The baby was crying, though, which means the baby got enough air and was breathing on its own. There's nothing else to know.

Nurses screw up sometimes. They're human.  We expect nurses to do their job perfectly every time, and that's not possible. I'm sure the nurse had her own manager to deal with after than eff up, as well as getting her ass chewed out by the doctor.  She won't ever do that again.

I'm glad that everything turned out okay.  [/quote]
Hey thanks for explaining that! It makes more sense why they left as soon as the baby cried.[/quote]

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