exhilaration

I don't know what it was about today's delivery but it felt so exciting and rejuvinating. Maybe it's because I hadn't done a delivery in the past week and had kind of gotten bored after doing a month of ob and having to stay one more month - a slump. This woman wasn't any different than anyone else I had delivered and I didn't exactly feel any more connected to her but it was just a great feeling after getting that baby out. It was kind of a big kid too: 9lb 10 oz and the placenta was huge too! Thankfully she didn't tear so no stitching required. Maybe it was happiness that although I stayed late to deliver her, I didn't have to stay later to repair any tears. I predicted her delivery around 5 pm and he was born at 5:01 pm. It was fun.

I also got a thank you note from a woman who I helped deliver a couple of weeks ago (she had a c-section because her baby was breech). I had taken a picture with her son so they gave me a copy of the picture. I also circumsized him. Very much the continuity and full service a family physician provides.