Anonymous
Post 08/25/2020 10:40     Subject: Do hospitals do covid testing when your water breaks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Most DC hospitals are requiring a COVID test before admitting to labor and delivery. If you’re being induced/scheduled c-section. They’ll have you come in 2 or 3 days early to do the test. If you go into labor on your own, they’ll do the test while you’re in triage. My results were in within 30 minutes. I assume that’s rapid, and the swab went WAY up there for about 5-10 seconds. It feels similar to the pinch you feel when you get water up your nose. You will continue to wear a mask through delivery even after testing negative. The test mostly dictates how much PPE the doctors and nurses need to wear while interacting with you. It also means you and your support person cannot leave your room, and that the baby may need to be isolated.

The rest really isn’t that bad, and by refusing it, you’re unnecessarily wasting resources, and inconveniencing both the staff and yourselves during the duration of your stay.


I followed my child when he was born and my wife was stitched up because im paranoid about switching babies and stuff.

youre telling me i cant do that now? what if i singlehandedly decide to follow my child to wherever they take him?


I did the same with my 6 kids.

I had a vaginal birth in June. Baby never left my side except for pediatrician checkup, and even that can be done in your room upon request. As long as mother tests negative, and support person doesn’t display any symptoms, there aren’t many restrictions outside of wearing a mask and not leaving the hospital. This was INOVA Fairfax.
Anonymous
Post 08/24/2020 22:58     Subject: Re:Do hospitals do covid testing when your water breaks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes they will.


Kan u opt out tho?

Seriously? What a selfish action. No regard for the people risking their health to help you deliver your baby.


Uhm... How do you know OP is selfish? In other words, how do you she’s sick?


That’s the point. You don’t know if she opts out of testing.
Anonymous
Post 08/24/2020 22:55     Subject: Do hospitals do covid testing when your water breaks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Most DC hospitals are requiring a COVID test before admitting to labor and delivery. If you’re being induced/scheduled c-section. They’ll have you come in 2 or 3 days early to do the test. If you go into labor on your own, they’ll do the test while you’re in triage. My results were in within 30 minutes. I assume that’s rapid, and the swab went WAY up there for about 5-10 seconds. It feels similar to the pinch you feel when you get water up your nose. You will continue to wear a mask through delivery even after testing negative. The test mostly dictates how much PPE the doctors and nurses need to wear while interacting with you. It also means you and your support person cannot leave your room, and that the baby may need to be isolated.

The rest really isn’t that bad, and by refusing it, you’re unnecessarily wasting resources, and inconveniencing both the staff and yourselves during the duration of your stay.


I followed my child when he was born and my wife was stitched up because im paranoid about switching babies and stuff.

youre telling me i cant do that now? what if i singlehandedly decide to follow my child to wherever they take him?


I did the same with my 6 kids.


People like this are so stupid. You're not even the one going into labor but you can't wear a freaking mask for the health of your wife and/or baby?

Stop creating conflict where there is none.


Excuse me? You wouldn’t even recognize your child being swapped... I pity you.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2020 16:11     Subject: Do hospitals do covid testing when your water breaks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Most DC hospitals are requiring a COVID test before admitting to labor and delivery. If you’re being induced/scheduled c-section. They’ll have you come in 2 or 3 days early to do the test. If you go into labor on your own, they’ll do the test while you’re in triage. My results were in within 30 minutes. I assume that’s rapid, and the swab went WAY up there for about 5-10 seconds. It feels similar to the pinch you feel when you get water up your nose. You will continue to wear a mask through delivery even after testing negative. The test mostly dictates how much PPE the doctors and nurses need to wear while interacting with you. It also means you and your support person cannot leave your room, and that the baby may need to be isolated.

The rest really isn’t that bad, and by refusing it, you’re unnecessarily wasting resources, and inconveniencing both the staff and yourselves during the duration of your stay.


I followed my child when he was born and my wife was stitched up because im paranoid about switching babies and stuff.

youre telling me i cant do that now? what if i singlehandedly decide to follow my child to wherever they take him?


I did the same with my 6 kids.


People like this are so stupid. You're not even the one going into labor but you can't wear a freaking mask for the health of your wife and/or baby?

Stop creating conflict where there is none.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2020 16:09     Subject: Do hospitals do covid testing when your water breaks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Most DC hospitals are requiring a COVID test before admitting to labor and delivery. If you’re being induced/scheduled c-section. They’ll have you come in 2 or 3 days early to do the test. If you go into labor on your own, they’ll do the test while you’re in triage. My results were in within 30 minutes. I assume that’s rapid, and the swab went WAY up there for about 5-10 seconds. It feels similar to the pinch you feel when you get water up your nose. You will continue to wear a mask through delivery even after testing negative. The test mostly dictates how much PPE the doctors and nurses need to wear while interacting with you. It also means you and your support person cannot leave your room, and that the baby may need to be isolated.

The rest really isn’t that bad, and by refusing it, you’re unnecessarily wasting resources, and inconveniencing both the staff and yourselves during the duration of your stay.


I followed my child when he was born and my wife was stitched up because im paranoid about switching babies and stuff.

youre telling me i cant do that now? what if i singlehandedly decide to follow my child to wherever they take him?


I did the same with my 6 kids.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2020 11:36     Subject: Do hospitals do covid testing when your water breaks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Most DC hospitals are requiring a COVID test before admitting to labor and delivery. If you’re being induced/scheduled c-section. They’ll have you come in 2 or 3 days early to do the test. If you go into labor on your own, they’ll do the test while you’re in triage. My results were in within 30 minutes. I assume that’s rapid, and the swab went WAY up there for about 5-10 seconds. It feels similar to the pinch you feel when you get water up your nose. You will continue to wear a mask through delivery even after testing negative. The test mostly dictates how much PPE the doctors and nurses need to wear while interacting with you. It also means you and your support person cannot leave your room, and that the baby may need to be isolated.

The rest really isn’t that bad, and by refusing it, you’re unnecessarily wasting resources, and inconveniencing both the staff and yourselves during the duration of your stay.


I followed my child when he was born and my wife was stitched up because im paranoid about switching babies and stuff.

youre telling me i cant do that now? what if i singlehandedly decide to follow my child to wherever they take him?


Hospitals have security.

The delivering woman and you, her partner, can choose to be swabbed or not. Hospitals have policies (and are under some federal regulations) about how they respond to those choices. If a woman is in active labor and cannot be transported, then it is an emergency situation and she must be taken care of. That does not necessarily extend to support persons or spouses.

This is also for your protection, and the protection of the delivering woman and her baby. Do you really want to stay on a unit where people can refuse testing and not be treated as if COVID positive? Remember that an estimated 40% of people who test positive have no symptoms.

Where I work, if mom and dad have tested negative and are willing to wear masks, the dad could follow anywhere he could go if there was not a pandemic going on.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2020 11:30     Subject: Do hospitals do covid testing when your water breaks?
Anonymous wrote:Most DC hospitals are requiring a COVID test before admitting to labor and delivery. If you’re being induced/scheduled c-section. They’ll have you come in 2 or 3 days early to do the test. If you go into labor on your own, they’ll do the test while you’re in triage. My results were in within 30 minutes. I assume that’s rapid, and the swab went WAY up there for about 5-10 seconds. It feels similar to the pinch you feel when you get water up your nose. You will continue to wear a mask through delivery even after testing negative. The test mostly dictates how much PPE the doctors and nurses need to wear while interacting with you. It also means you and your support person cannot leave your room, and that the baby may need to be isolated.

The rest really isn’t that bad, and by refusing it, you’re unnecessarily wasting resources, and inconveniencing both the staff and yourselves during the duration of your stay.


Depends on the hospital. Delivered at WHC July 30. Tested negative (with a way up the nose test). Once my negative result came back I didn’t have to wear a mask anymore. Husband was allowed to leave the room but not the hospital campus. This was good because it meant he could get us food from the hospital Panera.

If you test positive or refuse the test you will have to wear a mask the whole time and will not be allowed a support person. I was told that if I tested positive the hospital policy is a strong recommendation to isolate from baby but it would be a conversation not a requirement.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2020 11:29     Subject: Re:Do hospitals do covid testing when your water breaks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes they will.


Kan u opt out tho?

Seriously? What a selfish action. No regard for the people risking their health to help you deliver your baby.


Uhm... How do you know OP is selfish? In other words, how do you she’s sick?


That's like saying that drunk drivers are only selfish if they happen to crash.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2020 11:21     Subject: Do hospitals do covid testing when your water breaks?
Anonymous wrote:Most DC hospitals are requiring a COVID test before admitting to labor and delivery. If you’re being induced/scheduled c-section. They’ll have you come in 2 or 3 days early to do the test. If you go into labor on your own, they’ll do the test while you’re in triage. My results were in within 30 minutes. I assume that’s rapid, and the swab went WAY up there for about 5-10 seconds. It feels similar to the pinch you feel when you get water up your nose. You will continue to wear a mask through delivery even after testing negative. The test mostly dictates how much PPE the doctors and nurses need to wear while interacting with you. It also means you and your support person cannot leave your room, and that the baby may need to be isolated.

The rest really isn’t that bad, and by refusing it, you’re unnecessarily wasting resources, and inconveniencing both the staff and yourselves during the duration of your stay.


I followed my child when he was born and my wife was stitched up because im paranoid about switching babies and stuff.

youre telling me i cant do that now? what if i singlehandedly decide to follow my child to wherever they take him?
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2020 11:08     Subject: Do hospitals do covid testing when your water breaks?
Most DC hospitals are requiring a COVID test before admitting to labor and delivery. If you’re being induced/scheduled c-section. They’ll have you come in 2 or 3 days early to do the test. If you go into labor on your own, they’ll do the test while you’re in triage. My results were in within 30 minutes. I assume that’s rapid, and the swab went WAY up there for about 5-10 seconds. It feels similar to the pinch you feel when you get water up your nose. You will continue to wear a mask through delivery even after testing negative. The test mostly dictates how much PPE the doctors and nurses need to wear while interacting with you. It also means you and your support person cannot leave your room, and that the baby may need to be isolated.

The rest really isn’t that bad, and by refusing it, you’re unnecessarily wasting resources, and inconveniencing both the staff and yourselves during the duration of your stay.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2020 10:35     Subject: Re:Do hospitals do covid testing when your water breaks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes they will.


Kan u opt out tho?


Please consider putting your child up for adoption.


Woah... that’s harsh. Like, extremely rude and disrespectful.


Well I question OPs intelligence and capability to raise a baby.


And i question why do you exist.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2020 01:43     Subject: Re:Do hospitals do covid testing when your water breaks?
You're about to either get your abdomen or your vagina ripped open but you're worried about a 30-second nasal swab?

You're preparing for the wrong thing.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2020 01:33     Subject: Re:Do hospitals do covid testing when your water breaks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes they will.


Kan u opt out tho?


Please consider putting your child up for adoption.


Woah... that’s harsh. Like, extremely rude and disrespectful.


Well I question OPs intelligence and capability to raise a baby.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2020 01:32     Subject: Do hospitals do covid testing when your water breaks?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes they will


That’s appalling.


Why? Are you the OP? They don't do the deep nasal swab. They will do a rapid test which isn't as deep. It's to protect staff and other patients. It's a 10 second inconvenience that will hurt less than getting an IV inserted. Any decent hospital should rapid test every patient that comes in.

Before my hospital did, we had a massive outbreak of staff and patients on non Covid floors because of pre and asymptomatic people. Since testing every patient that comes into the hospital with a rapid, we've had no major outbreaks. Maybe 1 or 2 get sick here and there but nothing like before.
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2020 22:38     Subject: Do hospitals do covid testing when your water breaks?
Anonymous wrote:Yes they will


That’s appalling.