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Someone brown unraveled this from my old blog while I was gone (: It's especially heartwarming to see it now, since I'm going to take my first step towards achieving this childhood dream (:
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A Day as a Gynae
today was a very very fruitful day.
had job shadowing at thomson medical centre.
had it earlier,
'cause the actual job shadowing day is a wednesday
and it's the doctor's off day.
so we had it today.
thanks avril for bringing me along!
the summary of the day:
i witnessed 1 delivery.
2 termination of pregnancy.
manymany female private parts.
and foetus through the ultrasound!
met avril at 0845 at thomson medical.
and we headed to the clinic at 4th floor.
at the early hour,
it was already rather packed.
the doctor wasn't here yet.
so we followed the nurses around.
the first patient had to do a CTG.
i forgot what it stands for.
but its to monitor her cramps and etc.
she complained about bleeding the day before.
so it was concluded that she might be in labour.
she is about 32 weeks pregnant.
thats like 8months.
then the doctor came and we just stood behind to observe the consultations etc.
it was rather interesting.
we got to observe how he did an full body checkup for woman
to check for tumours in the breast, womb etc.
after like 20 patients,
we got so sick of looking at woman's private parts.
haha. its like NOT PLEASANT at all.
but it was definitely enriching to learn more about it.
the interesting part was looking at the foetus through the ultrasound.
we saw many many foetus of different stages.
damn interesting.
this is an ultrasound scan of a foetus around 18plus weeks old.
see the spine! the brain!
its super interesting and meaningful to be able to observe a life like that.
i heard the doctor explaining to the soon-to-be parents about the scans and checks so many times that i could actually memorise everything.
also, saw 2 termination of pregnancy.
i dont know how some people can simply decide they dont want a life so quickly.
but im not in the position to comment about anything. so yah..
its not very scary
'cause both are at the early stages of pregnancy
where theres only a pregnancy bag.
we stood there for like 4 hours
observing the consultations.
the doctor had so many patients that he had to rush through.
at last, around 1300
when he was about to leave,
he received a call saying that the woman who took CTG in the morning was in labour.
we rushed over, and she allowed us to view the entire process!
it was. EXCITING!
i was rather scared at first
but after that i realised its not that scary after all.
just lots of blood.
avril almost died.
she was so freaked out
she gripped my hand so super tightly!
basically the entire process was:
when the vagina is dilated enough,
the baby could come out.
the water bag was to be burst.
the woman had to push.
like how she pass motions.
when the baby comes out a little,
the doctor will cut open the vagina.
lots of blood.
and u see the head of the baby.
and slowly, the baby is out!
the baby couldnt stop crying.
and that was a good sign!
when the baby was finally out,
the doctor will cut the umbilical cord.
then the baby will be handed over to the nurse.
no more gynae's business.
but avril didnt dare to look at the woman.
that was the most exciting but disgusting part.
the doctor pulled the umbilical cord.
till the placenta comes out.
the placenta was big.
so lots of blood gushed out too.
like waterfall.
splashing!
the doctor let all the blood come out.
and deeps his hand in to clean.
make sure all the blood is cleared.
then he stitches the woman's vagina.
with a NEEDLE and THREAD!
imagine the excruciating pain a woman have to endure at birth!
finally he was done and he left in a rush.
the little baby was a boy.
the grandmother was damn happy.
and the mother was glad he finally came out i guess.
nice feeling.
haha. it was truly a rare experience.
shall work towards this goal!!
got to improve on my bio.
avril was so freaked out she decided not to be a gynae!
but i shall not change my mind!
'cause its damn meaningful!
but i dont want to have children anymore.
its far to painful and unbearable.
HAHAHAHHAHAHA
wish me luck!
i got to be a GYNECOLOGIST! :)))
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This passion has pushed me hard over the years. And I hope it would continue to motivate me for my entire life :D:D:D
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A Day as a Gynae
today was a very very fruitful day.
had job shadowing at thomson medical centre.
had it earlier,
'cause the actual job shadowing day is a wednesday
and it's the doctor's off day.
so we had it today.
thanks avril for bringing me along!
the summary of the day:
i witnessed 1 delivery.
2 termination of pregnancy.
manymany female private parts.
and foetus through the ultrasound!
met avril at 0845 at thomson medical.
and we headed to the clinic at 4th floor.
at the early hour,
it was already rather packed.
the doctor wasn't here yet.
so we followed the nurses around.
the first patient had to do a CTG.
i forgot what it stands for.
but its to monitor her cramps and etc.
she complained about bleeding the day before.
so it was concluded that she might be in labour.
she is about 32 weeks pregnant.
thats like 8months.
then the doctor came and we just stood behind to observe the consultations etc.
it was rather interesting.
we got to observe how he did an full body checkup for woman
to check for tumours in the breast, womb etc.
after like 20 patients,
we got so sick of looking at woman's private parts.
haha. its like NOT PLEASANT at all.
but it was definitely enriching to learn more about it.
the interesting part was looking at the foetus through the ultrasound.
we saw many many foetus of different stages.
damn interesting.
this is an ultrasound scan of a foetus around 18plus weeks old.
see the spine! the brain!
its super interesting and meaningful to be able to observe a life like that.
i heard the doctor explaining to the soon-to-be parents about the scans and checks so many times that i could actually memorise everything.
also, saw 2 termination of pregnancy.
i dont know how some people can simply decide they dont want a life so quickly.
but im not in the position to comment about anything. so yah..
its not very scary
'cause both are at the early stages of pregnancy
where theres only a pregnancy bag.
we stood there for like 4 hours
observing the consultations.
the doctor had so many patients that he had to rush through.
at last, around 1300
when he was about to leave,
he received a call saying that the woman who took CTG in the morning was in labour.
we rushed over, and she allowed us to view the entire process!
it was. EXCITING!
i was rather scared at first
but after that i realised its not that scary after all.
just lots of blood.
avril almost died.
she was so freaked out
she gripped my hand so super tightly!
basically the entire process was:
when the vagina is dilated enough,
the baby could come out.
the water bag was to be burst.
the woman had to push.
like how she pass motions.
when the baby comes out a little,
the doctor will cut open the vagina.
lots of blood.
and u see the head of the baby.
and slowly, the baby is out!
the baby couldnt stop crying.
and that was a good sign!
when the baby was finally out,
the doctor will cut the umbilical cord.
then the baby will be handed over to the nurse.
no more gynae's business.
but avril didnt dare to look at the woman.
that was the most exciting but disgusting part.
the doctor pulled the umbilical cord.
till the placenta comes out.
the placenta was big.
so lots of blood gushed out too.
like waterfall.
splashing!
the doctor let all the blood come out.
and deeps his hand in to clean.
make sure all the blood is cleared.
then he stitches the woman's vagina.
with a NEEDLE and THREAD!
imagine the excruciating pain a woman have to endure at birth!
finally he was done and he left in a rush.
the little baby was a boy.
the grandmother was damn happy.
and the mother was glad he finally came out i guess.
nice feeling.
haha. it was truly a rare experience.
shall work towards this goal!!
got to improve on my bio.
avril was so freaked out she decided not to be a gynae!
but i shall not change my mind!
'cause its damn meaningful!
but i dont want to have children anymore.
its far to painful and unbearable.
HAHAHAHHAHAHA
wish me luck!
i got to be a GYNECOLOGIST! :)))
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This passion has pushed me hard over the years. And I hope it would continue to motivate me for my entire life :D:D:D