Luna and Baby Elena!

Everyday since we have been at the orphanage we have been conducting a medical clinic. At this clinic we welcome everyone from the community to receive a medical consultation and we have also been distributing medication. We have been able to treat over 3,000 people in the past 2 weeks. However, there was one specific day that was a quiet unique compared to the others…

It was about 7 a.m. and our teams were wide awake helping the kids clean up the garbage around the camp… All of a sudden we all heard a women yelling as if someone had stuck a knife into her…little did we know that it was a women giving birth to a child. Her husband rushed her into the orphanage and she proceeded to give birth to her child, Baby Connie (named after our doctor volunteer) – Let me remind you all again that it was only 7 a.m.

We were all amazed! But, we continued to work and set up shop for the consultation. About 2 hours went by and the camp was already packed with patients waiting to be treated. There were 3 women who were pregnant who were waiting to receive medical consultation… but instead of receiving just a consultation they received medical attention!! Those 3 women ended up giving birth to three beautiful girls that day as well!

Now, I have never held a new born baby, let alone help with the process of giving birth to one!!! I was in charge of Luna. She was a 14 year old girl who was impregnated by an older man. She arrived at the clinic alone, but was eventually accompanied by her mother. Since our doctor was the only doctor on site she needed the female volunteer’s assistance in delivering the babies… Man oh Man did I not have a clue what I was in for!!! For a second I made a joke towards the other volunteers saying that after witnessing this first hand I was going to think twice about having children! But the reality of it was that it was a beautiful process… and in the end we were blessed to have had the opportunity to bring 4 beautiful girls into the world… Baby Connie, Baby Sonja (another volunteer who helped one woman), Baby Marie Sol (Our director who was in charge of another woman) and last but not least… BABY ELENA!

After that day I kept thinking how ironic things were… Here in Haiti an earthquake killed thousands of people, but he brought 4 more back to life that day…
I had the opportunity to visit Luna and baby Elena several times in the past weeks. They are doing extremely well and Baby Elena is healthy!

I will keep you all updated on their status!