Residents talking about birth
Then, the other day we were called to a midwife birth. We were coming in: me, my senior resident, the respiratory therapist, the resuscitation nurse. We walk in and are doing our normal routine. The midwife says- “back behind the door of the resuscitation room, please- I’ll tell you when to come out. Quiet please.” We hush immediately and tiptoed behind the sliding door, peeking out throught the cracks. The resuscitation nurse rolls her eyes at me “These births drive me crazy,” she whispers. She hushed up and watched with us, though, mesmerized- the woman is pushing in a position that doesn’t look like some kind of totally bizarre contortionist pose. It looks natural. The bed isn’t broken down and the midwife is perched on the edge. They are talking to each other. She coaches the woman through this beautiful, gorgeous, slow delivery of the head. She encourages the woman to reach down and feel the force of each push move her baby’s head down. The baby is born and cries vigorously and the midwife shoos us out the room, clearly no resuscitation necessary. This is also different because we’ve been to tons of births where we are utilized just because we are there- not because we are actually needed. Its like “Well, if the expertise and technology is there- why not need it, it can’t hurt. Better safe than sorry, right?”
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