Since I can't really do all the duties of a nurse, I am the unit secretary until I come back from maternity leave. Well, I have a pretty crappy schedule of working every weekend and Monday evenings with some Fridays. Last week, I worked Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. 40 hours in 4 days being 35 weeks pregnant equals not fun and very tired!!! Anyway, work was crazy busy. Friday, I think at one point I had all the charts in front of me with tons of orders on them. I seriously almost cried. Saturday, wasn't too bad, just busy with discharges and admissions. Sunday would have been better if I would have slept the night before. See, Saturday night I was up cleaning my bathroom because my toilet decided to overflow at 10:00 at night. So, that was a big mess. We had some excitement on Sunday though. A confused wife of a patient wanted to turn off the lights but hit the code blue button. That is definitely a sure way to get about 10 nurses fired up. Monday didn't start out too good for me. I was starting to have contractions before work. Nothing regular, so I went to work. (if anything was to happen, I'm already at the hospital!!!). We started out crazy busy. Day shift had 7 admissions and 3 discharges, so there were a stack of charts with orders on them. Then we had a death...which is never any fun. Then later on we had a true code blue. They made it!!!!! Again, that is a sure way to get 10 nurses fired up!!!!!! That shift sure flew by!!!
Anyway, I am so excited....I'm 35 weeks now. I can't wait to see my little girl!! I wonder so many things about her. What does she look like, is she healthy, am I going to be a good mom....you know pretty much what all women go through. I get asked a lot about me being nervous about labor. Honestly, I try not to think about it. It is something I have to go through, so why sit and think about it. I'm just trying to keep an open mind b/c you don't know what is going to happen. I'm pretty much opened to anything except for forceps or the vacuum being used on my baby's head.....that is a big NO in my book!!! I'm just so excited to see her!!!!
Well, this weekend, I actually get some time off. So, John and I are going to visit our friends Jenn and Aaron. They just bought a house, so we are going to go see it. I'm so excited for them!! The house is going to be so cute!!
Hopefully, John will be getting off soon.......hopefully, he will take me to eville. I need to get a few things and refuse to go by myself. He said if he got off early he would take me to eville and to the Olive Garden....YUM!!!! I hope he gets off early!!!!
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