Well, I'm not a nurse yet...hope to be in about 2 years - if I get into my program. I had the most wonderful labor and delivery nurse when I had my first child. My mom had just died of cancer 5 months before my daughter was born. (That was also a wonderful experience with hospice nurses) I was so scared and really was missing my mom terribly. My nurse, Linda, got me through everything. She knew what I needed before I did - a warm blanket, a change of position to get things going, etc. My epidural came a little late and I started to freak out a little (or maybe a lot, I think I was hyperventilating) with all of the pain and its intensity. When my contractions were overtaking me and I could not remember how to breathe she got right in my face and helped me through it all. She was like a personal trainer mixed with lots of kindness. It was just what I needed. She was wonderful!