Yesterday, during swing shift, I was first up.  Meaning that the first labor that walked in, unless she was a cont of another midwife, would be assigned to me.  A G10, meaning she had been pregnant 10X, came in soon after my shift started, but she wasn't in labor, so we sent her home.  She was super tiny and it was pretty difficult to communicate with her as she didn't understand any English.

My next labor was a G5 Badjao patient.  The Badjao group as a whole, are very poor, speak their own dialect - and don't speak English or Visayan, aren't educated at all, and wear super bright colorful clothes.  Thankfully, the patient's mom spoke Visayan really well, so it made it easier to communicate.  Their labors usually go really fast, so because she was 5cm and  baby's head was super low, we were expecting her to go quickly.  I kept a very close eye on her, because these patients usually don't tell us when they are beginning to push, and I didn't want to miss catching the baby.

My previous labor came back, which another midwife took.  This time she was in the late stages of labor, but she was so calm that just by observation, you would think that she was in the beginning stages.

Both our patients spent a lot of time walking around, resting on the bed & not looking active at all.  After a few hours, the G10 began pushing.  Another G5 in active labor came in.  This was right before endorsements, so she didn't deliver during our shift.  The first patient delivered her baby right before endorsements, and we endorsed the two labors to the night shift.

Tomorrow night, I will be first up again & maybe get to catch a baby :-)