The Luck of a Nurse

Its official I have the luck of nurse. For those of you who dont know what that means allow me to explain. Nurses work in various areas such cancer, surgery , emergency etc. It is not uncommon to those of us in the nursing world to experience what we call unlucky nurse syndrome. What this means is that nurse seem to be prone to coming down with medical issues related to the are they work in. A nurse who works in the OR needing surgery, an emerg nurse needing stiches ... you get the picture. Anyway I can now add myself to that list.

Im by training an obstetrical nurse so what is the most likely going to happen to me? Im going to have some sort of pregnancy related issues. So it begins I have PIH or more commonly known has Pregnancy Induced Hypertension. In lay man terms it means I have high blood pressure cause by being pregnant. Its not a good thing to have it can cause lots and lots of troubles, but lucky for me I have a wonderful doctor and she is on the ball. So after a bad headache. bad pressure situation today I saw her and am now on blood pressure meds and off work till the 15th of December on modified bed rest. So Im gonna try and not have stress or worry creep in too much and take care of myself and the little bean.

Yes I know that these things can happen to anyone but ask a nurse any nurse and they will not only agree but have a story about a nurse who they knew who had some sort of illness related to the area they are in. Right now I know 4 nurses from the hospital that are pregnant and all are off for one reason or another. Anyway Im gonna rest and hope for the best... oh we can talk about my front lying placenta and breech presentation baby another day, after all only a nurse will have all these issues. Its scientifically proven.... well maybe not but it should be.