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All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.

Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)

Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC

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A place to come to for Navy Moms & Family Members who find themselves with an emptynest. A place to share our thoughts..comfort each other and give advice.

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A place to come to for Navy Moms & Family Members who find themselves with an emptynest. A place to share our thoughts..comfort each other and give advice.

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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on May 9, 2023 at 9:20am: Good Morning all!

Jacob94mom - I am sending prayers that everything clears up quickly for baby Cameron. When B was born (almost 34 years ago) he had a very similar issue with breathing issues and turning blue. He stayed an extra week in the hospital, they did a "partial exchange transfusion" on him and he came home on a heart monitor for 3 months. But in the end everything turned out fine - no surgery needed, diagnosed as "bradycardia" which is a slow heart rate and no problems ever since. I hope that it is something minor for Cameron and he is home soon. It is hard to go home without your baby! Please tell them we are praying for them.

To update on C - her doctor "fired" her. Told her she won't be delivering her baby which was supposed to be TODAY unless she had a Csection. The hospital had her come in yesterday, she met with another doctor who did a full ultrasound and work up - estimated Oliver to be 9lb 6oz 19.1 inches long and YES, she can try for a vaginal delivery. She said that is no reason to "automatically schedule a c-section". Mind you, C is almost 6 feet tall and her original doctor told her she should have no problem delivering a big baby. Don't know why everything changed 24 hours from D day. BUT, problem was/is HER doctor is the doctor on-call at the hospital today so the new doctor (who doesn't actually do deliveries - she's the women's health dr) didn't want there to be issues with C and the Dr today so they moved everything to tomorrow. She will get the Dr on call tomorrow as the delivery doctor but it won't be her Dr who "fired" her. C is so relieved that they are at least letting her start out with a regular delivery rather than just jumping to a Csection. She knows it could be a possibility but it's not just as a "convenience" for the doctor. So she goes in tomorrow morning - 9am for induction. I talked to C multiple times yesterday and she was such a mess, stressing, angry, worried, all sorts of emotions but the final call she was finally feeling good, relieved, even happy about the outcome. So please keep B&C in your prayers tomorrow as we await the delivery of Oliver!

Oh and she has a call into the Veterans Admin to get everything approved with the last minute "Dr change" so keep your fingers crossed they approve that. Shouldn't be an issued since it's still the same hospital but I sure don't want them to have an issue with the bill!

Comment by Jacob94mom on May 8, 2023 at 1:57pm: Thank you Mariecb!
B’s. Might I give you something to ponder. I’ve had 3 c-sections the first after 36 hours of labor and got to 1 cm- wasn’t about to do that again.
Also, coached my friend through her 10 lb baby delivery. At the last minute baby turned and got stuck. They had to do an emergency c-section. She was put under anesthesia and didn’t get to meet her baby until hours later. And baby had trouble nursing because he was extra sleepy due to the anesthesia. Mind you this was 30 some years ago.
With a scheduled section you can have a spinal block and be awake and meet and snuggle baby immediately.
just something to think about. Hugs to you all, and keep us posted as well.

Comment by mariecb on May 8, 2023 at 1:33pm: Jacob94mom - that is a lot to take in as new parents and family!! Please keep us posted - sending prayers and positive energy your way too. Take GOOD care...

Comment by Jacob94mom on May 8, 2023 at 1:29pm: B’s - I agree with you! That is crazy. I’m sure you can thank all the people who sue dr’s for the switch. But at the last minute, yeah that’s not right.
Our little guy is having some issues, he is in the NICU now. His oxygen level keeps going down and his little feet are blue. They put him on 4% oxygen and an antibiotic. They just finished up with an EKG. There’s a little flap on one of the heart valves that sends blood flow to the brain while baby is in utero. When they are born it switches to sending blood to the lungs with the first breaths. It should resolve itself eventually, but has to stay in the NICU until it does. Could be days or weeks. The hospital is letting Mom and Dad stay one more night then they have to go home and come and go. They seem ok for now, but we’ll see what happens when they have to go home without baby tomorrow.

Comment by mariecb on May 8, 2023 at 10:37am: B'sNukeMom - sending prayers and positive energy for this delivery...

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on May 8, 2023 at 10:29am: Jacob94mom - Contratulations! Glad everything went well.

Ours is not going as well....B&C are scheduled for induction tomorrow morning 9am EST. Well, they got a phone call this morning from her Dr's office telling them basically they will be scheduled for a c-section because they are concerned about Oliver being so big. They told the dr's office they know he's going to be big but she wants to keep her induction and continue with V delivery. The Dr's office told her "if you don't have a c-section then we are transferring you to the OB doctor on staff and we won't be delivering your baby".

Who does that to a woman 24 hours from when you are scheduled to go to the hospital? I am so pissed right now that they would do this to them. B&C are holding their ground. C says she knows he's going to be big but everything was ok prior to this for her to deliver naturally. She knows she could end up with a c-section but why not tell her she MUST have it or they won't deliver. She's stressing, he's stressing, I'm stressing.....The goal obviously is to get him here safely but man, this is messed up.....

Comment by mariecb on May 7, 2023 at 12:26pm: Congratulations!! So good to hear all is well!

Comment by Tammy⚓️Girl on May 7, 2023 at 10:53am: Jacob94mom, Congratulations. Best wishes to you and the family. What a beautiful name too.

Comment by Jacob94mom on May 7, 2023 at 8:44am: Baby Cameron as arrived! Just before Midnight last night.
6 lbs 15 Oz. 20.5 inches. All went fast once she finally got past 5 cm. Mommy and Daddy are great, tired and in love. They haven’t sent me pictures yet, but we did FaceTime once they got to their room. About 2 am.