Birthday Nurse

Another 2 crazy nights to finish out the week...Wednesday night was another attempt to float me to M/B...that lasted about long enough for me to finish my C/S recovery. Then I took a cervidil , another triage or two, then got a SROM that I got started and ready for dayshift . Pretty good night overall. Loved my cervidil couple, and the SROM couple was pretty hilarious. Thursday night was another night in the zoo. I got to take my cervidil couple back from Wednesday just as she was complete, so we had a baby by about 2000. She did so good, but had had a LONG day on a LOT of pitocin to get the active labor going, so she bled after delivery. Some methergine and 800 mcg of cytotec later and she was OK. I always love to finish those cervidil deliveries, especially if they do it without being cut. I get the start process and the finish process too! An hour into the recovery I claimed the triage crown again and started my 1st of about 4 more triages . One in, one out, one in, one out...

So yesterday was the first time I really wondered if I'm ever going to be a Labor nurse like the nurses that I look up to. I worked with N yesterday, ' cuz I needed an extra day. The patient I walked into at change of shift was about 1 1/2 hours into pushing, and trust me, that's the worst time to switch patients. The first thing you see of them is them up in stirrups and you're supposed to go over and introduce yourself? Right...I wasn't too convinced that this gal was gonna be a great pusher, and we pushed and pushed in this position and that position for another hour and a half. I wasn't seeing much progress and I think we were both getting a little frustrated and poor girl was getting tired. Then Dr. M walked in and somehow put his hands on the head and made it happen. I love Dr. M, he did the first delivery I ever saw and I've always just thought he was a good doc. N came into the delivery, but she scrubbed in to help Dr. M so I really was kinda doin...