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athenaskye117 t1_j20asoy wrote

Reply to comment by Poisonous_plum in Southern NH Versus St. Joseph’s by [deleted]

That is good to know! One upside is that St. Joseph’s also uses patient-controlled nitrous oxide, and Southern does not (just IVs and the epidural). Do you feel like the pain medication that they gave you was enough?

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Poisonous_plum t1_j20f8ux wrote

I do! I was induced for various reasons and the most painful part of that for me, was the Foley catheter during the induction and they were great with giving me what I needed for pain management with that. Once my water broke and I was officially in labor, I was able to ask for my epidural pretty quickly and gave birth within 4 hours. I declined any pain medication after the factor so I can’t speak to that. I will say, SNH is a teaching hospital and has nursing students in/out so if you’re not comfortable with that it is something to know and be aware of.

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athenaskye117 t1_j21eahe wrote

That is good to know! Pain management during birth is probably one of my biggest concerns haha! I am glad you could get the epidural quickly!

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athenaskye117 t1_j227v4e wrote

May I ask which doctor team you went to at Southern?

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Poisonous_plum t1_j229f5b wrote

Womens care of Nashua, their office is literally right next door to the hospital and so easy to get to! my ob was dr Melissa martinez. She was amazing! I really liked that I could use any lab in the SNH network, depending on where I was in Nashua. Sometimes I used the main lab, other times I used the lab down 101a by home goods and big lots!

ETA: I also really liked that their ultrasounds and Non-Stress Tests were done in the same office, right down the hall. It was nice to not have to go to different places all over the hospital for that.

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