Your Opinion

Nibbles1 · Feb 1, 2015

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.

JWG223 · Feb 1, 2015

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

Aurora77 · Feb 1, 2015

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.

JWG223 · Feb 1, 2015

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.

elkpark · Feb 1, 2015

As JWG noted, that is a v. personal decision, and none of us can give you an answer to your question that really means anything. You will get a better idea of how L&D might work for you when you go through your OB rotation in school.

AspiringNurseMW · Feb 1, 2015

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?

MrsICURN14 · Feb 1, 2015

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.