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Hello. I am a nursing student and I have been given an assignment to write a 1500 word essay about whether I think nursing is a profession or just a job. I know how I feel about it, but I have to have sources to back up my statements. Anyway, I would love to use this website as a source and was wondering if some of you could share your opinions with me. Thank You!

I had all 4 of my kids in the lithotomy position. With my 3rd I was trying to push while on my side because it was more comfortable for me, but the doctor made me change into the lithotomy.

When I had my last child, I tried for 2 weeks to breastfeed. I couldn't get her to latch on correctly, she would make the clicking noise each time. She was getting enough milk, but my nipples hurt so much the whole time she was feeding and didn't get much better when she wasn't. So I finally gave up and put her on a bottle. The stress that was created from all the pain was gone and my husband and I were finally able to just enjoy our baby instead of worrying about what we were doing wrong. We had all kinds of people (including nurses) look down on us for our decision. They felt that we should have kept trying, that it would've gotten better eventually. Well, come to find out, our daughter is tongue-tied (the frenulum connecting her tongue to the bottom of her mouth is very tethered, making her tongue have little ability to move like it should). We then went through a trying time of deciding whether or not to have her condition operated on, but that's a whole other story. Anyway, I had feelings of guilt because of comments people made. Nobody should have to go through those feelings because it is your choice how you raise your own child.

Mine was thin...only 2 sheets of paper!