As i work in a high risk delivery unit when i have a bad day, it usually means a baby has died for one reason or another... but always a reason.
Today i had a god awful day if you guys wouldn't mind, could you please pray for the families involved.
We had a lady in the last stages of labour, about 10 or so mins before giving birth and the baby just died. No reason for it. I really can't think of anything in the this cruel world that could bring on the pain of losing a baby just minutes before it's birth. She was 40 weeks plus 2 days(fpr those who don't know, overdue by 2 days) so was well ready and excited for the arrival of her baby. She had the car seat in the car ready for there discharge, the nursery done, the clothes everything. How is it possible for this to happen, how the hell do they feel. I can't put in words how i feel at this moment. I just need to get it off my chest as i can't tell hubby as he'll get too upset. Hearing this lady sob for hours and having to carry on and give birth to have baby, to have waited 9 months to hold and look at her baby only to be able to hold and look at what would and should have been. It's sooo hard. I know my pain is nothing compared to them but i am only human.
For me, today will past and tomorrow will bring new problems and the pain will go but for them it's for life.
Next, a baby was born in the pool room and was flat and not breathing. We manage to resus it but it was rushed of to NICU (intensive care unit). I have no doubt in my mind that baby will be completely fine but i think this happening with in 45 mins of the death just pushed me over the limit.
Deaths are very rare thanks to the technology and the staff at the unit but today, the whole unit was shock to it's core. The unit stopped. It was as if the world just stopped. I have never and hope never to experience anything like this again in my life. However, i know i will.
To put it bluntley, today has been painfully shit.
I'm not a believer in god but at times like these, i pray that he is watching over the families and is looking after the little baby who passed away at 11.30 23/9/2007 .IUD.
Today i had a god awful day if you guys wouldn't mind, could you please pray for the families involved.
We had a lady in the last stages of labour, about 10 or so mins before giving birth and the baby just died. No reason for it. I really can't think of anything in the this cruel world that could bring on the pain of losing a baby just minutes before it's birth. She was 40 weeks plus 2 days(fpr those who don't know, overdue by 2 days) so was well ready and excited for the arrival of her baby. She had the car seat in the car ready for there discharge, the nursery done, the clothes everything. How is it possible for this to happen, how the hell do they feel. I can't put in words how i feel at this moment. I just need to get it off my chest as i can't tell hubby as he'll get too upset. Hearing this lady sob for hours and having to carry on and give birth to have baby, to have waited 9 months to hold and look at her baby only to be able to hold and look at what would and should have been. It's sooo hard. I know my pain is nothing compared to them but i am only human.
For me, today will past and tomorrow will bring new problems and the pain will go but for them it's for life.
Next, a baby was born in the pool room and was flat and not breathing. We manage to resus it but it was rushed of to NICU (intensive care unit). I have no doubt in my mind that baby will be completely fine but i think this happening with in 45 mins of the death just pushed me over the limit.
Deaths are very rare thanks to the technology and the staff at the unit but today, the whole unit was shock to it's core. The unit stopped. It was as if the world just stopped. I have never and hope never to experience anything like this again in my life. However, i know i will.
To put it bluntley, today has been painfully shit.
I'm not a believer in god but at times like these, i pray that he is watching over the families and is looking after the little baby who passed away at 11.30 23/9/2007 .IUD.
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