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1/5/2012- today I got to watch a Caesarian section(C-section). It was actually extremely interesting. It's the first actual surgery that I have seen. It was very interesting how they stiched back each layer of the skin after they got the baby out. Hopefully I get to see a few more! 1/9/2012- today I was about to see a vaginal birth, but I did not end up having enough time to watch the birth due to time constraints and after school activities. 1/12/2012- today not much was going on, there were no women in labor today, there was one c-section earlier but I was not even at the hospital yet. 1/16/2012- Today was another monotinous day. There were no births, so the nurse taught me about the heart monitors used on the mother and baby. 1/19/2010- I got to see another c-section today, this one was very similar to the first one, no problems at all. The baby was a little bit underweight though. 1/23/2012- Today was another uneventful day in L&D, There was nothing going on so I read about the different types of births. 1/26/2012- Today was slightly disappointing. Just as I got to the desk In the L&D dept. a woman had begun to crown. Unfortunately, The room was already a little crowded so I was not able to watch it. 1/30/2012- There were 3 women in L&D today who were induced around lunch time, but one of them went into labor while I was on my rotation, However, she didn't allow me to observe :(