I started volunteering last Wednesday at the local hospital, Mukono Health Centre. I’ll be in different wards every two weeks...last week and this week I’ve been in the maternity ward! I’ve really enjoyed it! I even have an official scrub outfit, which includes a nice green dress with a collar, and it buttons up the front. The midwives wear white, they told me green shows I’m still a student :) I have been assisting the midwives with prenatal checkups; I have learned how to palpate the stomach to determine how far along the expectant mother is, then I get to use the fetoscope to hear the baby’s heartbeat. In addition to that, I take the mothers’ blood pressures and medical histories before their exams. The most incredible aspect of volunteering so far happened last Thursday...
I witnessed the birth of a baby!! I even helped pour an antiseptic-something on the cotton balls the midwives used :)
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