Babies Babies Everywhere!

Today was my first day of OB clinical and I LOVED it! To be honest with you I didn't think I would, for one watching a baby come through a hole that is much to small does not sound appealing, and I have been going through a baby phase for about the last year and playing with a bunch of newborns cannot be good for me. But I loved it. I was in the newborn nursery all day. We had the babies right after they were delivered and then we would take vital signs and bath them and be sure they were stable before sending them into the room to be with their families. We also took care of the babies when the parents didn't want the babies in the room (and you would be shocked at how many babies spent more time in the nursery with us than in the room with their families!).

I learned a lot today. one of the things I learned was how amazing our bodies are, especially as women. God put a lot of thought into creating us. I got to see a placenta today (apparently they keep them for 7 days after the birth) and I was amazed. The membrane was so thin and then the vascular bed and umbilical cord were so thought out. God created our bodies just perfectly to incubate a growing baby and feed it so it has the nutrients to grow, all they while our bodies are still functioning for us! It truly is amazing!

I also got to spend a lot of time loving on newborn infants. Some of these infants made me sad, like the one who parents left him there and are not coming back to get him, or the girl whose mom was on crack and so the baby has been going through withdrawal for 2 days and will not be going home with her mom. It amazes me! I can't believe people can be so selfish especially with an infant who can't defend itself or even choose to be born, it is your actions that creates a baby! And you are responsible for taking care of yourself when you are pregnant because it is not just you! As I fed and held these babies, I just couldn't see how anyone could leave them, or be so selfish that they wouldn't put the baby's needs first. I just don't get it. I also don't get the moms who have a baby and the baby spends most of the time in the nursery away from the mom. If it were me I would want the baby there ALL the time! I don't understand. What I do know was that God put me in that nursery today to love on those babies. That He knew they needed someone in their lives to hold them, pray over them, and love them, and I did! Those babies were precious!

I really enjoyed my first day of OB clinical. Even more than I thought I ever would. As I go through school I keep seeing why God has called me to be a nurse. It is amazing to be chasing the dream that not only I desired but God placed in my heart! I cannot wait to see what God does with me in the next few years! Of this I am sure I will be able to be God's hands and feet in a way that not many people will get a chance to experience, today I got to hold some of His babies, the ones who needed His arms wrapped around them, He used my arms to wrap around them and my hands to bath them and my heart to love them. Life is truly amazing!