11 Nurses Share Their Craziest Baby Delivery Stories

“We’ve had some interesting social situations. Nurses are incredibly diplomatic and capable of managing very complex dynamics, but one of the most memorable situations was when a patient came in with a boyfriend, a father of the baby, and a husband. We had to keep them all straight! They weren’t allowed to be in the room together, so it wasn’t always clear who we should let in when. The patient got along with all three of them, but she tried to keep them separate. I don’t know how she managed it!” —Jamie Vincent, a labor and delivery nurse at a community hospital in Walnut Creek, CA, and a member of the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)