Travel Nursing While Pregnant

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Hi Everybody. Just looking for some voices of experience out there! I may start travel nursing this August -- just on a local level -- I would continue to live at my current home. My husband and I were also considering trying to conceive our first child in the next few months. I'm worried about working an assignment and feeling hideously ill with morning sickness. Is that a good enough reason not to get pregnant?

Also, how does maternity leave work with travel companies? I assume that you are just considered "off-assignment" during those few months -- but is insurance a problem then? Is there ever such a thing as "paid time off" in travel nursing?

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Specializes in Cardiac.
. Is that a good enough reason not to get pregnant?

Sounds like you may not want to be pregnant right now...

I'm not a traveling nurse, but we plan to do so in the next 2 years, so I'm anxious to see the responses.

But, do you feel like waiting a little while longer? (and there's nothing wrong with that...)

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That's the trouble. I've been married 7 years and my biological clock is driving me CRAZY! I'm only in my mid twenties, so in a literal sense there's not a hurry. I'm just stressed. We're having trouble paying all the bills, and plus, I DO enjoy variety. Travel nursing seems great in that respect. But I REALLY want to be a mom!

I was hoping someone would pop up and say "Yeah, I popped a baby out between assignments. The travel company's insurance covered the whole thing because I was only off 6 weeks. No problem/cute baby/yay!"

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Specializes in Cardiac.

Lol, wait until you turn 30! That bio clock is all you hear! :uhoh21:

Listen, my advice is (coming from somebody in the infertility world) don't wait if you want them now.

I'm 32, and believe it or not, I already have bad eggs. Doesn't mean I can't conceive, it just means it will take longer. (at least that's what they tell me...)

When you first posted this, I looked at your age first. You're so young! I'm jealous. You DO have plenty of time, but only you know what's in your heart.

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Thanks so much :) I tend to try to plan and control things like this down to the tiniest details. I certainly have noticed all the couples these days struggling to get pregnant and having a lot of sadness because of it. And honestly, way before I wanted to be a nurse, I wanted to be a mom.

I wonder what my recruiter will say when I ask about maternity leave, etc. :)

I am also looking into local staff positions....back up plan, of course.

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I have never encountered a travel company that offers maternity leave. You would just have to take 2-3 months off, and this would be without pay. Also, most companies will only cover you with insurance for a month while you are not working. If you are having trouble paying bills now, it's only going to get worse when you have kids, especially if you have to take 2-3 months off without pay.

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For me,i'll say,why not leave travel nursing fornow that you want to start trying for pregnancy.You can go back to it when you are settled with your family and financial aspect.

Anyway,you are d one wearing d shoes and u know where it pinches most.you know what u want ,go for,follow ur heart.

Azor

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Specializes in Neurosciences/Telemetry/Med-Surg/Travel.

I am 31, I just started traveling, married for 2 yrs. I love traveling but I want to have a baby and we are planning to have a baby in 2009. What we have in mind is save up for the 2 months that I will be off or if I can go back to work in a month, I'll probably do that. My husband does not like the idea of traveling while having a small child, though. What is it like to travel w/ a small child? W/ family? Anyone?

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Specializes in Peds, ER/Trauma.

If your husband is able to stay home with the baby while you are working, I would think that traveling would work, at least while your child is young & not in school. Once they get to be school-aged, you'll need to either settle down somewhere, or look into home schooling.

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If your husband is able to stay home with the baby while you are working, I would think that traveling would work, at least while your child is young & not in school. Once they get to be school-aged, you'll need to either settle down somewhere, or look into home schooling.

That's what I was thinking too.

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