Today I helped deliver another baby.
This time the baby came out easily so the nurses were able to carry
out the standard procedures post delivery. As soon as the baby was
out, the midwife placed the baby on the mother's stomach allowing
skin to skin contact. Skin to skin contact keeps the baby from
developing hypothermia and helps the newborn bond with the mother.
SOP here dictates that the baby stays on the mothers stomach until
successfully breastfeeding for the first time. In this case, it took
about thirty minutes. The baby was suckling at the air, and the
midwife placed her as close to the mother's nipple as possible,
allowing the baby to latch on herself. While this was going on, the
doctor was stitching up the vaginal incision made during the
delivery. During this delivery I sterilized the outside of the vagina with Iodine prior to suturing and prepared the delivery instruments using sterile techniques.
Other than the delivery, just OPD
checkups for fevers.
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