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[ocelot]

It is after 10:00PM and still 93 degrees inside the house. Somewhat cooler outside on the porch, where Beeb and I are, but not a ton.

At least the teething seems to be over for now, and Beeb is back to being a good sleeper.

I went to my first birth since Beeb's today. It ended in a c-section - the first one where I've been there at the time the c-section was decided. I'm having a hard time figuring out where to start writing about it.

When I left, the baby had been out for a while but they were still operating on the mom, and talking blood transfusions. It felt wrong leaving them (her mother and husband) standing there alone in the l/d/r room holding the baby, but I didn't know what else I could do beyond make them eat more hospital food.

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[therealocelot.livejournal.com]

It's a program the hospital runs, so a group. We sign up for 12 hour on-call shifts, and are expected to stay through the end of the shift (if we're needed that long). I generally stay longer if needed. But in this case, they called on a day I wasn't actually on call, because they just go down the list if no one is on call or the on call person flakes.

At that point, I don't think they would have called in someone new to cover for me.

Uncomfortableness with staying for potentially multiple days at a time is part of the reason I haven't worked harder at getting a certification and paying clients.

[tellinellen.livejournal.com]

that sounds like a great program!