Maybe I'm mean, but these are really fun births for me! This mom arrived at the hospital at 7 cm with a bulging bag, requesting an epidural, handling contractions beautifully. It took about an hour for the anesthesiologist to arrive, since it was the middle of the night, and when she got there, the woman stood up to reposition for her epidural, her water broke, and 3 contractions later, her little girl was in her arms. She didn't even push. That little baby just came right out with the uterus doing all of the work. Very cool. I think in the end, the mom was happy about how it went. She could get up after I was done repairing her minor perineal tear and take herself to the bathroom since she didn't have a catheter.
Any midwife preceptor would be proud of how quickly I put on my sterile gloves. I was even faster than the CNM!
However, I still have a lot to learn about maintaining a sterile field. Argh.
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