While waiting...

In the middle of preparing for my obstetrics examination. While waiting for my dear to talk to me( she is now entertaining 10 friends at one time..Wonder what she is doing? haha), decided to write something abt the first delivery i observed.1st thought was : Terrifying! Remember the pain the mother going through, i felt she was experiencing the greatest pain in her life. After 20 minutes of fighting ( pushing ) hard, finally the new one came out. All of the sudden, the feeling changed.. Felt so great to share the happiness of the mother( imagine 9mths she carried the baby, now finally he is out), and the medical personnels around it. In Russia, usually the 1st thing they do after the baby was delivered, is to place on the baby on the mother's abdomen and let the baby suckling, 1stly is to stimulate oxytocin secretion (a hormone ) which stimulates uterine contraction, thus decreases blood loss, and 2ndly, is to bond the mother and the child. Wonder if the same is done in other countries, for the same reasons?
Be frank, i used to dislike obstetrics, as i thought it's a 'dirty job'...but as time passes on, i started to like it. Being able to deal with mothers and babies prenatally, perinatally and postnatally, i feel that it's a great job ( though it's also the field where doctors face most malpractice lawsuits.) . Ok..that's all for now ( haih....still wondering what they are doing ...)