Hand-washing our big girl panties...in the dark

So, Carole and I are back in Masaka for our last week of catching those babies. We had a nice 4 day adventure to see some animals, and are now working hard. The hotel has had frequent power outages, so that makes our evenings exciting! Sigh.

For some reason, the birth gods are kicking our butt and there have been lots of mamas and babies to attend to. We were very busy on Monday and Tuesday, but only 1 birth today. Lots of c-sections for failed trial of scar.

We had some sadness. Yesterday afternoon, a fresh still birth was carried in from a uterine rupture that was transferred in. This morning we found out that the mother had died. The baby was unclaimed all day. Sad sad sad.

We made friends with a sweet little 4 day old baby with Vit K deficiency bleeding. He was very unwell but quite a scrappy little guy. Carole nicknamed him "Spike" because there was a bulldog on the little hat we gave him. So, think of Spike tonight and we hope and pray he is okay tomorrow.

Sarah