So tonight I will be trying to stay up as late as possible so that I can try and sleep tomorrow. O the joys of being a nurse on night shift! No but really I actually like it. The only part I don't really like is your off time and the fact that nobody around you gets the night shift thing especially the people who really should like your family! On your first day "off'" you have just gotten home at about 8 or so that morning so you try and get some sleep for a while then you can rejoin the rest of the world.
I do love my job though, I am a Mother Baby nurse. I take care of moms and babies from 2hrs after delivery until they go home. It is very rewarding to help a new family grow and to teach them. It can also be very trying but all well worth it. The most common misunderstanding of my floor is that it is always such a happy place and that all we do is hold babies. NOT! Not everyone is happy to be having a baby. Not everyone is married and has planned this baby and is in a healthy relationship. For the most part theses days it actually seems like the normal family is actually the rarity these days.
But this is also a part of my job that is rewarding. Getting to step in and let them know everything will be ok. That they may have a tough road ahead but nothing worth having is easy. To offer my knowledge and heart to get them through whatever it is that they are facing.
Not to mention it does help me get my baby fill in. Though these days I am feeling overwhelmingly ready to become a mom again. My husband and I have been married for three years now and have a 2yr old boy. I feel the only real thing that is keeping me from baby #2 is our home. We are trying to sale our town home so that we can get into something bigger. I pray that this happens soon because we need the space with it just being the three of us I could not imagine bringing another baby in. For such a little thing babies take up a lot of room!
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