arrrgh! OB is killing me.....

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Just want to vent.... when im on the floor theres nothing to do because noone seems to be giving birth when we are there...

Then Lecture is sooooooo overwhelming!!!!

sigh......

Argh! I don't know how I'm going to get through OB rotation when the time comes for that--I'm a pretty hardcore natural birth advocate, and I don't know how I'm going to stand watching women get pushed into c-sections, pointless inductions, and forced pushing without screaming at someone. Hopefully hospital where we do clinicals isn't too bad for that type of thing.

I won't lie. It's hard. I emailed my clinical instructor at the start of clinical to ask to talk to her to get into a frame of mind where I felt like I wasn't going to scream and she was helpful. I definitely had to let go of a lot and approach it from a different perspective. I think it was easier for me because the hospital where I did OB is better than some of the other area hospitals, they have midwives and RNs who are interested in low-risk and natural birth. They really don't do coached pushing unless there's a reason to get the baby out right away, I saw delayed cord clamping, lots of skin to skin, etc. There were a lot of pointless inductions, trainwreck c-sections, and things that did make me want to scream, but I got through it. Feel free to PM me if you want to chat more.

So glad I'm not the only one that hated OB for basically the same reasons. I've always read Americas sad statistics regarding inductions/c-sections but to actually see all this in person was really sad. The OB floor was more like a big operating room. That and all the bottles and mutilated memberes...I hated it!

OMG ! i couldnt stand OB, we did OB and psych together. I am so glad that is over with.

Wow, can't believe how many people hated OB. I'm kind of shocked...

Specializes in Mother Baby RN.

I'm really into natural births, skin to skin, delayed cord clamping, and such also. I'm worried about how I will feel about seeing women just sit back and let other people decide how and when their children are brought into this world, but I'm still looking forward to it! I'm expecting it to be rather slow on the day shift, I use to help birth animals when I was younger, so I've found it standard for females of most species to birth at night. Despite the negativity on here, I'm still looking forward to that clinical...and ER clinical....psych not so much, I spent 4 years studying it...I find it frustrating as much as interesting.

I'm a doula so I know it will be tough for me to sit back and not offer to help the mom hands-on. I am NOT looking forward to psych, I'm flat out dreading it!

Wow, can't believe how many people hated OB. I'm kind of shocked...

If I was sitting here 7+ years ago, I would be saying the total opposite. At one point the only thing I wanted to do was work in maternity. But my mentality about things changed and I know because of it, I would go insane in maternity, lol. From what I can tell...there's a few sets of people that dislike maternity. 1. They love babies, but don't care to know what it looks like when he/she comes out. 2. They dislike babies and don't care to know what it looks like when he/she comes out. 3. They dislike the way our society deals with L&D, and postpartum...(that would be me). So basically, as with any department...maternity isn't for everyone. :)

Specializes in MICU - CCRN, IR, Vascular Surgery.
Wow, can't believe how many people hated OB. I'm kind of shocked...

Our L&D/Peds/OB clinical was only 8 weeks, and I think I touched 2 patients total in that 8 weeks. It was pretty lame. But I'm not one for babies or pregnancy or any of that to begin with, so I wasn't sad to miss out on most of it. The lecture itself was interesting, but not something I care to ever have to learn or think about ever again!

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