#24 & #25

Delivery #24

Yeah..its been 3 weeks since I did this delivery and am having a really hard time remembering what happened but it was a pretty normal delivery in the afternoon. The baby was taking awhile to come out and she had a small perineum so we needed to do an episiotomy. After given the baby came out quickly. I did the suturing which was my second time suturing here in Bangladesh. Probably my worst experience bc there were 15 student nurses watching me, the head nurse and my staff. Because they don’t do things the same way as us, the head nurse was telling me in Bangla everything I was doing wrong and trying to take over for me while my staff was telling me I was doing fine and to keep going. I was shaking and felt so much pressure from both sides and began to feel light headed. I almost fainted but kept going with the suturing and was a bit delusional through the entire process. Yeah..don’t want to go through that ever again.

I got the name Adella for the baby girl which means noble and of good cheer. Psalm 23:6 ‘surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.’




Delivery #25

Well .. this was a late night delivery… but not as late as some other deliveries I have done.. I was worried about the mom because she was so small and frail..she was probably 85 pounds pregnant!
The baby girl delivered at 9:55pm and I was a bit frustrated bc they do things differently here in Bangladesh and they take over if they don’t understand what your doing or if you are waiting…it’s a bit frustrating but am learning how to work alongside them and being more aggressive myself or I won’t be able to do anything.. like delivering the baby, giving the baby a bath, delivering the placenta, suturing etc. I was able to deliver the baby and give it a bath but I’m learning to get a heart for what they do here and that the nurses are being trained well to help their own people physically to the best of their ability. In the deliveries that I am not able to do it fully, I do get down on myself and disappointed because I have been taught to do so much more than I am able to do here…learning through each and every experience different things and training the local nurses what I know. The baby was 2.2kg (4 1/2 Lbs.), the smallest baby I have delivered at 38 weeks but not surprised considering the mother was so small.

I got the name Antoinette for the baby girl which means strength and abounding in love. Psalm 96:4-6 ‘for great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord made the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and glory are in his sanctuary’