I am proud to announce that I am the proud father of a beautiful Africo-Caribbean baby girl. Well it seems that way anyway after having witnessed my first vaginal delivery. It was an exciting day after spending the morning doing some more rounds with a doc who was a really good teacher. He likes to quiz which is demanding but a great way to learn. After lunch (an interesting story in itself as I ate cow's heel soup, the broth was good but the heel was far too chewy/slimy), Lucas and I got to observe a delivery requiring an episiotomy. It was quite graphic but the moment the baby's head came out and the baby started gurgling and crying it was incredible. The post delivery suturing was even more intense as the woman was screaming twice as hard as during the delivery. Needless to say it was a GREAT day at the hospital!!!
We stayed at the hospital until about 5, rushed home, changed into our board shorts and went to a nice little beach about 2 minutes away for a quick swim. Swimming during the sunset was quite picturesque and even a little romantic (too bad it was only Lucas, Dean and myself), ha.
Tomorrow hopes to be a promising day as we might get to observe/assist in some surgeries, nervermind the large group of women who (insert tasteful/professional comment which evokes the image of huge, very pregnant women). Until later.
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Hi Doc, ist echt witzig, klingt, als ob DU Papa geworden bist. Kannst stolz sein. Schreib immer schön weiter, damit wir immer up to date sind. Wir denken an dich und freuen uns schon auf Bilder.
Marc, Lennart und Manu
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