with 2 hours left..

around 8pm, in the 14th hour, sweet Marianita came back (the one I'd sent home earlier) more active! She was single, but had her amazingly experienced mom there to help her labor. Seriously, her mom could've been exPLOYed at Mercy - she was sO good at telling her daughter what to do, without being "overbearing".. A veteran laborer, she knew exactly what to tell her daughter to do - she's had at least 5 babies, and her first time pregnant had twins (who had both already died before she pushed them out..)

I got to deliver her baby at 9:33 pm, and because it was so close to shift change, I didn't have to do any of the postpartum things like the baby exam and bath and such (the fun part :P). So I finished up the paperwork and endorsed the rest. I later found out that the father came at some point that night (which was really special for her because he already has a family and told her he was going to stay with the others). It's a common occurrence here, i've kind of learned to accept it, but, as long as they can support all their children, it's socially ok.

It was a great birth! I was completely blessed by the support of Marianita's mother, and just how she handled pushing out her first ever little baby girl.