LOVE maternity nursing so far!

Hi everyone!

I've always hoped to go into maternity nursing and have been worried that once I actually did my OB clinicals it would be different than I expected and I would change my mind. I'm in my second week though and so far I absolutely love it! Every other area that I've been in, the aides were the ones who spent most of the time with the patients while other than a few chunks of time the RN was required to do things that weren't direct patient care. In OB I love the fact that the RN is the one in with the patient and that she has so much to do with making it a good experience for the mother and the family. I know that there's charting and all that goes with nursing but overall it seems that there is so much opportunity for interaction with the patient.

I have another year until I graduate and after that I want to get a year's experience in med/surg, but I can't wait until I have the chance to work in OB. For any of you who knew you absolutely wanted to go into OB but worked med/surg as a new grad, was it something you were glad you did and do you feel that it made you a better nurse once you transitioned into OB? I feel like that year is going to kill me because it's time spent away from an area that I really want to be in but I would always regret it if I didn't do it.

Thanks for any input you can give me