week 3 heyyyyy

Can hardly believe that week 3 of lectures is already over! Time is really flying by. Wanted to share a few things from my week. Had a great time covering some really important and vital information.

We started the week learning to do urine analysis:

and anemia and hemoglobin blood testing:

And finished the week learning the importance of antenatal care. This included everything from proper nutrition to learning how to help mothers set up a birth plan.  I have never considered how important it is for mothers to be properly fed. In third world and developing nations, access to proper nutrition is not always readily available. We had to do some critical thinking to see how we could come up with the right types of food to have a well balanced diet, even in countries where they have very little. A well balanced diet might look a lot different in a developing nation than it does in a developed nation- but its crucial for the mother and growing baby to be properly fed!   

Proper prenatal care is SO vital. It can really save lives. I'm getting more and more excited to go into the nations and put into practice all this amazing information I have been learning....

Below you'll see some photos of a mock antenatal clinic that our class set up to be able practice all the new information we had just learned!

 We finished up the weekend doing a  "sausage sizzle" at a local hardware store to raise money for our trip to Africa and Asia. If you are interested in financially partnering with me I will have information up very soon on how you can do that!