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A seven pound, fifteen ounce little girl (ti fi) for Michelene today. Prayers for healing and protection are appreciated as Michelene lost a considerable amount of blood and will take a little longer to recover. Thank you for loving the women of Haiti and for supporting them with your thoughts and prayers.
with a heart of gratitude,
tara
8 comments:
Welcome to the world TI FI!!!!
Praying for you and your MOmmy!!
Kelly D
Bel manman ak bel tifi!!!
I am just curious, as an OB nurse here in the land of plenty...when you have a mom who hemorrhages postpartum, what tools do you have in your toolbox? Obviously, what you do depends on why she is bleeding. I am just curious, and clearly what you are doing works, because you have saved lives. (Anecdotally, I have found that sometimes we can throw every medicine at a bleeding mom and she will not stop bleeding until that baby is at her breast - big believer in natural oxytocin when and where you can use it.)
For uterine hemorrhage, we have pitocin, misoprostol, methergine, & IV fluids. We also have all tools to suture complex lacerations. For coagulopathic situations, we have vitamin K and surgical materials to aid in hemostasis. For infectious situations, we have a wide variety of IV antibiotics. For prematurity, preeclampsia, and eclampsia, we have steroids, magnesium sulfate, calcium gluconate, labetalol, hydralazine, and other meds.
WOW...almost 8 lbs. That's big for Haiti, right?
Congrats to all involved in a safe, healthy delivery and knowing that God's hand continues to be on you all as you save lives one pregnancy at a time!
Lots of love and prayers from Guam!!!
Cool! That's fantastic!
PS - Just to be clear, the original question was not meant in any way to be condescending. I just truly had no idea how you handle things like that in a place where procuring meds is (I imagine) not as simple a matter as it is in the States. If I'm wrong please feel free to correct me.
Every time I read a post like this, it reinforces my belief in the rightness of what you guys are doing. You are giving these women what every woman deserves - a safe, loving place to deliver, and great medical care when things get complicated. Thank you.
Saintly Nurse :)
We could hear your tone was loving ... no worries at all! We are very very VERY blessed to be able to do a fairly medical birth for the ladies that need it. Poor Michelene has some sort of bleeding disorder that we were not aware of entering into her birth. Thankful God provide Jen and Melissa for that particular birth, it got pretty scary.
Melda - 8lbs is very big here!
Saintly Nurse--like Tara said, we totally didn't take your comment as condescending--we could tell that your questions came out of a genuine curiosity. Many of the medications we use for higher risk situations here are brought in from the U.S., where I can find & purchase them easily. We are blessed to be able to provide a high level of care to these women!
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