A quiet day in Sarenga. Last night we had another exciting delivery. It is an interesting case because the mother has jaundice. You can get a normal jaundice in pregnancy but this always occurs with itchiness. Not so in this case. Her last pregnancy also caused her to become jaundiced and that time the baby died. We were quite worried that this might occur again. During the last minutes of the labour the baby began to show some signs of distress. Neil and I stood there praying that he would be delivered soon and incredibly he was out and completely ok. He's back on the ward with his mum. Also the woman with eclampsia from yesterday is doing well but she'll be kept in for a few more days to watch for any more seizures. They are more likely to happen after birth but hopefully she'll be fine. We had 15 new babies to examine today. All perfect except a little one who had been taken outside unwrapped and had come back in very cold and more lethargic. Neil taught the mum how to wrap her baby and told her to keep him warm.
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