Antenatal Education...............in Nepal.............

Hello England,

Tuesday we were suppose to meet the Matron but quickly found out she was holiday so there was nobody to introduce us to our next clinical placement, so we practised more for our presentation on the roof top and made the most of the warm weather for a change! Whilst bathing in the sun on the roof top, Laura heard a click like a mobile phone, we then turned around and discovered a builder from across the next building took a picture of us!ha ha, good job we weren't in our bikinis!We then went to our local for some lunch and tried there pizzas which were very nice and some cheesy balls which were interesting. The time had come to do our presentation, ahhhhhhh, after one last practise in the sun the sister came and found us to take us to the room.

The MIDSON group gathered and Kiran started off the presentation by discussing what the MIDSON had done recently, their goals and how to achieve them. Then totally embarrassed me and laura by thanking us for choosing Nepal as our elective and accepting their invitation to do a presentation for them. The presentation went very well, we made it as interactive as possible which included me demonstrating the TENS machine with Laura, Laura explaining about water birth which they found very interesting and me on the birthing ball showing different labour positions and exercises postnatally. We also got the group to conduct the labour line which I feel they enjoyed and discussing how they would conduct antenatal education in Nepal and what they feel would be the main issues. We had done it and received a warm congrads and well done from the group, Laxmi went on to say thanks again to us which was very lovely, everyone is so kind at times it is very overwhelming.

At the end of the presentation, Laura handed Kiran and Laxmi a thankyou card from both of us with the donation from the SANDS organisation from Chicester and from us too. Which was very appreciated and Laxmi straight away said this will help her patients pay for cervical screening and the midwifery society of Nepal will be using it on training on perinatal death. So a big THANKYOU to SANDS, in Chicester.

We then went back to our local restaurant where we had lunch and had some nepalise milkshakes and snacks with the Matron and Laxmi. We tried bbq/fried chicken, fried vegetables, more moomoos and Laura tried a peanut dish. All very nice, so THANKYOU to the Matron who treated us.

Sadly thought the food was short lived and on he way home I had to leave Laura and run home as I had a tummy upset, sorry again Laura, I don't think Ive ever ran so fast!! and then Laura had a tummy upset too................. so we had a chilled out evening after a very busy but successful day.

Take care England x