One of the joyous things being a nurse-midwife can have is when the parents name their baby after caregiver's name. I felt so privileged and honored when I learned that my patient decided to name her baby after me. I did asked them many times though if they are really sure of it. They were 100% sure. The baby is very cute like me lol... She is super cute but she had a hip dislocation and was referred to the doctor for it.
During this holiday seasons, I am reminded of the twin babies that I delivered 7 years ago. I wonder how they are doing. I hope they grew up well and in good health. It was a surprise twins. Actually, the day before the patient was in labor I did her prenatal exams and found out that her fundic height is much larger than her Age of Gestation. I referred her for an ultrasound to confirm my suspicion. Due to lack of financial resources, she did not have one. So when she came in labor, I thought that she only has one big baby inside her. She denied to have history of twins in her or her husband's family. I was so surprised when the baby came out very small. I suddenly looked at the tummy, it was still very big. So I did an IE and there was another baby. The second baby came out after 20 minutes. We did resuscitated them both but they recovered very well. To God be the glory. Everything went well.
This was one of the days when we had no patients. We do crazy things. Sometimes we pretend to be patients or patients' husbands. These are my colleagues doing synchronized- pushing on supported squatting. I really love them. They are so great!
After a long night shift, nurses and midwives got hungry after delivering babies. We usually treat ourselves with noodles! It is so much fun eating noodles early in the morning when we have time to eat. There are many nights that we can't even sit for a minute or two because we are busy catching the miracles of life.
When we got a chance to sleep we sleep when there are no laboring patients. It is just very seldom we got this chance though. Mostly we are awake during our night shift. Sometimes I am wondering why babies loves to come out to this world during night time. If we could just schedule them when to come out, life would have been easier. It is okay though because the moment baby comes out, all of the doctor's, nurses' and midwives' tiredness and muscles pains will be gone. Babies are so amazing, it seems like they bring magic to the world. They melt hearts.
Overall growth is rapid this month and the baby grows as much as a half pound per week. At eight months of pregnancy, the baby may weigh 4 to 6 pounds and is gaining about half a pound per week. Layers of fat are pilling under her skin. Soon she will turn head down in preparation for her coming birth.
