This is a great thread. I currently work with people who have disabilities and it's both rewarding and stressful work. My passion is working with expectant families, providing labour support, teaching breastfeeding, attending births. I would love to be a midwife or a nurse but this stage of life with three small children and no childcare, it's the wrong time. Have done some doula work on the side which scratches the itch somewhat. It doesn't feel like work to me. That is my passion. Maybe when the kids get older I can go back to school. Midwifery is probably the wrong choice even though I truly believe in the model of care midwives provide because living on-call can be rough for a person with a mood disorder. I need regular sleep to function well. A 9-5 job does that for me. At least as a nurse if I had shift work I could have blocks of time where I knew what my hours were going to be. I so enjoy working with moms and babies.