Baby Catch #1 and #2

Second 'catch' as a midwife...12/09/10 @ 7:33 pm

Baby girl (name coming)

Her mom, nickname Liz, was a single woman who labored so great and pushed like a pro!

Did AROM while pushing and noted thick meconium, baby was suctioned, had a 'lil trouble with breathing and lots of secretions but with some TLC was able to get the baby to breast once stable.

Placenta out 5 min after baby, large amount of blood loss so Pitocin IM given to aid in contracting the uterus (keep it firm= control bleeding) and IV fluids to balance out her fluid loss. She also tore some, so had to be sutured later, but tolerated the pain and discomfort so well.

Where I'm at...

You know I don't regret going to nursing school and then working as a nurse, I feel the life experiences I gained have made me a more well-rounded person. But sometimes being here I feel still trapped in the “nursing school” mind-set of learning when I'm on shift. The process of how we learned a technique first during a “lab” and then got the opportunity to show our skills on a day when we had 'clinical' (an 8-hour shift at the hospital where I was attending nursing school). Always feeling slightly excited, excessively nervous and wanting to remember accurately all the steps in a procedure.

Today my soul-mate was born!!!

30 years and going strong...my Love

Enjoying rest and relaxation at Paradise...

On this special day I get to celebrate a wonderful blessing~ My Husband's birthday!

P. S. This is when I wish I had some cute baby photos of this charming man I married...but I think a nice recent photo will do...

When in the tropics...

What better way to celebrate another year of God's goodness and faithfulness? Go to a gorgeous beach...yes Thanksgiving and my birthday in the Philippines, where I'm celebrating by slathering sunscreen, sweating and snorkeling. Wow, lots of words with 's'.

This will be short 'n sweet because I'm burnin' daylight, but we will post some pictures of these beautiful surroundings later.

For those of you back home...

Happy Thanksgiving.

May you take time to eat heartily, fellowship with loved ones and reflect on God's unending faithfulness and love and delight in the ways He had blessed you.

P.S. the photo collage was 'googled'..but it's quite lovely

Autumn, Changes, Thankfulness

It seems like forever since we have updated. My days have been busy reading about Math, Nutrition and Statistics and then attempting to write about them as well. I have to say God is pretty amazing. To think He created foods that contain all the nutrients and vitamins our bodies need (all the necessary building blocks to support a growing baby in the womb)~that's awesome! What's sad is the ways we as humans have tried to "improve" this natural design only to fall short in the end.

So many new things...still a Faithful God who doesn't change

When I was deciding what sort of "life work" to pursue...I knew I wanted to help people. Being a nurse has let me do that, learning more in-depth about midwifery allows me to better serve women. Helping improve and educate women in their current situation with reliable information in a caring manner.

This is what helping out on prenatals day at the clinic in Davao has allowed me to do.

Newsletter Now Available!

The first edition of our Filipino Martins Newsletter is now available here. You can also find a list of all archived (once there are more than one!) newsletters on the right side of this page, just below our contact information. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed putting it together!

There is a small typo in the newsletter. The address for The Second Tunic should be 314 Clay Road. It should not say School anywhere. The address listed on this blog (upper right) is correct. Sorry for any confusion that I may have caused.