So busy

I warned all of you how busy I was going to be, and it turns out it was all true. I promise to post soon, with pictures and everything.

Babies come when they want to!

Sooo....the most awesomest thing happened to me last night. I delivered my patient without the MD there. No it was not on purpose, yes I tried to make her wait, and everything turned out totally great. She was like 7 cm the last time I checked her and I started some pit. 2 hours later I went in to check her again and she was really hurting. Her water was still intact at this point so I check her...she is a 9 and this is not her first baby. RED FLAG. I need the MD now. And the MD is close-5 min away. I'm having her (the mom) pant and breath and I keep asking her "don't push, try not to push, just breath, we can get through this, etc" She is on her side making that primal grunt-the one just before she pushes the baby out- and I decide to take a closer look. I lift her leg and I can see head, and its getting bigger. She is not panting, not breathing, she is pushing, and that baby is coming NOW. I yell out, "We're having a baby in here." My troops arrive (Thank the G-man for other nurses) and we have a baby. Needless to say the MD walks in like 3 min later and the MD is not happy. This was my first delivery all by my self. I have assisted several but this was one was all mine. I have to brag just a bit-no lacs, thank you, thank you. I think it was a combination on me trying to hold the head in because I really did want the doctor there and trying to keep the delivery of the head nice and slow. We need no Va J J explosions with out the MD. I then checked for a cord, nope we were good. One good push for the shoulders and we had a baby girl. I waited a bit before clamping the cord. Then I let Dad have the honors of cutting the cord. We gave the baby to Mom and all was well. The coolest thing was breaking the Bag of Water. I had to break the membranes with just the head out, and then peel it around the head so that the baby could take a breath of air. Awesome. That was the best adrenaline rush I have had in like forever. I wanted to tell them to name her Nicole...I was that proud of my accomplishment. I didn't though, I do have some self control. This charging thing is going great. It has forced me to step up as nurse, and I like being that person. Not an hour later the same thing almost happened again (to another nurse), the head was out and the MD had to catch the baby with no gloves-barely making it into the room for the delivery. What fun.

Going BALD

Okay so I am not really going bald but I am NuTz! Everyone keeps giving me a hard time about updating my blog...so this is the boring post you get for annoying me. My computer has been OuT oF OrDeR for like a month-that is why I have no new pics. I prefer blogs with pics so I don't feel very motivated to post without them.

I started school this last (ummm) okay so I started back in mid August. I am crazy busy with it. I am in charge of the Flu Shoot Out, I am like the "go to person" between the college and the Health Dept. I have over 100 Clinical hours to do at the Public Health Dept sometime over the next month. I have 2 APA papers to write, a journal log to keep-which I am already 3 weeks behind on) and I have to do a "Community Assessment" project which is another 30+ hours. I hate school but I am so close to being done.

I went back to working full time in Aug. Three days really is a lot compared with only working two days a week before. I recently became a Charge Nurse (pay raise) which has added 2 additional meeting a month on top on the two I already had. I am due for like all of my recerts for work--ie, NRP, BLS, ACLS, MOMS, & AWHONN. I will be doing these over the next month and a half.

I am a mother of 4. With a 2yo and a 1yo. (Okay that is not new and I really DO like my kids!) Coorditnating all of their stuff as well as sitters around all of my stuff is like having 2 more full time jobs. Swim practice 2-3 times a week. Gymnastics once a week. And to think I want to put Alli into dance class...Mwahaha.

I am working on having another baby...not for me silly! This gestational carrier (GC) thing is a lot of work but at the same time feels incredibly rewarding. I have had tons of MD appts and have TONZ more to still attend. I also have to find 5 days to go back to NJ to get knocked up like the 2nd week of Nov. AND it's official...I don't have GC or CLaM--I know you were all so worried about that. Plus I have a PHAT uterus.

Then there is Christmas coming (and Halloween and Thanksgiving).

My life is CRAZY. Just to keep me sane, I have my next trip to Disneyland in the works. I love that place. Allison should be just tall enough for Gadgets Go Coaster in Toon Town. I have been donating PLASMA twice a week to save up some extra spending mula for this trip. You might say it is an obsession, I said MIGHT.

So if any of you have some free time you would like to donate to my dwindling supply I would greatly appreciate it.

Tagged

So Kamille tagged me with the "3 things" so here goes...

3 JOYS
1. watching my two babes learn something new.
2. pay day
3. laughing till it hurts (or you pee just a little)

3 FEARS
1. peeing my pants from laughing
2. not getting paid
3. disneyland closing

3 GOALS
1. finish school
2. Complete a GC cycle
3. survive the next 2 months

3 CURRENT OBSESSIONS
1. school
2. sleep
3. plasma

3 REGRETS
1. taking so long to get my BSN
2. Not saving money
3. selling my honda civic

3 FACTS
1. 25yo married female
2. G4 PARA1122 (!!!!!!!!)
3. Love Disneyland


Okay, so if you read this and need something to post about-consider yourself tagged.