Abdominal Palpations In The Jungle

Today we went on our antenatal outreach programs. The first place we went was an antenatal clinic that was pretty much in the middle of the jungle. Here we did antenatal assessment so we took the women’s vitals (weight, blood pressure, heart rate and temperature) then did an abdominal palpation (feeling where the baby is Read More

One Week Marker!

As today was Sunday I got up bright and early to go to church and was my day off so was not involved in the centre today. I went to a church where they sang English songs that I recognise from when I was little so that was a nice comfort and a lot of Read More

Caffeine And Even More Caffeine

After being threatened to being woken up by a bucket of cold water if I’m not up at a normal time, today I actually woke up before midday! Realised I’m pretty much just keeping on English time which really isn’t helping to get over jet lag so I’m forcing myself to stay awake with caffeine Read More

Home Away From Home

Today Rebecca and I got out of the birthing centre to go to a nearby mall. First place we went to was COSTA!! My home away from home <3 Was so cool to see it in another country – it even had a red telephone box in the corner! We then went to a cute Read More

Day Four Part 2: Catching My First Baby!!

About 10 minutes after putting up my blog post last night I got called down as a lady was 8cm and I caught my first baby! As she was pushing but not fully dilated, her cervix was moving down and was swollen – I was able to feel it which felt so weird!! Although she Read More

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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