Well another day is dawning in Afghaniland. Yesterday I worked at the female clinic for a few hours. Word as gotten out that we are there and we are starting to see a lot more patients. It's exciting to see that we are making a difference. I saw a young woman yesterday who was pregnant and due any day. She was having pains so she came in to get it checked out. I started talking with her and found out that she has delivered 10 babies but only 3 survived. All the others have died of malnutrition. It's such a shame considering we are the country of excess and we throw away so much of our food and yet here is a woman who has had to bury 7 of her children just because they didn't have milk.
The weather is supposed to get colder finally and we are supposed to get 2-4 inches of snow. Which means I won't be doing my first job and I can concentrate more on the woman's clinic. And in other news....the stupid mouse is still alluding me. It keeps me up at night now but it refuses to eat the food I put on the traps.....cunning little mouse! I'll get him though :)
Take care and keep in touch!
3 comments:
Michelle, Andrew told me about your latest challenges at the woman's clinic. I am happy to help you in any way I can. He said you were looking for resources regarding birth and care of pregnant women, breast-feeding etc... I consider my areas of "expertise" non-medicated birth and breast-feeding. Please just let me know what you need and I would be happy to help. I read your latest post and wondered if the women you see are breast feeding? Stay well! Laura
I just read through another posting about the baby girl's birth. In my experience, placenta's come out all on their own 15 min. or so after the birth. My midwife massages my abdomen to encourage it and also having the baby nurse will encourage the placenta to detach. It is actually dangerous to detach a placenta before it has come away from the uterine wall. You risk leaving a piece in there which can cause infection or hemorrhage...
That is really super-cool!!! I'm a new blogger and was looking through people's blogs, and found some really cool ones, yours by far is one of the coolest!!! Those scars are so cool!!!
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