tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post2200835456245456400..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: Birth by headlamp in Hinche, HaitiAndrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-60751857636375545442010-10-12T20:37:56.797-04:002010-10-12T20:37:56.797-04:00Thanks Andy and Cindy for a remarkable post!Thanks Andy and Cindy for a remarkable post!Sandy Galeota-Longnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-90805518826497690892010-10-11T23:01:23.329-04:002010-10-11T23:01:23.329-04:00Great to read this - I was there in April. The re...Great to read this - I was there in April. The resuscitations were definitely the most amazing and rewarding - agree with the earnest and quickly spoken prayers. Good to hear of the students' progress - we were working on the same things when we were there, but earlier in the process.Shelly Downing, CNMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-90611461732993824022010-10-11T16:57:56.701-04:002010-10-11T16:57:56.701-04:00Wonderful post! I agree wholeheartedly with the a...Wonderful post! I agree wholeheartedly with the assessment of the students - they are very caring and well trained for their limited educations.<br /><br />I had an almost identical experience in early September (we had 5 births that night!) Plus another 34-week baby from a Cesarean (under local anesthesia!) with respiratory distress and extreme hypothermia - I felt so helpless being unable to provide the simplest of solutions. The ER doc who helped me out was great, and managed to find oxygen after a good while, plus heat a blanket out on the street in a pan on an open fire! <br /><br />The baby was held by her grandmother in the "ICU" (the nurse went home - no replacement for the night) for hours while we attended to labors and births, and in the morning the little one was warm and breathing easier. A lot of very earnest and quick prayers went out that night.<br />Bobbi Kimsey, CNM<br />-definite repeat Midwives for Haiti volunteerBobbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216997228374082639noreply@blogger.com