The final day of a wonderful week...

Sorry that I haven't written in awhile!! Going by the lack of comments on my last few posts, I'm guessing not that many people are reading these anyway, so it probably doesn't matter. I thought I'd better update the few people who are still reading though, hehe!!

So, last Thursday Nic arrived!! The week leading up to him arriving went really fast as I had something to look forward to, so I was really grateful for that! I've also been trying harder to make the most of my time here and grab every opportunity, so it's been great. I spent the week leading up to Nic coming primarily studying, knowing that I wouldn't get much done once he arrived. I have also been back in Obstetrics for 2weeks now, and so have been concentrating on trying to get my deliveries! I seem to have the worst luck! Either there are a whole bunch of new housemen (interns) tagging on with the other interns to compete with for deliveries, or there are all the student nurses!! Even when I stick with a patient all day, hold their hand through the contractions and get them whatever they need, inevitably they end up requiring an assisted delivery or cesarean section, hehe!! Anyway, on the Wednesday night before Nic arrived I stayed over in the labour room all night to try to be the one to deliver a baby! I had to wait until after 2am when all the extra houseman taggers went home, but at 2.15am I finally got my first delivery!! It was such a relief to finally deliver!! It was a fantastic experience too, because I had stuck with her through the pain, allowed her to nearly break my arm when the contractions got bad (seriously!!), and then delivered her baby in the early hours of the morning!! What was amazing was that she was so grateful to me!! I wanted to say, "No, thank you!! It was such a privilege to be able to deliver your child!!" It's actually really nice to see a woman go from the pain of labour to the relief and joy of having her child in her arms. The transformation in her face is amazing!

I would have been able to deliver a second baby, but the houseman told me too late, so unfortunately I missed out. I stayed until morning and then did the morning ward round, etc., but I ended up going home around lunchtime because I was pretty tired by then. Because of that, I ended up arriving at our hotel in KL about 2 hours before Nic arrived!! I have to admit, I was getting pretty anxious that something had happened to him by the time he arrived as it took him 3hours to get to the hotel (I had calculated it should take him 2); the relief was pretty evident in my face when he finally arrived!! I can't explain how amazing it was to see him. If any of you have ever been apart from your other half for some time, you would know what I mean. If you haven't been married, you probably can't know what it's like until you experience it for yourself. Suffice to say, we had an awesome weekend together in KL! We spent a lot of time taking the light rail network all over the place; and spent half our time in markets!! Friday we spent the day walking all over the inner city of KL, from the KL tower to KLCC. We then spent the evening in Chinatown, and Nic nearly got into a fight with a stall owner over a bag, hehe...just trying to get the best price ;p. Saturday we tried to go up the Petronas Twin Towers, but even though we arrived before the ticket office opened, we couldn't get up there. Tickets are free, but they only offer 400 per day, and people had been lining up from 6am. We did think about trying again Sunday morning but decided against it in the end. We actually went to some Chinese wet markets before we headed over to the towers that morning, and I introduced Nic to my favourite Malaysian breakfast snack. He loved the food and the experience so much we went back on Sunday morning too!! We spent Saturday walking around KL some more, going to some other markets and then back to Chinatown, and in the evening we went to this cool bar for dinner, which was a lot of fun. It was also nice to have a hotel with a tv to watch the soccer, air-con, and a hot shower (three things I have not had for 6weeks, hehe). I haven't missed those things that much, but it was nice being able to enjoy them for a weekend!!

On Sunday we headed back to Seremban, and I showed Nic around my home here!! Monday, tuesday and wednesday I've been back at uni during the day, and Nic's basically just been enjoying having nothing to do! On tuesday night we hung out with some of my friends here, and I think Nic had a pretty good time meeting all of them. It's a shame he hasn't had more time to get to know them. Last night we went out for Seremban crab with some friends, which was awesome!! It was also a celebration as I got 2 more deliveries yesterday!! I have been so stressed all week trying to get them, as I really need to have my 4 by the end of the week, as next week I have exams. I went from being extremely anxious yesterday morning to extremely relieved b the afternoon! It was great. I only have one more to get, which I will hopefully get tomorrow.

Today is Nic's last day, and so I have to admit I'm sad. But I'm so grateful that he was able to come at all, and at least in two weeks I'll be home too!! We're going to have a fun day together today, and then my friends and I will take him to the airport tonight. I wish he was staying until the end, but I will probably get more study done for my exams if he goes home, so I'm staying positive!!

I can't believe my time here is nearly up!! This time next week I'll be sitting my exams, and then it's off to Phnom Penh!! So exciting! I can't wait for a bit of a holiday, I am so exhausted!!

Anyway, gotta go!! Will update next week again!! :)