week forty four-Bollobhpur

hmmm trying to remember the past week... me and naomi were partners again, working a lot of morning shifts and going to an anc clinic.

its been a hot week, and our water pump has busted so we’re pumping water from the well outside non stop. going and dumping water on ourselves just to try and stay cool. the good thing is the power isn’t too bad so we usually can have cold water from our fridge! when the power is on me and Naomi sit in our wet towels under the fan, very refreshing!

the hospital was pretty slow as well this week, Jen delivered a stillbirth on wednesday which was a bit hard, especially because it was the mothers second one and she has no live children. that same day me and Naomi went to a clinic where a storm hit and the winds blew like crazy and the rain pelted down. all the women huddled under the roof top to escape and for an hour or so we felt cooled down.

that afternoon Celia told me a women had just come into the hospital in labour so i went and monitored her. she gave birth at six thirty to a little boy! a healthy mom and baby, but the delivery itself stressful. sometimes working with the nursing students can be a little trying, with language and just cultural differences. also though because they have such a different way of doing things. its difficult to explain but the student i worked with that day has a reputation of being very controlling and not very friendly. i was left feeling upset and frustrated with her. we’ve made emends since then and things are okay, but i probably won’t be working with her again!

the rest of the week there were no deliveries so we spent days sitting at the hospital talking with the nursing students and cleaning our house and just hanging out. then saturday a few women came in and Naomi did a delivery that evening. a women also came in at the same time who was only one cm dilated, so i stayed up through the night with her monitoring her, then another women came in at one thirty am who was much further along so i started monitoring both of them. Liz came around two to check in on me and i told her about the two women. Bek and Naomi came around two thirty and slept on one of the beds while i continued monitoring, then at three thirty we brought the second women in to the labour room, her waters were broke and she delivered a beautiful little girl at four o’five am! it was a beautiful delivery no stress and she cried as soon as she was out! the mom was so excited, i’m completely content if that was my last delivery. i’ll be sad to go home and no be able to be a part of deliveries but i’m grateful for the experiences i’ve had.

so after that delivery i came home, showered and layed in bed just as i heard a knock on the door that the first mom was ready. i woke up Liz and went with her to her delivery, while this was happening Celia’s mom from the night before also was ready to push so i ran back to the house and woke her up too! so i stayed their till they delivered and helped with recuss on Liz’s baby, he was born very small and didn’t cry, but after while and with some help he was crying and doing good.

so i didn’t sleep at all saturday night, so sunday i went to bed around seven thirty and woke up at one! it was a good night and doing a delivery always leaves you with a bit of an adrenaline rush so i didn’t feel to tired.

the rest of the weekend and our day off was just relaxing and catching up on sleep, despite being extremely hot was restful.

well i actually get to stay again here for the last week, crazy i know! we leave next saturday for Dhaka.

till next time...