I had the best night last night! On the spur of the moment, my mom asked me if I'd like to come into work with her last night for a few hours. She works as a nurse in labor and delivery and the nursery at Henry Mayo Hospital. I threw on a pair of scrubs and was ready to go. We only live about two minutes from the hospital which is nice. I was worried that the other nurses were going to be mad that I was there or that I'd get in the way, but they were all really nice. I spent the evening cuddling with the newborns. It's so amazing to see this little thing that was just born a few hours ago. My mom had to do all the blood assessments so I got to watch that and some of the babies needed to be fed so I got to feed them from the bottle. They were all so adorable. And even though they are just a few hours old, you can see that they have personality quirks already. One kid would stare right at you when you talked to it, and then another kid kept sticking its tongue out. I wanted to take them all home with me, but of course that is illegal. haha. When it got later in the night and the florescent lights were getting annoying and everyone was getting a little sleepier, my mom would pick up the babies and move their mouths around like they were talking. I was scheduled to go in and watch a live birth too. The nurse told me it was almost time but to wait in the nursery for a bit and she'd come get me, but she forgot!! The baby was this woman's 3rd kid so it just sorta popped out really quickly and she came running in apologizing profusely that I had missed it. I was bummed out cuz I would really love to see a live birth, but I'm not too disappointed because everyone invited me to come back in anytime so I'll get to see one the next time I go in which will be soon I'm sure. The night gave me some interesting perspective and made me wonder what it would have been like if I had chosen a profession like that, but in the end I decided it wouldn't suit me. I'm too squemish and I would definitely not be cut out for it. I'm happy where I am but am looking forward to the next time I can go there again.
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