Deliver a Baby...Check : )

I'm pretty sure today was the best day of my life...I mean I delivered a baby, does it get any better than that? Here is what happened today.

So we arrive at 7:30 to hospital all ready for devotions. It was great as always and I actually understood them today(someone translated) The malians thanked me for my visit and wished me a safe trip home, they are so great. After devotions I went back to the labor and delivery room with Olive for my last day :(. When we arrived there was a women who came in hemmorhaging. She was only 27 weeks pregnant but the baby had to be delivered. The baby was born breach and she was not moving or appeared to be breathing. They declared her a still born and continueed to take care of the mother. About 15 minutes after the nurses wrapped the baby up, we began to notice that the wrapping was moving around, alot. We unwrapped her and discovered that she was breathing and had a strong heartbeat, but at her age, she was fighting for her life. Unfortunately she was too little to save and so I just held her until she went to be with Jesus. She was so beautiful and I had a really hard time with this case. I just wish I could save the whole world sometimes.
A few hours later we recieved another women who was in labor. After checking her we discovered that she was 7 centimeters dialated. We waited around for a while, but then noticed that the babies heart rate was beginning to decrease lower than it should. Olive then broke her water and the women began pushing. This is where Olive let me take some control and coached me through it. I did what Olive told me to do and out came the baby. I got to cut the cord and then Olive taught me how to deliver the placenta. This has confirmed my desire to be a midwife. I can't even express to you the joy of delivering this baby. It was the best feeling in the world. After this things really slowed down, so I decided that I would go give some blood to help the people out. I really loved the guys in the lab. They spoke pretty good English, but I tried to speak French with them to praciticed and they just laughed at me. It was a wonderful experience. Now I am back home and beginning to pack to leave. This trip went so fast, which is good and bad. I am so ready to go home and so ready to be back in my comfort zone, but also sad to leave the expereinces I have had here. Overall this was a great way to end my stay in Koutiala. More to come as I adventure back to Bamako tomorrow! : )