Being on call means being available. 100% available. It means being willing, and able, to drop everything, no matter how important and valuable, to go and sit and just be at someone’s birth.“ excerpt from http://truemidwifery.com/being-on-call/
I just read this blog after working all day Monday in the office and then driving directly to the hospital on Monday night. I admitted our client and explained induction, slept 4 hours and was up all day in the hospital delivering 2 babies overnight at 3am and 5am. I tucked them both in by 7 and I slept from 7-11. Then, just after arriving home to a husband who has been holding down the fort for more than 2 days and is now going out of town, to an excited teen anxious to tell me about her past 2 days of sleepovers and grueling crosscountry practices, I have to jump in the shower and drive back to the hospital. I have a homebirth client in the wings that I am hoping waits until I get a few more hours of sleep and a real meal.
The realities of being “on-call” can be tough, but I wouldn’t have it be any other way.
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Thanks for sharing
Thank you soo much for your dedication! It means a lot and it’s great hearing/ reading things from your perspective!! You ladies are amazing!
You are amazing Lisa. Thank you for all the you do. You and other midwives are a blessing.
The sacrifices you make from your own life and family to bring life and joy to so many other families will never go without the deepest and greatest appreciation! Thank you for delivering my beautiful Lil girl and all you Midwives for your support through my entire pregnancy. You guys had so much patience with all my Aggy phone calls and texts, never failing to respond no matter how ridiculous the question and concern was and for that, I’m entirely grateful! Love you guys so much! Thank you!