And so it came to be that the boy would be here on this day. I am waiting for Mum and Dad's care experience (it's been 84 years........! No, but really....the kid is 9 weeks old and I'm STILL waiting #tooimpatient) I mean, anyone would think she was busy being a Mummy and that Daddy was busy being back at work hehe. I know I'll get one soon, I just need to keep hounding them.
Feedback is important to me, whether it be good or not so good. Reflection always needs to be done to ensure I am doing the absolute best that I can do and to see where I can better my practice, for myself AND the families I look after. And because they were also my guinea-pig clients, I want future clients to know what they get when they book with me or have me involved in their care at any point.
So I am not going to write too much here because even though I was on this journey with them, it is THEIR story to tell, not mine. Mum and Dad wanted his face to be blurred so I have respected their wish, but if they change their mind in the future - I have the originals :)
After some scary moments for them both, Mum having a cracking (but short lived) epidural, once more relaxed, this little boy came into the world nice and quickly! I was able to look after Mum due to being on a shift at the hospital at the time (the deal was I had to help out elsewhere too!) but I know this meant the world to Mum (as it did me too!) I always feel so honoured in any care episodes or births I am involved in, but when it is a friend or somebody I have looked after through their whole pregnancy, it is a different ball game.
I am so proud at how patient Mum and Dad were (because I was needed elsewhere). I managed to do his Newborn Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) and get them discharged home by late afternoon/early evening and she knew I would be at the end of the phone if she needed me and that I would be round the following day.
Not gonna lie though, I'm pretty sure we ALL breathed a sigh of relief afterwards. It meant that all the hospital stuff was over with (as long as no huge weight loss or jaundice for baby or any other complications with Mum) and I knew that some of their anxieties could now start to settle, meaning they could enjoy being new parents ALLLLL over again :)
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