Month: October 2017

Day Four Part 1: Jet Lag Is The WORST

Jet lag is one of the most difficult things to deal with!! Today I woke up at 2pm after going to bed at 11pm and being awake constantly in the night. Apparently the number of days you’re jet lagged depends on the number of hours time difference there is, so hopefully by next week I Read More

I’m A Grown Up Now

So this morning I was helping at the local doctors surgery which was founded about 20/25 years ago by an American doctor. It is a completely free clinic which also provides medication free of charge. What was the biggest difference from the UK for me is that everyone was in one big room – there Read More

My First Birth!!

After a horrible nights sleep due to jet lag and an adventure with a bird, tonight I saw my first birth! I was just sat on the sofa trying to wake myself up when I saw something moving out the corner of my eye…turns out a BIRD had managed to get into our room and Read More

London Needs To Step Up Its Game

24 hours after leaving my house I finally arrive in the Philippines! For my first day I spent the afternoon at the local school where there is an antenatal checkup. This was a fairly standard clinic where women would be weighed and have their blood pressure, heart rate and temperature taken. As I’m not trained Read More

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