finally I saw a birth

I went to the prenatal clinic on thursday and I was amazed by the number of women who didn't come in for care until 25 plus weeks. I saw this one hispanic woman who was pregnant with her 3rd baby. this was the first time she had any prenatal care and she was between 26 and 30 weeks already. her other 2 babies were born in honduras. Jill the NP told me that she was certian this woman had never even had a pap smear b/c in that country they just confirmed pregnancy and that was all the care they recieved. friday I started out in the nursery, I got to assess the babies and give a hep b shot......that was my first IM and I was very nervous but mrs beaver said I did a good job. then I went to labor and delivery when 2 women came in in labor. I finally was able to see a birth.the mom had meuconium in the fluid and I got to see what it looked like....it was rather nasty looking. when the baby was born the doctor deep suctioned her before she took her first breath. then she was screaming so I hope she will be ok. watching the birth was so exciting and then I got to help with the baby after birth. overall I had a good week.