Mommy Nurse

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Way back 2011 I got my RN license. It felt great to become a really registered professional. I thought that I could help my family in terms of financial problems. However, looking for a job related to my profession was very difficult at that time. But I was able to manage to find a job in a rural place after a year. My auntie is a resident doctor there. I felt so lucky even if the salary is lower than the minimum rate per month. At least I could help my family pay their bills. After 6 months I finished my contract in that hospital and went back to my hometown. I had no chance of renewing my contract due to unavoidable problems. After a year I got pregnant. I thought this as a blessing for my family. During my pregnancy, I always thought of becoming an OB-Gyn Nurse. Knowing how it felt like to have a big tummy and a baby kicking inside was a great experience. The situation gave me an inspiration to take care of those women who were expecting a baby. I can share my own experiences I had when I was pregnant. I can be able to relate with what they feel.

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.

We generally don't call them "mommy nurses" because that kind of infantilizes it and sounds patronizing. I prefer "OB nurse" or "maternal health nurse"

And generally, you don't want to do too much sharing of your own experiences, because that tends to take the focus away from the woman for whom you're caring, and when you do that, it's easily to personalize your patient's experience, which can cause bias and less effective care.

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I agree with Klone. I don't have any kids so I have nothing to share:)

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Specializes in Certified Nurse Midwife.
We generally don't call them "mommy nurses" because that kind of infantilizes it and sounds patronizing.

I kind of understood her to mean that she is now a 'mommy' AND a 'nurse'; not that she was referring to OB nurses as 'mommy nurses'...

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.
During my pregnancy, I always thought of becoming an OB-Gyn Nurse. Knowing how it felt like to have a big tummy and a baby kicking inside was a great experience. The situation gave me an inspiration to take care of those women who were expecting a baby. I can share my own experiences I had when I was pregnant. I can be able to relate with what they feel.

Please keep in mind that having been pregnant and given birth in no way guarantees that you will have a successful career as Ob-Gyn nurse. I remember in nursing school where a few classmates thought they had the Mother/Baby class in the bag because they had the "relevant experience," so to speak.

Guess who were most of the people that failed out of that class were? Those who were banking on their "relevant experience." You'll quickly find out that it takes a little more than "been there, done that" to be good at OB/Gyn.

That being said, if you are interested in the specialty, you should definitely pursue it! Just be sure to go into it with your eyes wide open. Don't think it'll be easy just because you've had a child...or easy period.

Best of luck!

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.
Sorry. I'm just a newbie here and my entry is unfinished. I don't know how to edit it again.

No worries: if you can't edit a post, just make another post and continue saying what you wanted to say.

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