Births

 Thursday night at 11:30 this little one was born.  It was a first time mom so it was a longer labor–making it also a longer process for us nurses who were keeping an eye on things.  She had come to the clinic mid day Wednesday.  So after a many watchful hours and back and forth […]

This morning a lady in labor came into the clinic on a stretcher. After about an hour or so, a baby girl entered the world! I was reminded of the miracle of each new baby that comes into the world!! The baby weighed 4 Lbs. 3 oz.                 

. . . well, to the landslide. From the vantage point of the clinic roof, this is what could be seen yesterday mid morning. A stretcher was carried in with a pregnant lady who was seizing.   As we gathered more information, we learned that she was a 17 or 18 year old young lady

On Wed evening we had a young mother come to the clinic in labor.  She was 20 years old, and it was her first baby.  We always keep more on the alert for a first time mom.  In some cases there would be complications and we would need to take them out for more advanced

A lady came into the clinic in labor Monday just as clinic was ending.  Almost all afternoon on Monday we had other after-hour patients in between checking on the lady in labor.  It was a first baby, and things progressed slowly.  Her labor slowed down overnight, but by morning she still hadn’t really progressed so we started her on

We had another safe birth just a few days ago. The mother came in I think on Tues just as clinic was finishing. We gave her a bed in the hospital room, and keep checking on her. Labor was slow, but later evening it picked up. Her baby girl was born just after 11 pm,

Well, the first baby was born around 7:30 pm. It was a little boy. He was born with the cord around his neck, and it took some suctioning and stimulating to get him to breathe. Yes, I’ve delivered quite a few babies, but that is still scary. Thankfully he was soon breathing well. He weighed

Right now I have two ladies in labor at the clinic. (Michael and Virginia are out for the weekend so it’s up to the Haitian nurses and I.) Last Sat was crazy with emergencies too, and this one hasn’t proved a lot different. I’m expecting a call about any time again that I need to

After our previous birth cases Sat and Sun, we had yet a third lady come in labor Sun around noon. This lady was expecting her third child. She was carried in from out toward Fort Gary–5 hours hike or so away. When she arrived things looked fine, but she was at a stand still. We