Birthday Nurse

I know, 3 weeks is a long time to go without blogging...but 3 weeks is a long time to go without a baby too!! We've all been running our tails off at work the last several weeks, but I've seen no fruits of my labor. I keep getting antes, cervidils or getting a labor patient started and then leaving them blocked, comfy and well on their way in the morning...just to let someone else get the fun of delivering :( Even worse are the nights I've come in and had 3 recoveries to move...that's just the dirty work!! Oh well...I guess it's all a part of the process, so I'll do it anyway. I did get "fired" for the first time by a patient this week. I was more than a little upset and hurt by it...until I found out that there hadn't been a nurse yet that she'd gotten along with...including the "reverend mother" of the unit (the sweetest, most caring, gentle, knowledgeable nurse on the unit). The first words out this woman's mouth were "ho...

This weekend has been CRAZY. Not "no end of patients" crazy, just steady and "nobody goes home" weekend! After the 33wkr came in with no heart tones on Friday night, things just snowballed. I feel like I've gotten SUPER lucky though. I've had AMAZING patients and AMAZING delivereis EVERY NIGHT!! Makes up for that week of all antes and NO babies! Anyway...I'm pooped! Friday night I got a totally cool patient, she's a nurse at one of the children's hospitals in town. I feel an extra bond when the patient is a nurse too, even if they don't know the first thing about labor. I think there is something to be said for having the common ground of just working in a hopsital. They know what it's like to get tied up with doctors, they know what it's like when things have to change or don't go EXACTLY as planned, they've learned what it's like to go with the flow. Even if you're not a nurse, you still understand the environment an...