difficult situation
I just have to vent for a minute.
I am a labor and delivery nurse, which, unlike most people believe, is not all sunshine and rainbows. For the past 2 shifts I cared for a young girl dealing with a 19 week fetal demise. At 19 weeks you still must experience "labor". You get induced with whatever medication your OB sees fit and you dilate and deliver your baby. This was my first demise.
I was handeling it well, nervous about the deliver and how it would go, but the patient was okay now I was okay.
Then she delivered. And it was so much harder to keep it together. But I was managing. Until one of my coworkers - who I don't particularly care for in the first place - said to me, "wow this must be extra hard for you because you want to be pregnant". IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE NURSES STATION.
Now I've only shared that we are TTC with a few people and she happened to over hear. But for some reason this really just pushed me over the edge emotionally and I lost it. I was sobbing at the nurses station - still in front of everyone.
Such a horrible night at work. 😔😔😔
Here's to hoping that my turn comes soon and that I don't have any more fetal demise patients any time soon.
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