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I know several nurses who could not conceive that worked in L/D. One nurse adopted a baby that the mother didn't want. She became a nurse midwife and was one of my instructors.

That's far too personal for others to answer for you. We can tell you how WE would feel, but we can't project.

I'm infertile. Even though I've made peace with it, there's no way I would go into L&D. Your mileage may vary.

I'm infertile. Even though I've made peace with it, there's no way I would go into L&D. Your mileage may vary.

During my clinical rotation through L&D, all the nurses there talked about was getting pregnant, being pregnant, and how they were trying to get pregnant, or what it was like to have just been pregnant. I personally cannot imagine being a woman who has ANY ISSUE AT ALL with being infertile not having a breakdown in such an environment.

Have you done your L&D rotation yet? If you did what did it feel like for you? Totally a personal decision. Do you plan on attempting on trying for children using other means?

I was trying to conceive and having problems during my OB rotation in school.

For that reason, I HATED my OB class and rotation. All it did was remind of what I so badly wanted and couldn't have.

I'm pregnant now, a year later, but before I got pregnant there is no way I could have worked anything in OB.

It was way too hard for me. But everyone is different. To each their own.