Shocking Secrets of Labor and Delivery! (What You Can Expect Right After You Give Birth)

[@ThatGirlisTHAT]

As an RN That worked laboring delivery, And also had three children... I cannot express how much I love this woman and what she does. She is such a treasure to the medical community, But even more so is a patient advocate, Reaching the millions of woman that needs to hear her and have her as their guide. She is a treasure!!!

[@mamanursetina]

This is such a flattering compliment. Thank you ☺️

[@ThatGirlisTHAT]

@@mamanursetina 💞💞💞

[@emmy372_bce0]

I’m 22yrs old, single, and no plans to have a baby anytime soon but alas i am here, learning about my future

[@ummsulayman1]

Yes to the oxytocin video please!!! I'm 21w and have been binge watching your channel - always look forward to your uploads 🎉

[@mamanursetina]

I’m so glad you’re here ☺️

[@jenniferyambor1760]

Yes!

[@moniemone1062]

Yes to oxytocin

[@mrs.k7381]

I did the same through my whole pregnancy and now I’ve had my first baby (1 mo next week) and I’m still here 😎 just love the content. Plus I plan on having more kids if God allows me to.

[@yociciii]

21 weeks with my first and trying to prepare myself as much as possible. Your vids are so informative and helpful, thank you!

[@SnugglesTheDragon]

Just googled what a placenta looks like because I realized at 29 weeks I had not seen a real one (except for drawings, but there's a big difference between a color drawing and a color photo...) - it's definitely gross looking, but SO wild and amazing that it has been feeding and taking care of my baby for months now

[@BetaLantean]

I love your channel! Im 6 months pregnant with my second baby, and your videos get me so excited for delivery time

[@mamanursetina]

Thank you so much for that! These comments fill my cup up ☺️

[@tinkeramma]

I'm so glad you've made this video. Usually, I watch all your stuff even though I've had three babies and am not planning any future pregnancies. This one, I had to stop a few minutes in because it reminds me so much of my middle daughter's traumatic birth. I needed this video before May 2010 when I was surprised by many of the things you discuss here. Because of how scary that birth was, my youngest was delivered in 2016 in the next county over at the adult hospital physically attached to our region's children's hospital with their level 1 NICU. We had the resuscitation team in the room at delivery (and I was given the largest delivery room on the floor to accommodate that plan). It wasn't in time to help me, but mine is far from the last traumatic delivery. It's good to have the resources for future mamas to be best prepared.

[@mamanursetina]

Oh gosh I am sorry to hear this. I hope you find healing. Thank you for the kind words

[@tinkeramma]

@mamanursetina Healing came in a flood of newly delivered adrenaline and emotion when my youngest was born screaming with a healthy set of lungs. Her middle sister was not a healthy child and there are some rare genetics in play. I was prepared for my baby to be unwell, to need all the resources, to spend months in the NICU even as a full-term baby. I'd done the footwork and paperwork to prepare for my middle daughter's daily medical care needs if I was in the NICU with baby. It never occurred to me that I could have a healthy baby--even though I'd done that with my oldest. That youngest baby turns 8 in March. She's an amazing kid and she brings my heart so much joy. There's healing in that too.

[@ElizabethGarcia-tj3vn]

Yes tell us more about pitocin!

[@thirstyboots6711]

Victory Meal! With my 1st VBAC, hubby got concerned when the anesthesiologist was called back in to give me a booster before the repairs were started. 1 hour later and a stage 4 tear. I do wish that I was better infomed with a video like yours.

[@suzanneamey]

Excellent informative video! Worth mentioning that most perineal tears are 1st and 2nd degree. The 3rd and 4th 😱 are rare.

[@Ruhhy9304]

Thank you for your very informative videos!!!! ❤ Love love love them! ❤ With multiple births does the birth of placentas take roughly the same amount of time up to 45mins? Or is it more prolonged? Also, does the dosage of oxytocin administered increase?

[@mamanursetina]

Honestly it’s usually like 5 minutes if that. 45 minutes would be fairly extreme in the time spectrum. I haven’t found that the delivery of the placenta takes shorter with people who have already had a baby though I haven’t been paying much attention! And the oxytocin dose is the same regardless of how long the birth takes ☺️

[@mac__attack8609]

Such wonderful information! Had my son at 35+3, and there was an actual medical crowd in the room! 😂 my doc and nurses, his doc and nurses, there were probably 15-18 staff in the room at one point just making sure both of us were a-okay during birth and the first moments postpartum. I gave birth in a hospital birth center.

[@makerymagic]

Hey! I love your videos! So much great info, so easy to remember, and you are such a joy to watch! (hope that isn't creepy...) Have you already made a video on oxytocin/pitoncin? Or if not, can I ask for one? I am so confused about it!

[@Tigereyes777]

Momma of 4 girls and 1 boy and i just now found you, wish i had found you allot sooner!!! Your such an amazing woman and i thank you for all the info especially on breast feeding! It has helped me so much! Thank you for being you!! 😊

[@rskitty3]

I wish informed consent was a thing. I have had 4 babies and after the first with pitocin I hated it and did not want it again but wasn't given the choice. By my 4th baby everything happened naturally and as I was in that moment after baby came out they injected pitocin right into my IV and immediately I tasted metal and lost my breath I was so mad I asked what did you just do to me? Everything was going fine. I hate unnecessary intervention without informed consent.

[@mamanursetina]

I’m so sorry. I always talk to my patients about the standard oxytocin injection well before the birth. It needs to be consented! And if people want to refuse it that’s their choice as well.

[@RaeBehrs]

This happened with my first. I had expressed several times that I didn't want pitocin, but they gave it to me anyway. Have had all my subsequent babies at home to preserve autonomy.

[@mamanursetina]

@@RaeBehrs Gosh I am so sorry. Its action like that in hospital that will push women who don't necessarily want to have a home birth away from the hosptial

[@RaeBehrs]

@mamanursetina Thankfully, I've had wonderful home births and have wanted them! I feel bad for the women who feel like they are between a rock and a hard place, though. I know that birth at home isn't what most women choose.

[@frickfrack7075]

Yeah I've never consented for any of my births for anything given , aside from epidural, to me or baby. In fact, after my youngest son was born, my husband saw them giving him a shot and he asked what they had just given him?! And their response was just "it's standard practice". 🙄

[@nataliasalgado3541]

Thank you so much 🙏🏼

[@lisaemely1014]

Thanks for making this video! What's a typical placenta delivery like? Is it quicker than baby? Does it require much or any pushing?

[@mamanursetina]

Not much effort at all. Feels like some pressure then a big blob sliding out. Doesn’t take long just a bit of a push

[@lisaemely1014]

@@mamanursetina thanks for the information!

[@sophiabultena6781]

Do you have any videos on vbac?

[@bfam7492]

Great info!

[@rebekahbrittain7150]

I had my first at 19 and it was in fact a big shock to me! I was so confused why she told me to push again after my baby was already in my chest

[@itsaamour422]

Yes we want a Pitocin video!!!👏🏻

[@mamanursetina]

Sounds good!

[@user-hg4py3in3p]

Could you make a video about why people are avoiding c-sections? I checked statistics, and the rates of emergency ones are so high, that scheduled one seems a better option. No risks of having major surgery after being overtired, no dealing with double recovery - from vaginal and c-section at the same time, predictability and control over the process.

[@OumHouraira]

Can you please do a video on how to choose the right nursing bra for first time moms?

[@jakryk]

Remembering my Obstetrics class in nursing school talking about Shinny Schultz and Dirty Duncan when describing the placenta. You wanted it shinny side out, otherwise there might be trouble.

[@jackiew2026]

Also would love a video on oxytocin/pitocin!

[@jackiew2026]

Is it true that traction can increase chances of having bits of placenta retained?

[@mamanursetina]

I haven’t looked into it so I can’t give you an evidence based answer. I would think if the provider isn’t experienced absolutely that traction can be to much too soon and can result in the cord shearing off the placenta before the placenta comes out

[@darla7911]

I didn’t even know i delivered the placenta until I felt it come out. My doctor pressed on my stomach a few times while baby was still on me was about 5 minutes. One thing I wished I would have asked to look at it. I had an episiotomy which I recover from great. I had an epidural so my pain levels were good just felt tugging when she was doing the stitches but the initial cut I didn’t feel anything. Very thankful we chose to go that route because she said I could’ve possibly torn if we didn’t.

[@mamanursetina]

Yes the placenta is a really really cool organ (I think!!)

[@NunYa3519]

Have you delivered a baby with gastroschisis? If so, can you make a video about the delivery process? I still don't even know if it's possible to have skin to skin time after the abdomen is wrapped, if delayed cord clamping is an option, etc.

[@elysiacelestewells4155]

How is the placenta delivered in a c-section. I don't remember. Do they yank it or? Baby had to go to the NICU so I didn't get skin to skin until the next day.

[@katharineobrien4493]

As someone considering this journey what is your advice in overcoming the fear of the pain associated with contractions and childbirth?

[@mamanursetina]

Be prepared for it the best you can and be flexible. Find good evidence based sources of information and use those as a conversation piece to get your providers input on it and start a discussion. Make a birth preferences and then also look into a birth preference list for the scenario you don’t want to happen so your mind is open to it.

[@loveusa4058]

Exercise healthy if you can as much as possible

[@tinkeramma]

For me, there were two things that really helped. The first was getting all the information I could to understand what was happening. The second was getting so miserable in late pregnancy that I no longer cared what it took to be done.

[@RaeBehrs]

Read "Ina May's Guide to Childbirth" by Ina May Gaskin, "Childbirth Without Fear " by Dr Grantly Dick-Read, and "Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way " by Susan McCutcheon.

[@szfrj]

❤

[@cherryrap]

voting for a new video about pitocine/oxitocine ASAP 😅

[@mamanursetina]

Beauty!

[@soxpeewee]

If hemorrhage is an issue, what about potassium?

[@mamanursetina]

So hemorrhage can become an issue yes, at which point it would be dealt with. Potassium is not usually a concern in childbirth ☺️

[@loveusa4058]

Good afternoon sorry for asking a stupid question? I saw one of your videos is there any chance of women having 2 uterus? Would you not find that out when you have a papsmer?

[@mamanursetina]

So yep women can absolutely have two uteruses and two cervixes. But might not be found out on pap smear. It would be picked up on ultrasound!

[@loveusa4058]

@@mamanursetina wow thank You for the reply, I’m 57 years old and I had no idea about this 🙏🏽💙💘💙

[@AnnaFil-nl6fu]

Please oxytocin video

[@popmusic2008]

Pitocin video please. It's all standard practice like you have to get it and things aren't as good if you dont. But I've heard nothing but horror stories about pitocin so i really don't want it, don't want the pain or fear. So if I have to get it in the future I want as much knowledge as possible to help & not have added pain from fear. (I heard that birth pain was manageable until pitocin was given then it was so bad that people had no choice but to get the undesired Epidural to ease the pain and screw over their birth plan) (side note, i have heard some bad but mostly positive stories about Epidural, usually that it was such a relief after the dreaded pitocin)

[@mamanursetina]

I’ll get on it!

[@fireincarnation2348]

Pitocin wasn't any more painful for me and you can sometimes avoid it by changing positions a lot. My goal was to avoid a c section which pitocin did.

[@popmusic2008]

@@mamanursetina thank you

[@talesofavloggingmommy8479]

Pitocin made labor into pure torture. I could tolerate and manage the pain through breathing until then. So, in my case I am to be given pitocin i will get an epidural. I've had two natural births and two with an epidural.

[@harringt100]

It sounds as if you're confusing pitocin given in the first stage to augment labor (is said to make contractions more painful) with pitocin given in the third stage to prevent hemorrhage (more the content of the video.) I would say in both instances informed consent should be sought, but the risk-benefit analysis for each are pretty different.

[@AL-cg4vb]

Remember, there's other reasons not to eat sushi/fish regardless of whether or not you're pregnant. Like the fact we will have fishless oceans by 2048 because of fishing and animal ag 🙃 our babies won't know what whales are because of us.

[@mamanursetina]

I am not a fish eater. Isn’t there responsible/sustainable fish farming?

[@tinkeramma]

​@mamanursetina There is. Now it's up to those of us who do eat fish to purchase sustainable food.

[@mamanursetina]

@@tinkeramma Fingers crossed people do...our earth is shouting at us louder and louder to respect it as the years go by