Month: November 2017

Homeward Bound

So today was my last day in the Philippines! Don’t think I’ve ever been equally sad and excited to leave somewhere – I’ve had the best time but I do miss England and the comforts of home. This morning I went to church as my flight wasn’t until this afternoon and when I got back Read More

Ligation, Ligation, Ligation

This morning we had an outside surgeon come in with his team and they performed ligations free of charge (tubes tied). We were able to stand in and watch some of them; we had 12 women in total come in – they ranged from having 2 children to having 8! They did a tiny cut, Read More

Jeepney Time

This morning I sat in on the ultrasounds. If the women were willing they would also have an IE. The midwife located the head and measured it, and when possible the femur, and also found the heartbeat and measured the foetus’ heart tone. Was so bizarre to see the foetus’ heartbeat literally beating on the Read More

Where Has The Time Gone?

Today I actually woke up on time (what) and was downstairs before 6:45am!! Today was new patients day so it takes a bit of time. The women need to give their family history, have their vitals taken, listen to a seminar, have blood and urine test and an ultrasound so they’re at the centre for Read More

Merry Christmas From The Philippines

Today I ambitiously woke up at 5:30am intending to go down for 6am…I ended up falling back asleep until 11am. I’ve decided I’m going to aim for the more realistic goal of up for 7am tomorrow! When I got downstairs I did a lot of little jobs that needed doing; moving cupboards and doing filing Read More