Number of babies delivered on Monday and Tuesday morning while I was scheduled to be in the obstetrician's office: 9
Number of babies delivered on Monday and Tuesday afternoons while I was on the ward waiting for deliveries: 0
Number of babies delivered on Wednesday when I had been scheduled for a day of looking at rashes with a dermatologist: 6
Number of babies delivered on Thursday when I had been scheduled for academic sessions: 5
Number of babies delivered on Thursday night and all of Friday when I chose to give up sleep and instead sit on the ward in order to assist with some deliveries: 0
Plan to increase the number of deliveries for my second week of Obstetrics: Release prostaglandin into the city water supply, show up at the hospital, and wait. (For those who don't know, prostaglandin is used to induce labour)
I did get to see two c-sections, including an emergency one at 3:00 am for a prolapsed umbilical cord - very intense - but so far, no natural deliveries here.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
The curse of the medical student on obstetrics
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Good luck on your question for delivering a baby, a MD isn't a MD without a baby in hand
Regarding c-sections, I once had a general surgeon tell me that he wanted nothing to do with removing something from someone that came out screaming.
Think on the bright side, Vitum. You seem to have a mystical power that prevents reproduction. This could save Health Canada a lot of money on contraceptives.
you're not the only one. i was known as a "jinx" back in my premed years. as nursing students, we need to assist in deliveries as well.
there was this one incident wherein i stayed awake the whole night to wait for deliveries. nada. the moment i stepped out of the delivery room at the end of the shift, a mother got mounted.
good luck!
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