A Ton of babies
Categories : General Practice, Obstetrics, Personal |
Well yesterday, if my rough adding up is correct, I attended my 100th birth for the year. My previous best was about 98 last year so cracking the century in September is a pretty good effort, especially considering I was away for 5 weeks in July/August. This level of obstetrical busyness is quite a good place to be. Between two and four births a week but I still probably only get called to the hospital after hours an average of one time a week which means not too many sleepless nights or interrupted dinners (like last night’s). But delivering babies is not only a great and rewarding job in itself, it also has the added bonus of filling my GP clinic days with lots of pregnant mums and their kids, which is a quicker, more efficient, and more enjoyable sort of medicine than the geriatric patients the average GP’s case load would be comprised of. This allows me to stay mostly on time and get home to my kids at a decent hour. It’s all good 
Number 101 is on it’s way today also, sometime later this evening probably…
