hi TeaDrinker
I worked as a maternity nurse for many years.
Ask yourself what you would like a maternity nurse to do.
There are some extremely good and supportive ones and there are some who will do no more than assist with feeding, launder the baby clothes and clean the nursery.
Me.....Slept at night
Usually ate with the family, but knew when they needed to be alone
Undertook as much or as little of the baby's care as mum wanted,supported breastfeeding or bottle feeding
Did everything I could to help mum to to learn to care for the baby.... some it came naturally to, others it was a huge learning curve.
First time mums have different needs
I cared for siblings while mum fed new baby
I cooked, mowed lawns, altered curtains, knitted cardigans(for mum), chauffered.......
If it was wanted and I could do it, I did it.
Oh yes, I could be a very good guard dog when necessary combined with social secretary skills
I mainly worked as full time live, sometimes sharing the baby's room, sometimes had my own room.
Vastly differing households from small maisonette to millionaire mansions.
My care was the same to all, and so were my fees except for twins
Oops, this is not a CV
Hope this helps.