02-21-2019, 08:21 PM
“It can sometimes take the medication a couple hours to start working but once labor begins it can be anywhere from 3 to 8 hours depending on how your body works with the medication. Either way it is faster than natural labor would be. Now I am going to go put the order in for the medication. Nurse Elsie will be I. Soon to deliver it and bring you breakfast. Because we are inducing labor it will be a very light meal as we don’t want you to eat too much in case we end up needing to preform a c-section. Try and get some rest while you can,” she tells him with a smile. “By the end of the day you will have your baby in your arms,” she adds as she leaves the room.
A few minutes later Nurse Elsie enters the room pushing a cart full of supplies and also carrying a covered food tray. “I hear someone is going to be having a baby today,” she says warmly as she stops by the bed and closes the privacy curtain. “I have the medication the doctor ordered as well as your breakfast. Let’s get you set up with the meds and then I will leave you to eat,” she tell him as she puts in a pair of gloves. Working quickly she changes out his empty IV bag with a new one and also sets up the Pitocin and attaches it to the catheter in his arm. After she gets it flowing she has him get back in position and inserts the suppository. “There we go,” she tells him as she removes her gloves and washes her hands. “You should be in labor soon. For now I have your breakfast and then will leave you to rest while you wait,” she tell him as she places the food tray on the bed table and rolls it in front of him. “The doctor wants you to eat lightly so it is on,y a scrambled egg and a couple pieces of toast but there is some juice to go with it,” she tells him. “Now I have to go check on another patient but make sure you page me as soon as you start feeling regular contractions. Your baby will be here before you know it,” she tells him giving him a supportive squeeze on the arm before leaving the room.
A few minutes later Nurse Elsie enters the room pushing a cart full of supplies and also carrying a covered food tray. “I hear someone is going to be having a baby today,” she says warmly as she stops by the bed and closes the privacy curtain. “I have the medication the doctor ordered as well as your breakfast. Let’s get you set up with the meds and then I will leave you to eat,” she tell him as she puts in a pair of gloves. Working quickly she changes out his empty IV bag with a new one and also sets up the Pitocin and attaches it to the catheter in his arm. After she gets it flowing she has him get back in position and inserts the suppository. “There we go,” she tells him as she removes her gloves and washes her hands. “You should be in labor soon. For now I have your breakfast and then will leave you to rest while you wait,” she tell him as she places the food tray on the bed table and rolls it in front of him. “The doctor wants you to eat lightly so it is on,y a scrambled egg and a couple pieces of toast but there is some juice to go with it,” she tells him. “Now I have to go check on another patient but make sure you page me as soon as you start feeling regular contractions. Your baby will be here before you know it,” she tells him giving him a supportive squeeze on the arm before leaving the room.