It’s our scheduled prenatal check-up with Naoko at 11am but we went there earlier because she texted Lina that she is started her labor. We were so glad because we expected her to give birth a week before. I was also concern because I have only 1 week left before I left the country but I will extend though if she will not deliver before then. I was just concern if I will have a difficult time changing my tickets. Lina, Cathy and I went to her house by train and rickshaw. When we arrived, she already has good contractions. At around 3pm Lina did an IE, she was only 3 cm but her cervix was very stretchy. Then we monitored her. The client’s husband prepared delicious food for us. While we were labor watching we were so full all the time. At around 10pm Naoko wants to push and wants us to break the Bag of Water. Lina wanted me to do the IE and rapture the BOW. So I did and IE and she was already 8-9cm, and I was able to dilate it to 10cm and then she started pushing and after I ruptured the BOW the baby’s head was already visible. Then Lina took over. She had her beautiful baby girl with good apgar score. The placenta did not come out for about 30 minutes of waiting so I suggested to let the patient on squatting position to facilitate it to come out. Thanks God right after squatting the placenta came out completely. Everything went well. We went to sleep at 2am. Then we woke up at 7am had a very good breakfast which was prepared by her mother. Then we went home and slept some more. We were so happy that she delivered and everything went well.

Lina and I went to visit our station friends. On our way, we saw a man who was lying on the road with disgusting wounds which the flies had feasts on. He is very skinny and seems like cannot move anymore. We just passed him by and will be back for him because we need to go and visit our friends who are just nearby. After our visit we went back to the guy and we clean his wounds and dressed him up. We went to the police to ask for assistance. We need a stretcher to carry the man to the hospital. We were told to go the station manager to rent for a stretcher. And so we had one and then Lina and Daniel went to the hospital and I chose to go home because there was no space for me in the taxi. I slept for about one hour and then I went to the guy’s house for our worship meeting with our Indian family friends. I baby sit Afrin their youngest baby. We went outside of the house to play. Then I saw Soni, one of our station friends carrying her son crying. I can’t understand what she was saying. It so happened that a little friend of mine was around she helped me translate. We found out that she was kicked off from their house by her husband. I gave her water and stayed outside for awhile since the worship was going on. Then Daniel came and let her go in and join the worship and then we prayed for her and then we ate. Then I went home and watched TV “The father of the bride and ER”.

Our off day. Lina went out to have her hair done. I just stayed home watched movies “seven pounds and Mama Mia”. I read some books and then slept more. I feel so refreshed and had a wonderful time away from anything.

Lina and I went to Breach Candy. Lina is a breastfeeding consultant so she was called by a client to help for the breastfeeding. She went to the hospital while I was window shopping to a near by shop because I cannot go in to the hospital. I took her about 2 hours. I was reading a book standing outside the shop. It was not very fun because my legs started to ache. Then after Lina was done we bought food for our lunch and we went to her friend named Helen which is only a walking distance from the hospital. After we ate we went together at La Leche League meeting. A group of pregnant and breastfeeding moms and talked all about breastfeeding problems and how to solve it. It was a lot of fun and I learned a lot of things from them. Then we went home and prepared for our worship meeting and prayer for Ahoi. Then we all went out for dinner at Wild Orchid restaurant together with 3 other Indian guy friends. Then at about 10:30pm we went home and watched “waking up the dead” but unfortunately we did not finish it because there was a technical problem.

Lina, and I watched the Slumdog millionare again. We watched together with Onjai who watched that movie for the first time. Then I watched “Bilu” also a bollywood movie. It was a great movie. It talked about family and friendship. Then I read the book called “The shack”. And later on I watch Sea Patrol.

I stayed in the apartment today because I had a dysmenorrhea. I took a pain reliever which I am allergic to. So I put an ice over my eyes before it started to swell. It worked. There was no chance for my eyes to swell with the ice pack. After a while I watched some bollywood movies in the television. It was nice to be alone and have time to rest and sleep.

Lina and I had a long day today. We went to see Diana at Andheri which is 45 minutes train ride and 30 mintues by rickshaw. We spent a lot of time in the train. The train was from Kurla to Dadar about 20 minutes then dropped off then change train from dadar to andheri. Then after our visit we rode a train from Adheri to Kurla station then changed train from Kurla to Thane to visit another client Naoko for prenatal check-up. Then we rode a train again from Thane to Kurla. At 7pm we went tot he guy’s house to get the food going to our station friends for dinner. We had a dinner with three Indian famiies in the station. We were eating at their houses with no roof so we were eating under the moon and the stars. Plus there was no electricity so we just use a lamp. We had a great time though. We were all full.

Lina and I woke up late in the morning. Then in the afternoon we went to see a client Lalita at Andheri. We rode a train about 45 minutes and walked about 20 minutes. Before going to their place we dropped at McDonalds to eat ice cream. The heat of the sun was very exhausting so the ice cream was so refreshing. We had a wonderful time with the couple. Lina was teaching about what to expect during labor and delivery. We were given apple juice and some Indian food.

Today is our off day. But Lina, Ahoi and I went to Khogar to visit Ram who is in the orphanage. We really had a great time playing with the children in there. There are about 16 of them. They seem very happy. The founder of that orphanage just arrived from the US and got them crocs and quilts. And then we had our lunch at the Chinese restaurant. Then we went to another orphanage to visit Ram’s brother Lakhan. He was very malnourished and almost near to dying when we saw him in the station. Lina was the one who referred him to the orphanage. We were so happy to see him gained a lot of weight. It was sad because they changed his name to Samuel. Lina is trying to figure out to let the two brothers will be put in the same orphanage. After visiting we dropped by and visit our station friends and then go home. It was a very long day. It was exhausting but fulfilling.

Today iss our off day. Lina and I slept the whole morning. Then we went to Vashi in the afternoon to shop and eat at our favourite place the “subway” and then we ate watermelon natural ice cream very yummy.!!! We went to hypercity to buy food. We went home and then we watched “waking up the dead”. We used to watched it very week. It is like CSI. We really like it.

I woke up around 10 am. I went to the guy’s house to help with the Kids club. I met Aishwarya. She is very beautiful 8 year old girl. She is very smart and speaks English very well. We had a wonderful time with the kids. We had games and bible story and new songs. It was fun but I was exhausted after. I went home and I slept about an hour before we will go and visit our station friends. But I did not go because I was not feeling well so I stayed home and I watched movies entitled “Provoked and Traffic Signal.” Those were nice movies. I love the “traffic signal because I met one of the casts in person. She is the mother of Aishwarya a little friend of mine.

Today we all went to the Crawford Market via CST train. We had the best train fast ride ever. We went to look for good materials for the couch. We went to stall after stall. It took us awhile to find the best one. Then after buying those, my friend and I went to Andheri which will take like 45 mintues train ride to visit a client named Diana, a Romanian pregnant client. After riding the train we ride in a taxi and it took us about 30 minutes. This patient is well off. After visiting her we all went to the hospital to meet her doctor so that my friend her midwife will have birth plan together with the doctor. The hospital is very big and it is newly built. I was glad to meet her doctor. The doctor is very nice.
We went home via bus. And we dropped by to Joban’s store where we had our clothes made. Lina bought some clothes for her. Before dropping home we went tot he guy’s house to pick up the labor and postpartum form. Then all of us went out for a dinner at the mall in “Little Italy”. A very expensive restaurant but has yummy food. Finally we arrived home late. It was a very long day..

We had our team worship and meeting for the week. After the meeting, my friend and I watched movies “Water” and “every child is special”. These movies are very good. I really like them. I really learned about life from it. Then after watching we went to our friend whose child is sick. We checked if he still has medicines left. While we were on our way there was a very pretty child who has bandage on her foot. She told us that her toe was cut because of accident. She followed us to our friend’s house. Then after a while the child’s grandma went to the house and asked for some help with the medication of her grand daughter. She showed us all the prescription. So my friend decided to help her and we went to the pharmacy and bought all the medications that were needed. My friend bought shoes for her also. She was very happy and had a perfect smile until we parted ways. We arrived home and had our dinner. At about 9pm we went to meet a new client who is pregnant for the first time. She happened to leave the neighborhood. We had a great time there. After she was checked we went home but we dropped by the store to buy ice cream and beet root.

We had our morning worship with an Indian family. Then after the worship we went to check our pregnant patient up. Then we went home. A new member of the team came from Hongkong so we planned to have a dinner in the restaurant. My friend was not able to come because the carpenter who repaired our door was not done yet. It was an awkward time but I survived.

We had our morning worship at the guy’s house. After the worship I stayed in there for the Kid’s club activities. We had a wonderful time. Those children were so amazing. Then after 2 hours I went home and took a nap for 35 minutes. Then we went out to visit our station friends. I brought with me my nail polish and I was polishing all the girls in the station. It was a great time.