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re: Hospitals are starting the Covid idiocy again
Posted on 11/30/22 at 10:02 pm to TideSaint
Posted on 11/30/22 at 10:02 pm to TideSaint
I am as dismissive of. Ovid as anyone, but these seem like reasonable precautions under the circumstances. I suspect they'd do the same think if they had the flu, or RSV, or a bad cold.
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Posted on 11/30/22 at 10:03 pm to TideSaint
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I'm saying it's fricking insane to keep two parents, who have been trying to have a child for 10 years, from looking through a window at their daughter for the first 10-14 days of her life
Any decent parent would also not want to get their vulnerable newborn sick and would welcome the inconvenience if it helps keep their baby safe
Posted on 11/30/22 at 10:05 pm to TideSaint
Oxygen and early delivery into known high viral risk…sounds like medical professionals doing their job well.
Sorry to hear delay for Mom to see baby.
Sorry to hear delay for Mom to see baby.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 10:05 pm to trilambdaexpression
This place is loaded with unsupported layman expertise!
Posted on 11/30/22 at 10:08 pm to Richard Grayson
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was the protocol before March of 2020 with healthy mothers showing no symptoms who test negative for respiratory viruses visiting their children in the NICU before 14 days?
The 14 days is the incubation period for COVID. That’s why it’s 14 days.
Before 2020 we still restricted visiting if the parent knew they had been around someone sick recently. Testing negative doesn’t mean much if there is a known exposure.
Ex: I could be around someone COVID positive today and test negative 2 days later.,..that doesn’t mean my exposure won’t result in me not getting sick.
Top priority in the NICU is the health of the babies. Yes it’s important for parents to visit….but when that possibly puts the baby or other babies in the NICU at risk for getting sick….they will restrict visitation as necessary
Posted on 11/30/22 at 10:09 pm to lsunurse
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doesn’t mean my exposure won’t result in me not
Triple negative.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 10:09 pm to TideSaint
Covid or not, premature and to the NICU, waiting to see the baby is standard. I had 2 and didn’t see them for 10 days after they were born. It was hard, but you got to to trust the pros.
This post was edited on 11/30/22 at 10:10 pm
Posted on 11/30/22 at 10:13 pm to TideSaint
You’re putting personal politics ahead of the health of a premature newborn baby.
Think about that.
Think about that.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 10:19 pm to TideSaint
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Even if you had just a basic education you would know this is a common precaution.
Not allowing parents to see their child through a glass window is a common precaution?
Having had a child in the NICU I can tell you there is no big glass window for you to look through to see your child. You really have no clue what you are talking about, do you.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 10:25 pm to TideSaint
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The husband just called us and said the doctors have decided to do a C-section tonight and the baby will immediately be sent to the NICU.
No can be a powerful word
Posted on 11/30/22 at 10:28 pm to Richard Grayson
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I legitimately don’t know the answer to this question but what was the protocol before March of 2020 with healthy mothers showing no symptoms who test negative for respiratory viruses visiting their children in the NICU before 14 days?
When my cousin had her twins (one passed, once survived at 24 weeks) pre-COVID, the nurses there checked your temp and screened you for illness before you could even think about being in the room with him (and he was in an incubator for several weeks).
OP is admitting the parent has a verified respiratory virus. They’d do the same if they tested positive for RSV or Flu.
ETA: Also, if you were a child visiting a sibling in NICU you have to be up on your immunizations as well.
This post was edited on 11/30/22 at 10:31 pm
Posted on 11/30/22 at 10:38 pm to MikeD
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No can be a powerful word
And what I was getting at was to get specifics on why the doctors want to C section the baby at 34 weeks, and whether there are options for treating the mother to let the shortness of breath pass with monitoring, oxygen etc.
My wife was doing a 35 week appointment and had elevated BP, and she called saying they wanted to deliver in an hour. Turns out the damn cuffs on the automatic BP machine were bad, and testing it with a stethoscope and cuff everything was ok.
Maternal fetal medicine is there to protect the mom, maybe sometimes over the top and leaving the baby/family with a less than ideal scenario.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 10:46 pm to MikeD
So they don't want the parents in NICU ok....but why can't they set a computer monitor or something to see their baby?
Posted on 11/30/22 at 10:47 pm to TideSaint
Well only if it killed a million people or something
Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:22 pm to lsunurse
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Any decent parent would also not want to get their vulnerable newborn sick and would welcome the inconvenience if it helps keep their baby safe
You have to do what's in the best interest of the child.
But, calling it an inconvenience is really not understanding the cost of a mother not being available to her child. That IS a travesty that will have significant negative impact. It just seems like it's an unfortunate necessity.
Posted on 12/1/22 at 7:30 am to TideSaint
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Hospitals are starting the Covid idiocy again
My wife had Junior2 back in July and when we went to the hospital to be admitted, she tested ‘inconclusive’ with zero symptoms and just just got over COVID, 3 months prior. I tested ‘negative’. They didn’t want to let me in the hospital with her at first but finally talked them into letting me join her in her negative pressurized room. We could have no visitor and couldn’t leave the room. Mask 24-7, and only could have one nurse assigned to the ward that had to don a full hazmat getup to enter and leave the pressurized unit. All over an inconclusive test.
Posted on 12/1/22 at 7:47 am to TideSaint
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not common practice.
I don’t work in healthcare so don’t know if it’s common practice, but there were some pretty tight restrictions at the hospital about 10 years ago during a bad flu outbreak and my friends had their baby. Only mom and dad allowed in the room, dad had to wear a mask, and some other things.
Seems maybe a tad overboard, but you never can be too careful with newborns and undeveloped immune systems.
Posted on 12/1/22 at 7:48 am to BluegrassBelle
You really only have to go into a NICU 1 time to see why they have all the protocols they do. It's actually a wonder they let anyone in there in some respects.
My daughter was nearly full term but was an emergency C-Section due to a very high heart rate (she was born with SVT). She was nearly 8 pounds. She looked like a giant in the NICU. She seemed to be 4 times bigger than the smallest ones in there (and probably was) and more than double the size of the next largest child. It was quite an eye-opening experience.
My daughter was nearly full term but was an emergency C-Section due to a very high heart rate (she was born with SVT). She was nearly 8 pounds. She looked like a giant in the NICU. She seemed to be 4 times bigger than the smallest ones in there (and probably was) and more than double the size of the next largest child. It was quite an eye-opening experience.
Posted on 12/1/22 at 7:53 am to STLJ
They already weren't scheduled to see the baby for another 6 weeks so that's a moot point. The parents can have time to get better so that they can take care of an infant. Makes sense to me.
Sorry, not a strong speller
Sorry, not a strong speller
This post was edited on 12/1/22 at 10:23 am
Posted on 12/1/22 at 8:00 am to tLSU
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This place is loaded with unsupported layman expertise!
Time is proving that "unsupported layman expertise" has about as good a w/l record as the "experts" as it relates to Covid (OP nonwithstanding)...
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