Welcome to the world baby girl
Never did I imagine that I would be able to say I helped support mothers as they delivered their babies in Mbarara, Uganda!
As the day started we headed to the hospital in full anticipation of an eventful day . I arrived at the Maternity ward, where to my left was a room full of women who had just had their babies. It was so full there were mattresses with women and their babies on the floor. Just down the hall a short distance on the right was the delivery room. As we walked in we were welcomed by the midwives, medical students and doctors. The room was small and had three beds for delivery, each bed only separated by a curtain and about two feet of space. I was shown where to wash my hands and then given gloves. Before I knew it all three beds were full with women who were 10 centimeters dilated and ready to push!
There was one woman particularly that was very vocal and said it was her first baby and she was scared. I went over to her and began to rub her back and do some breathing exercises with her. After a few minutes I asked her if I could pray for her and she smiled and said yes. So I prayed for a smooth delivery and peace over her as she labored. Just minutes after that she felt the urge to push and in no time the baby was born.
Within about 30 minutes after the baby was born her mother was stitched and cleaned up. She thanked me for praying for her, put her clothes on, stood up and gave me two thumbs up and before she walked out to the post delivery room said with a big smile “alright I’m good now”, like childbirth was a piece of cake…umm WOW! Later I went to see she and the baby, we laughed and talked about life and I held the sweet bundle of joy. She shared that she is a Christian, and when I asked to pray for her she was so happy because it refocused her to call on The Lord to help her during the delivery.
I absolutely saw His grace and hand in that delivery today, as if He was sweetly saying “welcome to the world baby girl.”.jpeg&maxwidth=640)
