Guess what I was doing from:00 last night until 7:00 this morning?? Helping to deliver a baby!!!!
Evelyn (the nurse) came knocking on my door around 8:45 last night and I went with her and the mother for a walk. We climbed part way up the got worse and worse and her water still hadn’t broken yet. Finally around 5:00 am, her water broke. I didn’t know it was such a.... POP! It was like, POP! And then lots of gross liquid came out like, a serious rush. I had been standing near the end of the bed, and Evelyn told me to watch out in case the water broke, so I’m glad I moved, because that would have been really gross.
As soon as the water broke, she started pushing. And that was it, the top of the head appeared like, immediately, and then within seconds the entire head was out, then it was like it was stuck. The mama was pushing really hard and the nurses were getting nervous. One of them was pulling on the head trying to help the shoulders come out reached in and I don’t know what she did, but the baby came out!
The cord was wrapped around its neck and it was pretty blue, but somehow on its way out, the nurse unwrapped it, and then it was like, really fast! Just like, blooooop! It kind of bumped and skidded across the table and then the nurse kind of scooped it up and plopped it on the mama’s belly while they cut the cord and started doing whatever it was they were doing with whatever it was that was still coming out of the mother. We took the baby over to another table and sucked its nose and mouth. And by we, I mean Evelyn did. I watched.
Then we didn’t even clean the baby, we just wrapped it in a blanket and found some clothes and put it on her. I did that part. The not cleaning it wasn’t my idea though! Then we put some ointment in its eyes and stuff. I got to hold the baby for a little bit while they cleaned up the mother, and then that was pretty much it.
So that was cool. I’m glad I got to see that. She didn’t take any medicine at all. And she hardly made a sound except at the end. I can’t believe these Africans!
Evelyn (the nurse) came knocking on my door around 8:45 last night and I went with her and the mother for a walk. We climbed part way up the got worse and worse and her water still hadn’t broken yet. Finally around 5:00 am, her water broke. I didn’t know it was such a.... POP! It was like, POP! And then lots of gross liquid came out like, a serious rush. I had been standing near the end of the bed, and Evelyn told me to watch out in case the water broke, so I’m glad I moved, because that would have been really gross.
As soon as the water broke, she started pushing. And that was it, the top of the head appeared like, immediately, and then within seconds the entire head was out, then it was like it was stuck. The mama was pushing really hard and the nurses were getting nervous. One of them was pulling on the head trying to help the shoulders come out reached in and I don’t know what she did, but the baby came out!
The cord was wrapped around its neck and it was pretty blue, but somehow on its way out, the nurse unwrapped it, and then it was like, really fast! Just like, blooooop! It kind of bumped and skidded across the table and then the nurse kind of scooped it up and plopped it on the mama’s belly while they cut the cord and started doing whatever it was they were doing with whatever it was that was still coming out of the mother. We took the baby over to another table and sucked its nose and mouth. And by we, I mean Evelyn did. I watched.
Then we didn’t even clean the baby, we just wrapped it in a blanket and found some clothes and put it on her. I did that part. The not cleaning it wasn’t my idea though! Then we put some ointment in its eyes and stuff. I got to hold the baby for a little bit while they cleaned up the mother, and then that was pretty much it.
So that was cool. I’m glad I got to see that. She didn’t take any medicine at all. And she hardly made a sound except at the end. I can’t believe these Africans!
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