Summer Semester

So after having a whopping 4 days off, summer semester is in full swing (as of April 28). I am proud to say I have gone to every class this semester. Yea me! Anyhow, I have just gotten off of my OB/GYN rotation and it left quite a bit to be desired. This rotation has just confirmed my fears of having a baby in a hospital. One of my clients in L&D wanted to have an intervention free delivery and came in with a very specific birth plan. My favorite comment made amongst the multitudes of derogatory comments made was "If she doesn't want our help she should have never came here." I was thinking wow these nurses sure are using the term "help" loosely. I had to hold my tongue quite a bit as to not jeopardize the relationship with this floor and the school of nursing and failing clinical, but I was livid. What was the point of bad mouthing this family? How was she making anyone's job more difficult? Just because she was so called "different" does not give anyone the right to talk about someone so meanly. It was just plain mean and wrong.

My sister recently had a baby. She was induced at 39 4/7 weeks. She called me to tell me she was being induced and I immediately became concerned because she had a bout of eclampsia with her last baby. She then proceeded to tell me she was tired of being pregnant so her doctor was going to induce her. Wow. My sister that thinks she wants to be a midwife is willingly subjecting herself to an unnecessary intervention. And then gets mad at me because I tell her I think it is a bad idea. Blah, blah, blah many hours and much pitocin later her labor "stalls" and she is given the option of an epidural or a c-section. Epidural it was. On a positive note at least she got to rest and still have a vaginal delivery. I was just frustrated because this is her third baby and she did not have an epidural with the last baby, so she knew she could do it; what changed her mind? Why did she not trust her body to go into labor naturally? Why did her doctor even offer an induction? I guess I just don't get it. But if that is the experience she wanted then I am happy for her and I thank God that her and my niece are healthy and home. I am working on being supportive without letting my bias get in the way, it is just very hard for me at times.

On another note, all I have left now is bootcamp and the NCLEX. Bring it on!!! Then I will no longer be a nursing student, but a midwifery student. So close, so close 56 days to be exact (not that I am counting). Okay, enough procrastinating off to write a paper about writing a paper (I mean that literally, sad but true).