Sure enough, on Feb. 16, I arrived at 5:45, and a lady had walked in and was ready to push. The girls on night shift were glad for my early arrival because otherwise one of them would have had to stay for at least 1 hour after shift to finish up paperwork and mother/baby care, and after being on duty all night, that is the last thing you want to do especially if the woman just walked in and no relationship is formed... Gerlin ended up delivering at 6:15am.
As if that wasn't exciting enough, this morning I work up bright and early at 5:10 to have plenty of time to get scrubs and make coffee, but was so sleepy, I did something I barely ever do - I reset my alarm for 5:30am since my hair was done already and I was SO tired! Ha. I still had plenty of time though I guess, because I arrived at work at 5:50am and once again caught an endorsement baby. Kristine Joy was in a much bigger hurry, she joined us at 6:01am! This mom - Analiza - had a really hard time not pushing when she shouldn't (too allow for full dilation) and listening to us as we tried to help her, but after the baby was out, she was a completely different person, calm and serene, telling her baby stories about how she really needed to breastfeed well so that I would let them go home and so she could meet her "kua" (big brother) who was waiting 
at home for her!Both births were great, and because they both happened in the 6am time frame, I was completely done with everything only a few hours later, and had plenty of time to chat and hang out with the families.
2 comments:
How was your hair styled this morning you got to sleep in a few extra minutes. You wake up so early how can you think straight and function properly. Have you ever had a women not able to produce milk? I feel like that is a common reason here in the States why women don't breats feed and was wondering if that is the case in other places. What kinda coffee are you drinkin- Starbucks I hope. I love you Jenny!
It is so good to read about you.
Love you always,
Carla
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