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I am interested if anyone has any info on how legal this is. Are some hospitals different in regards to who can be with baby during NB screen and circ? Is there some legal right parents have to be with baby during these procedures? THanks, a hopeful L&D nurse to be

Hi all. I am a BA grad from Ole Miss and live in Oxford. I am thinking of applying to NWCC to get my ADN and then go on to do BSN somewhere (hopefully UM online) and then go on into a specialty master's. I have some questions for you been there done thats: 1. I have a 4year degree but I heard they still look at ACT and high school GPA. My ACT was 30 (10 years ago, lol) and my HS GPA was 4.0 but my college cum GPA was 2.5. How do my chances for getting in look? 2. I am thinking of taking this year to get alot of my non NURS classes out of the way (yes I know you have to have 12 hrs each sem, though). Is this a good idea? 3. My main goal is to get rid of the lab classes before enrolling so I can keep classes mainly to the morning. I have 2 kids and want to be home with them in the afternoons. 4. Can I keep my classes on M and W? It looks that way online. but I'm skeptical. THanks for any info! Corinne

I'm not even IN nursing school yet, but I'm on the road to it. I plan to get my CNM, too, and I have 2 kids (5 and 2). I just spent the past 12 months working as a CPM assistant doing homebirths. I will tell you sthat it was very hard. I started right after my youngest turned 1. You have to be organized and prepared. Read: no dirty dishes, unfolded clothes, unplanned school projects...you get it. Meals need to be thought out and Dad friendly so your kids don't eat crap while you are gone. But honestly, you probably are already pretty good at that b/c you work already. Going from stay at home to on call is probably alot harder. If your husband says he supports you, then he will. Most men don't offer lip service to their women when they know it is only going to be hard on them. My husband took a while to get used to it and I had to give hom room to be pissy about it, too. I knew that when I called with updates and let him know it would be a long one, he would be irritated. That isn't b/c he was unsupportive, but b/c he wan't used to being a single dad. It took him a few hours after I got home to unwind and be cool again. But that is us. It wasn't ever a huge issue, although it is something that was new for us. We both knew that this was right for me and would eventually work out. The kid thing works out, too. Lots of babies are born while everyone else is asleep. Alot of times, I was home before they woke up. I was tired that day, and took a nap when the little one did (big guy let me sleep while he watched a movie) but the world still turned. I mean, I got to help a lady have a baby....that is way worth a day of fatigue. If I had to go and find childcare, I had someone lined up. Most ladies "make noise" before laboring hard and you have to have the good sense to have childcare lined up. Good luck! I think the trials on your family are, for most folks, a make it or break it deal. I know a few MW apprentices who quit b/c they didn't like ditching their kids or the schedule. Corinne