Who wants to go out?

Hi!
i will be in Hamilton march 9th-11th.
Who would like to go out for beer, yes beer, oh how i miss you!!!! Saturday night?????

Just saying hi

I just wanted to say I miss everyone, especially The Freeway but I will see you all soon. I hope to take a weekend off after my midterm (march 9th) so I hope I will get to see everyone Sunday night! :)

Baby catching

I am too tired to explain further, but I finally did get paged. 2 births back to back, up for 30 hours, First birth, laboured at home, she wanted a home birth but the baby changed positions so that her back was to mom's back and labour failed to progress. We transfered to hospital where we had a consult and went to section. She was relieved after having laboured for 26 hours. Baby girl so cute!. What did I do? Took vitals, listened to fetal heart, provided encouragement, watched section, gave breastfeeding support, did newborn exam and gave baby her vitamin K injection and eye ointment.
As soon as we were finishing up there, my preceptor got called and another client's water had broke. We flew to her house, examined her, took vitals, listened to baby and her contractions were very quick and we soon went to hospital. She has a whole legion of family and support. This one was crazy because it was so fast. She needed nitrous oxide for pain relief o i had to grab the tanks, I grabbed ones that were almost empty, shit! Mom wanted me to turn them on, huh? how do i do that? ugh, such a spaz. Other things I did, held mom's leg in hip while doing my first 4-handed catch!!!!!!!! Got splashed with amniotic fluid for the first time, helped deliver placenta by gently pulling on cord. Did newborn exam and gave baby vitamin K and eye ointment. Drew some of mom's blood for cord blood banking and all in all, I'd say it was a good 30 hour long day of learning for me.
I need pizza

Paging Kaelyn....

Hi!
I am waiting to be paged right now, I have been ALL DAY! One of my clients is in early labour and I will be called again when she gets into more active labour, ie: water breaks, contractions closer together.

So my day of waiting
9-12, had tutorial, not really allowed to leave but for births we technically can but I wasn't paged then.
Hmmm, lunch. should I cook or have philly? no I had chii, quick, did I have time to eat it? Yes.
Hmm. Nap.... no page
Hmmm. Tea, you got it, no page.
I kinda need a shower, should I. I bet as soon as I get in I will get paged, oh hell, let's go for it.
Showered.... yea, I showered!
Hmmm. vaccuummig? Will I hear the page when I do that? Well, who knows, cause I didn't get paged.
And now I blog, will I get paged, well I will post and let you know :)

numbers and sliding

Hi guys,
no new births
clinic practice though
I am worried about my numbers
We are supposed to observe/participate in a minimum of 12 births and I only have 10 women due until the end of my placement. Now I have to try and extend it by a couple of weeks and I will still only get 12 and that is if I do not miss a single birth which is very possible: we have to take 36 hours off prior to our midterm, 72 hours off prior to our final, 9 days off total, and every Friday morning off for class, um... hello? Why is this my problem now, I shouldn't have to worry about this at all yet now I have to write a request for an extension and hello, extend??????? Which is fine but what if it weren't, what if I had children or vacations to go on, what if I had a life????? (Adrian, I didn't forget about you!!!!)

Anyways, sliding..... yes I have sliding numbers but this thursday, a beautiful clear day, I hit black ice on one of our lovely country roads. I majorly fish-tail, 180 and slam my beautiful new car into a snowbank on the opposite side. I was burried and the underbelly was packed with snow. A total of 2 cars out of maybe 50 pulled over to help me and check up on me. I was fine, I got a tow. I am fine, car is fine, really, no scratches as far as I can see, maybe Yaris's are equipped with angels. I was lucky no cars were in the opposite lane at the time because there so could have been. I wasn't even speeding so be careful in snow drift land!!!!! I immediately ordered snow tires and since have had 2 of the 4 installed by my brother, yea!!!!!!!!!

Silver lining? I am not too down, but I do have a little knot in my tummy regarding my numbers, I worry a lot about my own work and performance and even though this is out of my control, it feels like it is my responsibility; now I have to think of solutions, I have to be assertive to my preceptor, I have to write an official request for extension. Hopefully my next few births will put my mind back in the right place, I have due dates of Feb 20, 26, 28 and March 2 and then a little while to my next wave. Also, any minute now I will get a call from Adrian asking me to pick him up from Whitby or Oshawa Go station so yea!!!!!!!! I will get lots of hugs and kisses and feel a lot better :)

Babies!!!!!!!

Congrats Jordan and Jill!!!!

Also on Febuary 1st, I saw my first vaginal birth
Called 6:30 am (thanks for letting me get a full night's sleep :) )
Drive over
Beautiful homebirth
Partner so supportive I almost cried just watching him support her
I also supported mom with back rubs and hugs and words of encouragement.
Listened to baby's heart several times
Took vitals
Supported mom's leg and watched crowning and birth
Helped stimulate baby when born (mom and primary midwife caught baby)
Cried when head then shoulders born
Helped assess newborn (aka learning how to do it)
Drew vitamin K shot.... uh... not quite ready to do it.... next time
Lost for words, it is amazing, I will never forget this
I have so much to learn but can't wait to do it again
Scared and excited