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sfuchs413
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Male Nurses in L&D
How common are they? Did you have one? If you did, what hospital was it at?
I'm curious.
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Posted 11/10/10 5:12 PM  |
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
I didn't see any at Stony Brook, but who knows , maybe I was lucky
i don't even like male obygns.
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| Posted 11/10/10 5:14 PM |
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sfuchs413
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
That's how I feel. I'm delivering at Stony Brook in January.
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| Posted 11/10/10 5:29 PM |
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charon54
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
I delivered at Winthrop. The only males I saw were the anesthesiologists.
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| Posted 11/10/10 5:33 PM |
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ruby
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
I don't recall seeing any in my L&D but honestly, when you're actuallly pushing you will not even realize/know who's in the room and who's not. The pope could have squatting down there and it wouldn't have phased me in the least.
I will say that the anesthesiologist and his resident were both in the room and gave me my epi, and then when I had to go in for a c they both came back to give me something else before they wheeled me in...well I threw up all over myself so my nurse had to yank off my gown and there I was, sitting there in all my naked glory in front of my nurses, the 2 male anesthesiolgists and whoever else was in the room that I probably didn't even notice while they got me a clean gown. Hey, they're doctors, they've seen it all. 
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| Posted 11/10/10 6:11 PM |
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MrsPJB2007
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
I never really thought about this. 
Ehh I would not care at all. I prefer male OB/GYNs so I don't think having a male L&D nurse will be much different.
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| Posted 11/10/10 6:13 PM |
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drwifettc
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
I had not even thought about it, but then again my ob-gyn is a male. I have a feeling i won't really care who is in the room after a certain point.
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| Posted 11/10/10 6:27 PM |
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KarenG2003
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
I had a male nurse at Stony Brook. Oh God, what that man saw.... 
At that point though, Brad Pitt himself could have walked in that delivery room and I wouldn't have cared!
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| Posted 11/10/10 6:30 PM |
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BabyFactory
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
A friend of mine was complaining about not wanting a male nurse until her DH got mad at her. He was a nurse at one point and was offended. I think she was at Stony Brook. I'm sure all hospitals have them. They have seen it all. Who cares at that point.
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| Posted 11/10/10 8:18 PM |
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pickles16
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
I have a male OB, and the intern in the room that night was male as well...I delivered at NSUH manhasset....
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| Posted 11/10/10 8:20 PM |
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KNic19
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
I never even thought about it until now. I don't think I'll care...like others have said, I probably won't care at that point.
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| Posted 11/10/10 8:23 PM |
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dajc23
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
I didn't have a male nurse there but I had a male resident OB come in. His name was Andrew and my delivery was his first EVER  Needless to say after about 30 mins of me pushing he turned to my OB and said "I have to go" and ran out I probably scarred him for life and he's no longer a doctor
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| Posted 11/10/10 8:27 PM |
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SweetTooth
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
There were none when I had my twins, but I wouldn't have cared if there were.
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| Posted 11/10/10 8:34 PM |
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sfuchs413
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
Well, I'm delivering with the midwives at Stony Brook so no male residents for me; if anything, it would be a female. I've never heard of a male midwife before. Haha.
I'm very old fashion. I don't believe any man, other than my husband, has any reason to be "down there." Medical or not. I was raised to believe male gynecologists were perverts (no offense to anyone, the logic behind it just doesn't make any sense to me. Blame my thoughts on my mother.). Besides, giving birth isn't a medical issue, it's a completely natural life experience. I'm sure the hospital would have more than one nurse on at a time. I could always request a female should a male come in. I know, for a fact, that I would very much care if there was another man in the room. I'm using the hypnobirthing method so pushing will be completely mother directed. The room will be dimly lit and quiet. This is why I decided to use the midwives. Having a male in there would make me lose focus.
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| Posted 11/13/10 3:00 PM |
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
I delivered my first son at Stony Brook and I had a male nurse.
Honestly, at that point I could have cared less, I was in so much pain. I really liked him, when he was holding me so they could put the epi in (which didn't help bec I was already so far along) I had no problem taking my pain out on him. I hit him a couple of times and squeezed his arms so hard I am sure the blood left is arms and I broke skin, LOL!
He really was awesome, calm and straight to the pint and really helped me push my little guy out.
Here is a link to my birth story: http://www.lifamilies.com/chat/topic.aspx?ID=279372&Highlight=
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| Posted 11/13/10 3:26 PM |
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GioiaMia
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
No male nurses for me in LIJ
but when I delivered there was:
my male obgyn
a male intern
three male anasthesiologists (sp?) when they couldnt get the epi in the first 2x
a male pediatric doctor
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| Posted 11/13/10 8:10 PM |
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neenie
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
I didn't have a male nurse, but totally lost track of how many people (male/female) shoved their hand up my hoo-haa the night i delivered. I remember at one point saying to DH, "I hope all of these people actually work here" 
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| Posted 11/14/10 12:34 AM |
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MommaBear
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
Posted by Tilde
No male nurses for me in LIJ
but when I delivered there was:
my male obgyn
a male intern
three male anasthesiologists (sp?) when they couldnt get the epi in the first 2x
a male pediatric doctor
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| Posted 11/14/10 9:55 AM |
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SweetTooth
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
Posted by sfuchs413
Well, I'm delivering with the midwives at Stony Brook so no male residents for me; if anything, it would be a female. I've never heard of a male midwife before. Haha.
I'm very old fashion. I don't believe any man, other than my husband, has any reason to be "down there." Medical or not. I was raised to believe male gynecologists were perverts (no offense to anyone, the logic behind it just doesn't make any sense to me. Blame my thoughts on my mother.). Besides, giving birth isn't a medical issue, it's a completely natural life experience. I'm sure the hospital would have more than one nurse on at a time. I could always request a female should a male come in. I know, for a fact, that I would very much care if there was another man in the room. I'm using the hypnobirthing method so pushing will be completely mother directed. The room will be dimly lit and quiet. This is why I decided to use the midwives. Having a male in there would make me lose focus.
What if you need a c-section? You might wind with a male OB. And a male anesthesiologist. And if you're delivering in the hospital, then yes, there might be male residents.
I know you say no offense, but then you say male OBs are perverts. Many of us here have male OBs who are kind and caring and have delivered our DC and will deliver our DC in the future, so I kind of do find that offensive.
If you are so adamant about not having any men at all around you while you are in labor, then I suggest you talk to the midwives about a home birth. In a hospital setting, there is no way to avoid this.
Oh and for there record, there are male midwives. They are few and far between, but they do exist. A midwife is not like what you think of from the olden days - they are nurses with extra training.
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| Posted 11/14/10 12:56 PM |
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FlowerWife
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
i dont have any experience in L&D but having tried both male and female ob/gyn i do prefer male ob/gyns to female.
IMO from my experience females tend to act like they know everything and your concerns arent as valid because they themselves have gone through some of the stuff so they write it off as normal...oddly enough males actually tend to listen a bit more to your concerns. however, i do find that NO ob/gyn is as good as my male RE!!! 
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| Posted 11/14/10 1:17 PM |
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nicopico13
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
I feel the same way about male obs, but believe me all modesty goes out the window when you have a baby. I was in labor for 24+ hours and during that time was checked by tons of doctors/nurses (both male and female)...to the point where I felt like anyone and everyone in the hallway was going to come in and see how dialated I was! .....then after all that I ended up having a C, layed out on the table in all my naked glory soooooo.......
(I had my baby at Good Sam in W.Islip.)
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| Posted 11/14/10 1:27 PM |
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Diana1215
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
Posted by SweetTooth
Posted by sfuchs413
Well, I'm delivering with the midwives at Stony Brook so no male residents for me; if anything, it would be a female. I've never heard of a male midwife before. Haha.
I'm very old fashion. I don't believe any man, other than my husband, has any reason to be "down there." Medical or not. I was raised to believe male gynecologists were perverts (no offense to anyone, the logic behind it just doesn't make any sense to me. Blame my thoughts on my mother.). Besides, giving birth isn't a medical issue, it's a completely natural life experience. I'm sure the hospital would have more than one nurse on at a time. I could always request a female should a male come in. I know, for a fact, that I would very much care if there was another man in the room. I'm using the hypnobirthing method so pushing will be completely mother directed. The room will be dimly lit and quiet. This is why I decided to use the midwives. Having a male in there would make me lose focus.
What if you need a c-section? You might wind with a male OB. And a male anesthesiologist. And if you're delivering in the hospital, then yes, there might be male residents.
I know you say no offense, but then you say male OBs are perverts. Many of us here have male OBs who are kind and caring and have delivered our DC and will deliver our DC in the future, so I kind of do find that offensive.
If you are so adamant about not having any men at all around you while you are in labor, then I suggest you talk to the midwives about a home birth. In a hospital setting, there is no way to avoid this.
Oh and for there record, there are male midwives. They are few and far between, but they do exist. A midwife is not like what you think of from the olden days - they are nurses with extra training.
ITA with everything.
The last thing I was thinking about when giving birth was if there were any other males around.
I was induced. I happened to be at the hospital the day the other doctor in my practice was there (he was male) He was the one to check on me. Another one of the doctors (another male) came in to see if I was dialated. BOTH men performed my csection on me, along with a male anesthesiologist who was also amazing. I don't care if you are male, female, or a monkey. If you can get my child out of my body SAFELY you are OK with me.
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| Posted 11/14/10 2:12 PM |
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drwifettc
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
Posted by SweetTooth
Posted by sfuchs413
Well, I'm delivering with the midwives at Stony Brook so no male residents for me; if anything, it would be a female. I've never heard of a male midwife before. Haha.
I'm very old fashion. I don't believe any man, other than my husband, has any reason to be "down there." Medical or not. I was raised to believe male gynecologists were perverts (no offense to anyone, the logic behind it just doesn't make any sense to me. Blame my thoughts on my mother.). Besides, giving birth isn't a medical issue, it's a completely natural life experience. I'm sure the hospital would have more than one nurse on at a time. I could always request a female should a male come in. I know, for a fact, that I would very much care if there was another man in the room. I'm using the hypnobirthing method so pushing will be completely mother directed. The room will be dimly lit and quiet. This is why I decided to use the midwives. Having a male in there would make me lose focus.
What if you need a c-section? You might wind with a male OB. And a male anesthesiologist. And if you're delivering in the hospital, then yes, there might be male residents.
I know you say no offense, but then you say male OBs are perverts. Many of us here have male OBs who are kind and caring and have delivered our DC and will deliver our DC in the future, so I kind of do find that offensive.
If you are so adamant about not having any men at all around you while you are in labor, then I suggest you talk to the midwives about a home birth. In a hospital setting, there is no way to avoid this.
Oh and for there record, there are male midwives. They are few and far between, but they do exist. A midwife is not like what you think of from the olden days - they are nurses with extra training.
ITA with this. I totally get that everyone has different comfort levels, but pervert seems extreme.
Regardless, I do think that in your situation you may want to consider a home birth. It may be an option for if you are having a complication free pregnancy and this way you can assure who will and won't be in the room. It would really be just another added stress if you were worrying about males in the room.
If not I would make your thoughts and needs very very clear to the midwives and see what they say.
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| Posted 11/14/10 10:19 PM |
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Hofstra26
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
There were none at St. Charles when I delivered my DD.
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| Posted 11/15/10 8:12 AM |
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MrsYank
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Re: Male Nurses in L&D
After 31 hours of labor, I didn't care if Justin Timberlake delivered our baby.
ETA: During the whole labor the only male that came in was the Anestesiologist (sp) and at that point I didn't care at all. FOr my c-section it was a full house of women and men, I didn't care at all- and I am a very modest person!
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