T-5 till we hit the sweet sweet African heat!

soo close to leaving yet sooo much to do!

We will be doing WHAT in Africa!!

Since Africa has many childbirth's each year we had the oppurtunity to learn what to do if we were to deliver a baby, have to recuscitate a baby, or what to do if a mother had a post partum hemorrhage.

Here are some pictures of our exciting day!

Erin bagging a baby... NO BIG DEAL!

So.. Let's just say we experienced child birth first hand... my reaction: we will be doing THIS in Africa. Our instructors reply: " yes, if a woman is labouring by a tree or out in the open and no one else is around... YOU WILL BE DOING THIS"... OMG! so here we go:

CRASH COURSE CHILD BIRTH ...

CHILD BIRTH: at it's finest!

And... Yes, I successfully delivered the baby!! HOORAY!






We are ready for anything! Bring it on!!

Disclaimer: ( we may not know what we are getting into but we are excited for any experience that comes our way! )

We'll be blessing the rains in t- 6

We are getting really excited about our African Adventure:) We arrive in Accra, the capital of Ghana on January 29th. We are spending two nights there and then moving on to the Cape Coast! From there we travel to Kumasi. Our first clinical experience is in Tamale, where we will be spending two weeks. We then move to Gushegu, a rural area placement, where we will have to work side by side cuban physicans and healthcare workers from around the world! We are planning to spend our last days in Africa on the coast mingling with locals and tourists at Green Turtle Bay Lodge! As we don't know what to expect, this will be an experience of a lifetime and we look forward to sharing it with all of you!