my life in OnG posting

i'm currently in Obstetrical and Gynecology(OnG) posting, a posting which i always interested since my fifth semester in Manipal.
i still remember the first time i watch a labor, once the fetus head is out, my tears dropped, and i called my mother the next morning, urging to hear her voice. It is such a painful sequence, an event which i think a mother won't forget throughout her life.

"sister! sister! i think i can't make it!!" by a mother who is having labor two days ago. she is trying to give up initially though we had seen the head. Maybe she thinks it is too suffering, or she thinks she can't bare with the pain anymore, or other few causes! But the nurses on shift never give up. They scolded the mother (like usual government nurses!). By pushing breathing and pushing, head is out, follow by neck, then shoulders of both side, then in less than 2 seconds, the whole body is out. This is like American Football, running40 yards, 20 yards, 10 yards! i can see a relived on the mother's face together with an expression as if they have just came out from the hell!

When the nurses show the baby to the mother. everything is over. a sweet sweet smile by the mother, and the first breast feeding. Such a harmony moment.

But, not every mother can be that lucky!

"doctor! doctor! breech! breech!" shouted by nurses when we were having class with Dr. Rahim.
A Malay mother with 30 weeks of period of gestation, having breech presentation who is having preterm labor. All the staffs in the wards were panic-ing , this is because non of them ever seen any breech delivery. Dr.Rahim, the Hod of OnG department, came out slowly from the classroom, and ordering the staff while trying to comfort the mother who is screaming of pain.

while observing the whole event, i was inspired by Dr. Rahim. i really admire of his calmness. while everyone is panic and running around, he went to talk to the mother,
" don't worry, we are here. i am Dr Rahim, i am here to help you. don't panic!"

once in labor room. i was shocked! half of the lower pole of body is outside the vulva. but, Dr. Rahim still in a steady mood, conducting the delivery. At that moment, i started feeling that be an obstetrician is really great. Dr. Rahim really inspired me a lot that day, and i am telling myself, very sure that, i am going to take up obstetrics and gynac as my specialist in the future. By bringing so many new lives to the world, isn't it a great job?

i was thinking, it is really a miracle and no one can imagine how wonderful a delivery till he or she has seen it.

"10cm journey through vagina is the most critical journey in a person's life."
this is very true. this is because a small mistake will put both the baby and mother in risk.
Be an obstetrician isn't easy, still i am going for it.

i want to be Rahim Ngu!
call me Dr. Rahim Ngu!