so obgyn started today and i think it will be good. i pushed my way into a c-section and that was pretty cool. i also did a few exams and histories. hanging around all these pregnant ladies makes me feel really skinny, so i think i'll go back tomorrow. there are about a million med students and residents in the department, so everyone is vying for opportunities. med students are funny because it's all about academia, not about patients. they have little sense but a hella lot of knowledge. the residents and attendings of course by then have it all together and are great to watch w/ their patients. things are so much more laid back in the labor/delivery OR than they are in the "real OR" of surgery. and a baby is a much cuter outcome than an appendiceal fecalith (a poop clog in an appendix- why you get an appendectomy). i was so relieved that the c-section baby was really attractive. so when the mom said, "oh, he's just gorgeous....i was hoping he'd be cute from the beginning and not all squished looking" i could agree and not have to lie.
my schedule won't be too bad. i will leave my house by 5:45am and get home by 5pm. i'm not yet sure about weekends. i will work 2 24-hr shifts over the next few wks, but then will have the following day off to sleep and recover. not bad at all.
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