Today I was an intern at “Ö”. I worked the day shift with the midwives, following them and mapping their actions and needs. It was an experience I will carry with me for the rest of my life.

Delivery of beautiful baby boy “Al”

At 15.30 my beeper went off and the room I was assigned to for some hours of my shift room 9 flashed and vibrated through my blue outfit. My heartbeat rose when I saw Marianne running. She waved me in from a distance, smiling.

I walked in thinking I don’t know what to do with my hands. I was sure that mother and father would reject me if I looked unprofessional, but they didn’t even notice me as I walked in. I stuck my hands in the pockets of my shirt.

The mother’s contraction became more intense within five minutes and she was given nitrous oxide.  

There were two screens showing the mothers and the baby’s heartbeat, one was placed close to her head and one by her feet. I hadn’t had the chance to meet the head midwife in forehand so when Marianne walked out people in the room assumed I belonged there. The head midwife thought I was a medical student so she asked me for assistants and wanted me to stand very close to her and the mother to be so that I could better understand the situation. I couldn’t find the courage to speak, the room was filled with hope and strength and life. I did as she said. I looked at the mother as I stroke the mother’s leg in an attempt to give her some telepathic insurance that she was in good hands and that everything was going to be ok (because I still couldn’t speak). I saw her looking up and noticed that she was she was staring at her reflection in the ceiling boards. I wondered why the boards exactly above her body had a glossy surface. I got my answer when the baby “Al” came out with a splash. Obviously they had been changed because for hygienic reasons and they glossy surface allowed the staff to clean them instead of having them replaced after every other delivery. They also had a unexpected positive effect on the patient, when she saw her reflection in them she was distracted by the image and this also gave her a since of control of the situation which calmed her down. 

When baby “Al” came out the room changed, relief, peace and love dominated the room. There was more movement in the room and as people started to walk around I noticed the nurse’s aide stepping over something, the couples personal belonging were piled up in a corner of the room.  I then understood that the shelves in the rooms were used to store only medical equipment and they were no place for the family’s belongings. It isn’t my greatest discovery but it is still an important one, the delivery room lack personality and don’t match what’s going on in them.

I left my shift with a big smile and a sense of content.  

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