labor and delivery

So I had my first clinical on labor and delivery. I was scared and horrified that I had to go there. EWWW. I did not want to participate in this, because i would never want to work with laboring pregnant women and little new born babies. Oh how wrong was I. I loved it. I wish I could go back for more. The nurses on L and D are amazing. They run their asses off, have to think critically all of the time, they get to do so much more than other nurses(not really but it just seemed like it), they have more contact with their patients because they don't have CNA (HCA's) on their floor. I only hope to be a nurse who has the opportunity to work on that floor. I loved it. I haven't had a clinical experience like it yet. I went home and was elated from the work. That is what I want to go home exhausted and yet exhilarated from work. Some day.

NO it does not mean that I want to have a child of my own. I just want to help bring them from the womb and into the world and then send them on their way and welcome another one in.