The "warm man" in the delivery room
Before entering the delivery room, Guo Zhidong was carefully decontaminating himself.
Outside the delivery room, Guo Zhidong and his colleagues carefully entered the changes in the maternal situation into the computer.
Male midwives from the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Zhongshan First Hospital took a group photo in the department.
Guo Zhidong comforted the puerpera in the ward.
Among the group of female-dominated nurses, male nurses are rare, and among the male nurses, male midwives are even more prominent.
For many people, the concept of a male midwife is an unfamiliar concept, but for Guo Zhidong, a male midwife of the Zhongshan First Hospital, "male" does not mean "difficult."
They are the "warm men" in the delivery room, responsible for the safety and health of the mothers and newborns.
Photo/Guangzhou Daily·Xinhuacheng reporter Yang Yaoye and Su Yunhuawen/Guangzhou Daily full media reporter Wu Ren, correspondent Peng Fuxiang and Liang Jiayun
"Heavy breath, don't use force!" In the delivery room of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, the midwife's instruction came out, which is actually a signal of victory: the midwife should start preparing to welcome the baby's official landing.
Subsequently, the mother who received the forceful instruction exerted force again and the baby's head was exposed. The midwife lifted the baby's head slightly and cleaned the baby's secretions with her fingers, preparing the baby to breathe spontaneously.
After the baby's chin is exposed, it follows the mother's pelvic structure and rotates spontaneously. Under the operation of the midwife, the baby's shoulders are also delivered smoothly.
Immediately afterwards, a newborn with wrinkled skin lay on the midwife's left arm.
This is a routine process of natural childbirth.
If there is anything special, the midwife in charge is a male.
Guo Zhidong, 34 this year, entered the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University after graduating from Sun Yat-Sen University with a bachelor’s degree in nursing. Male midwives are rare in the group.
However, he hopes to tear off the label from his body, "Remove the word'male' (of'male midwife'), no one needs to have any special thoughts."
Many jobs in the delivery room require Guo Zhidong to be rational and calm.
During the reporter's interview, a mother in the delivery room was depressed because her baby had a congenital defect.
Guo Zhidong was aware of the mother’s emotions, and while doing follow-up treatment for the mother, he chatted with her and told her that the baby was born smoothly and was healthy as a whole. Too much entanglement may lead to postpartum hemorrhage. Conducive to breastfeeding.
In many cases, Guo Zhidong is another intimate and warm man.
At the bedside of a pregnant woman, Guo Zhidong assessed the progress of the labor process. While checking the maternal daily necessities, he asked the woman: "Have you eaten at noon? You can take some to replenish your energy while the contractions are not so painful. Your meal It’s cold, I’ll help you warm it up in the microwave." Guo Zhidong said that the mothers are mixed with anxiety and helplessness during the delivery process, especially if there are no family members to accompany the delivery. Pouring water can give them a lot of psychological support.
After experiencing the rapid changes in the delivery room, coupled with some experiences in his own life, Guo Zhidong always sighed for a moment when he was busy every day: "Life is too fragile. So we should live every day well. This Is the most important thing."
Witnessing the birth of little lives time and time again made Guo Zhidong feel the magic of life.
"Especially after we clean up the baby, we will do some early skin-to-skin contact for the baby: hold it to the mother’s bed and let the mother stick her little cheek; put it on the mother’s chest, this time you will see, Newborn children will instinctively look for their mother’s nipples. The parent-child relationship between the two of them is established at this moment. The baby at this time looks very cute.” Recalling such a scene, Guo Zhidong’s eyes seemed to be slapped Lit the same, full of light.