Deliver Me
I just got back from working the afternoon/night shift in Labor and Delivery. I function so much better when the moon is out and not the sun. I got into my scrubs, and before my instructor gave us our assignments, a nurse said room * was about to deliver, and she wanted a student. I jumped at this opportunity. I am quite an aggressive individual. I flew into the room, and within 45 minutes to an hour, she gave birth. I helped her: push, gave the baby his vitamin K, Erythromycin ointment in his little eyes, weighed him, stretched him out and measured him, watched the doctor stitch the patient back up, took family photos, got to know the entire family and all their stories (some family drama going on for sure), investigated the placenta in great detail with my hands, felt the uterus, etc. When he was delivered, he looked into my eyes and said, "Thank you for getting me out of there." I replied, "No problem. You are perfect, beautiful, and you have wonderful parents waiting to get to know you." I stayed with the patient and family the entire time they were there. Just the way I like it. They wanted pictures of me and the baby. Isn't it supposed to go the other way around?