A long week

It's been quite the week! After day shift on Monday I received a text from one of my continuities (a patient who you put your name on her chart and complete all her care)saying her labor was more intense and she wanted to come in! So I threw my scrubs back on and met her at the clinic... She was already a good ways into her labor, so I admitted her. Her name is Gang gang- I mentioned her briefly in my last post. She is such a beautiful, sweet girl, and worked so hard with anything I would ask her to do in order to stimulate the labor to progress further! All evening and night long she kept her smile on as she would paced up and down the street in between resting! The night turned into morning, and still labor was more or less at a halt and Gang-Gang was getting extremely exhausted (and so was her midwife =)! Knowing that we would have to transport by 2pm if labor wasn't well on its way, we worked extra hard! The measurements of her baby was a big concern, so we couldn't just send her home to rest and return when she was more active. By 1pm Gang-Gang had lost all energy and ambition, and I was coming close with pushing 30 hours... The baby wasn't showing any signs of wanting to come- I knew we'd have to transport! It's always discouraging getting the transport papers and filling them out- especially with someone you've spent so much time with and who has worked so hard!! I had prayed so many times that she would have her baby without complications at Mercy!! For some reason that was not God's plan, and I knew I had to trust the Him that He was in control!
After transporting her, I came back in time for class- needless to say I fell asleep pretty much before it even started!!! :) Thankfully Krys sent me home to bed and told me she'd e-mail me class notes!! That night I received a text that Gang-Gang had a C-section at 11pm!!
It was quite an experience- one that every midwife will go through I'm sure many times (maybe not 30 hours every time! ;))!! And as much as I was disappointed that I didn't get to deliver her baby, and that she ended up having to be operated on- I'm thankful for the bonding experience we had together!
I was able to visit her a few times at the hospital, and she and her little baby girl seem to be doing well- they'll be going home tomorrow!
We'll I'm rambling on, so I better close off! :)

"HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!"

God bless,

Sarah