MH Blog Due: 3/5

Learning Report

1. The nurse I was following had one patient who was ready to deliver her baby naturally.
2. I learned that I LOVE labor and delivery unit! Also not all births are ridiculously long and painful.
3. Best thing that happened was I got to see a baby born. 
4. The worst thing that happened was it was hard to ask the nurses questions about how they got where they are now because they were, so busy today.
5. It was not a mistake.
6. AMAZING! I have been thinking about a possibility about going into L&D, but today really made it clear that it is my number one pick to specialize in.

Experience Record 

1. Technology I observed was a baby heart monitor that the mother wore around her belly. Also the bed was called a transformer bed because the end comes apart and the leg stirrup come out super easy.
2. The patient went from 3 to 9 cm in one hour and the nurse decided she was ready to give birth even though the mother want to wait till 12.  After she gave birth the doctor found a small tear which she sewed up.
3.  The baby was ready and it only took a few pushes and the baby was out. The father cut the umbilical cord and the baby was taken to clean up and get wrapped in a blanket.
4. The doctor also noticed a hemorrhoid on the patient back side which she recombined a hemorrhoid cream. The baby was healthy and pink with a average height and weight.
5. A hemorrhoid is a swollen vein or group of veins in the region of the anus. A bulb syringe is a hollow rubber bulb used to suction fluid out of an area.

Experience Journal

When I first walked everyone was really busy doing five things at once. They had almost all the beds full of mothers about to give birth, so they was barely enough time to introduce myself. I didn't mind the short wait because I knew there have other things that took priority, and honestly I would much rather a busy work day than a slow do nothing day. The staff did make time to joke around and get to know the patient.

The patient was really nice and chatted with me about her high school and the name of the baby. This was her second baby, so her and her husband were not as scared as the first time. They had given her an epidural before I arrived and went from 3 to 9 cm within one hour which is fast. The nurses brought in a few carts one for the baby the mother a sterile tray of gauze, suture kit, and other instruments. In addition the scale was brought in were the baby was weighed at 8.6 ounces.

The doctor was the cutest, little Asian women you could ever find. She was shorter than me and was ready to get the baby out. She had a lot of good energy which made the experience even better for the family. The mother started to push and once the head was out the doctor started to pull on the baby a little rougher then I accepted. The dad got to cut the cord and then the mom held her child. They were so happy I have never seen anyone else so over joyed and completely in love with another person.

My whole experience was hands down amazing! I can actually see myself working as a labor and delivery nurse or if I want to go further become a nurse midwife. I loved the people that this field brings in and hope to one day fit in. I hope to get more experience with L&D this year as well as in college. I found that my grandma once taught other nurses how to perform a C section and has delivery many babies. I hope I will make her proud continuing in one of her giant footstep she has left for me.