DR-CHA

For the past week, from July 28-31, my duty was at the Delivery Room - Charity of UERMH. I was not so excited to be there unlike when I was at the Nursery -Cha. Dunno why, maybe coz I prefer taking care of newborns instead of watching the moms give birth. Our major task there was to accomplish 5 cases of handled and assisted births. Since there weren't plenty of women who gave birth, I had only one assisted case. It was the first time that I actually saw a woman labor and deliver a baby. Me and my female groupmates were like "Omg! I don't wanna get pregnant anymore!". It was soooo painful! Really! Life's unfair! UGH! Every woman has a menstrual period and experiences dysmenorrhea. We get pregnant for nine straight months and then we give birth. Well, that's life. Who am I to question life? Those women who give birth at DR-CHA were not lucky enough to have spinal column anesthesia because they were at the charity area. All of the deliveries we had witnessed were Normal Spontaneous Deliveries because all the Ceasarian deliveries were done at the Operating Room and DR-Pay. My favorite part of the delivery is during baby out and the part that I hate the most is when the perineum is cut and is stitched back.

There was a time when we had a patient who almost died coz of giving birth. After the baby and the placenta were out, she had severe uterine bleeding which lead to severe blood loss. She was so toxic that the physicians decided to remove her uterus. Lucky for her, she had 2 living children because she can never conceive again. Ever. I realized that our moms really had a had time carrying us in their wombs and giving birth to us. I cannot deny the fact that in the future, one day, Im gonna get pregnant too. We should not only celebrate our birth but also our mothers' survival.