Working 8-5

Friday was a short day of call, but it certainly didn’t feel like it. Only had one birth, but had another labor management, a couple of patients in triage and a million post-partum patients to round on. Okay, it was more like 13 post-partum patients, but that is still a lot.

The birth was in the birth center and it was nice – it was a second baby and mom was really happy and proud that she did it without an epidural this time. As much as I like the birth center, I am not a fan of suturing on a regular, non-hospital bed. Still haven’t figured out how to suture without having my preceptor helping me to visualize the field. I’m either going to have to figure out how to do it or grow more hands. I also got to remove staples for the first time.