loved the break i had over the weekend.
teck and lisa's wedding was delightful with everything done out of the box. never have i seen a more compatible couple.
labour ward has been very eventful. i think i may have found my calling. even though i know that my girlfriends will all probably shun me once i get my OnG specialist feather in my cap. but hey, i'm helping the other 3 billion women in the world.
the one thing that really hit me was that no matter how hard the men try to help or try to understand what we go through, they fail time and time again. no one understands the amount of energy and pain a woman goes through during pregnancy and delivery. and the thing that pisses me off the most, is that even in this modern time and age, there are still men who are chauvinistic enough to put THEIR needs in front of the labouring wife's.
had this one patient labouring in the hallway and there was her husband, standing watch over her, DISALLOWING her to remove the facepiece of her burkha while she was trying to withstand the pain! and he was insistent that only a female team was allowed to deliver his baby. this is all in the middle of the night and the luck of the draw would have it that their first choice hospital, had no female obstetricians on call that night. 2nd choice hospital, had the same problem. when they finally decided to come here, again, there wasn't a female senior obstetrician on call to do the C-section. even after explaining to him about how much danger his wife would be in if the labour was delayed any longer, he STILL had the gall to say NO to just ONE male obstetrician in the whole team and said that if the wife had to wait, then she'll have to wait and he'll deal with the unfavourable outcome be it death.
having respect for one's religion and wishes is essential, i agree. but in the face of death, would you still want to put up with unnecessary and foolish wishes such as these?
sometimes i think we women might be better off without men. at least, these kind of men.
