Whoa baby!
So, the past couple of weeks have been pretty busy for me. Two weeks ago, I was on call at the hospital and I watched 2 births, assisted in another 2 births, and actually delivered the next 3!!! Don't worry, the doctor was right beside me ready to step in if I f***ed up, but I think I did pretty well considering I'm still new at all this! Every baby has been a boy so far...so ladies if you want a boy, you want ME to be in the room with you!
Last week, I spent the week in another town with an OB/GYN. The first day, I was in surgery for the day. We did a C-section (my first!) and a few other gynecological procedures including an operation to re-suspend a womans bladder. It was interesting to see the types of surgeries that are done in the specialty. For the rest of the week, in the mornings we checked on the patients in the hospital and in my preceptors' office. Our cases ranged from problems with women getting pregnant, to patients getting pregnant but not wanting to stay that way, to ladies having problems with symptoms of menopause, to 'period problems', to all kinds of cancers. We were called to the emergency department at the hospital for a patient with a tubal pregnancy and another that was bleeding really bad because of an undiagnosed cervical cancer. I learned a lot during the week and am happy to say that I feel confident examining vaginas!
This week, Monday was spent in the OR at the hospital I am at. The surgeons took an 8cm ovarian cyst off a lady's ovary...no wonder she was in pain! I saw some other procedures that I hadn't see so far. Tuesday morning was in class (yawn) and the afternoon was shadowing an ultrasound technician so I could see how they did things and what they look for during OB or GYN cases. I stayed later than I was supposed to so I could see the radiologist do a procedure called a pericentesis. This is when someone has a lot of fluid in their belly. The doctor will put a catheter inside their belly to take the fluid off..he took about 4L from this patients abdomen!
This morning I spent in an infertility clinic. I learned a bit, but I didn't think it was too helpful. maybe if I spent more time there...we only saw 3 patients this morning. This afternoon, was one of my best so far! I spent it in a maternity clinic seeing patients for their prenatal appointments. I'm still new at it, but I think I'm pretty good at determining where the baby is in the belly! The doctor I worked with today was awesome...a really good teacher and really good with her patients. I hope I work with her again.
I think it's safe to say that I'd like to be involved in obstetrics in some way...question is: do I specialize in OB/GYN or do I do family practice and do deliveries?????????? Only time will tell.
Last week, I spent the week in another town with an OB/GYN. The first day, I was in surgery for the day. We did a C-section (my first!) and a few other gynecological procedures including an operation to re-suspend a womans bladder. It was interesting to see the types of surgeries that are done in the specialty. For the rest of the week, in the mornings we checked on the patients in the hospital and in my preceptors' office. Our cases ranged from problems with women getting pregnant, to patients getting pregnant but not wanting to stay that way, to ladies having problems with symptoms of menopause, to 'period problems', to all kinds of cancers. We were called to the emergency department at the hospital for a patient with a tubal pregnancy and another that was bleeding really bad because of an undiagnosed cervical cancer. I learned a lot during the week and am happy to say that I feel confident examining vaginas!
This week, Monday was spent in the OR at the hospital I am at. The surgeons took an 8cm ovarian cyst off a lady's ovary...no wonder she was in pain! I saw some other procedures that I hadn't see so far. Tuesday morning was in class (yawn) and the afternoon was shadowing an ultrasound technician so I could see how they did things and what they look for during OB or GYN cases. I stayed later than I was supposed to so I could see the radiologist do a procedure called a pericentesis. This is when someone has a lot of fluid in their belly. The doctor will put a catheter inside their belly to take the fluid off..he took about 4L from this patients abdomen!
This morning I spent in an infertility clinic. I learned a bit, but I didn't think it was too helpful. maybe if I spent more time there...we only saw 3 patients this morning. This afternoon, was one of my best so far! I spent it in a maternity clinic seeing patients for their prenatal appointments. I'm still new at it, but I think I'm pretty good at determining where the baby is in the belly! The doctor I worked with today was awesome...a really good teacher and really good with her patients. I hope I work with her again.
I think it's safe to say that I'd like to be involved in obstetrics in some way...question is: do I specialize in OB/GYN or do I do family practice and do deliveries?????????? Only time will tell.
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