Any infertile ob/gyn nurses here?

Specialties Ob/Gyn

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Hi,

I haven't started nursing school yet, but I'm considering becoming an ob/gyn nurse. The thing is, I have Turner Syndrome so I'll never be able to have kids. I'm afraid that would make this job too emotionally difficult for me, but I don't really know because I've never tried to do it. Any of you guys infertile who are ob/gyn nurses? And how do you deal with it?

Specializes in ICU, trauma.

if it did happen to be too emotional for you, you would still be an RN. You can work in any specialty imaginable if you didn't tolerate OB

I don't personally have a fertility problem (that I know of, I have no desire to have kids any time soon), but I work in all areas of OB - L&D, mother/baby, NICU, and even occasionally peds - and I'd actually say about half my coworkers were never able to have children or just never did. Granted this is likely a coincidence, but a lot of the ladies I work with say working in mother/baby or L&D, etc., fulfills that part of themselves that "missed out" rather than exaggerates their sadness.

One thing I know one of my coworkers became a mom/baby nurse for was the adoption process. We as mom/baby nurses take care of all infants, especially the abandoned/withdrawing/up-for-adoption babies waiting for a good home. One of my coworkers got permission to be a foster parent, and ended up permanently adopting three of the infants she'd cared for in hospital.

But everyone is different, and everyone deals with grief/struggles in different ways. :unsure:

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