scrubs!

hello again!

i wore some green surgery scrubs today! along with poofy green shoe covers, a green mask and a green hairnet. i spent 6 hours in the delivery room at san felipe, a hospital in tegucigalpa. i saw four babies born, and when i left their were 9 women still in labor!

i will admit, i teared up the first time around - it's a pretty cool miracle...God's is so good. but i loved having the opportunity to learn the techniques they use here in Honduras. to monitor the ladies in labor we checked blood pressure, heart rate, duration & frequency of contractions, and ultrasounds to measure the baby's heart rate. they also used oxytocin if necessary (to speed up contractions). i was able to stand in the delivery room and watch everything, it was so nice to learn outside of the classroom! soon i will be going to a rural community to watch more births - so it will be interesting to compare the two experiences. i'm hoping to see a c-section or twins tomorrow or friday :)

can't wait to see you all in a month!

take care.

suz