{"id":1130,"date":"2015-09-10T07:45:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T06:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2015-09-10T07:45:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T06:45:56","slug":"september-2015-and-so-how-long-does-it-take-to-have-a-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/2015\/09\/10\/september-2015-and-so-how-long-does-it-take-to-have-a-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2015 &#8211; and so how long does it take to have a baby?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s\u00a0taken 9 months since conception of this Madventure\u00a0in January, developing and forming its\u00a0shape, to hopefully successful delivery. \u00a0 \u00a0We&#8217;ve\u00a0packed every inch of hold luggage full of medical equipment, colourful clothing and toys. \u00a0 Dave and I have proved that it&#8217;s certainly feasible to start two weeks in Malawi with just\u00a07kg\u00a0of cabin luggage plus my biggest handbag and his small rucksack.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<a href=\"\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2015\/09\/IMG_1646.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1131\" src=\"\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2015\/09\/IMG_1646-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1646\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2015\/09\/IMG_1646-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2015\/09\/IMG_1646.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However I have a big &#8216;but&#8217;. \u00a0 It&#8217;s all very well taking out all the thermometers, urine testing strips, minor ops stuff, antibiotics and antiviral medicines &#8211; but if there are no nurses with the skills to care for sick children then it won&#8217;t have the impact on child mortality that it could.<\/p>\n<p>With the best will in the world, neither of us have any nursing skills, we are both pharmacists. \u00a0 \u00a0Only training more Malawians to be nurses with this\u00a0specialist expertise to care for sick children will help. \u00a0 And enable Malawi to achieve <a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/topics\/millennium_development_goals\/child_mortality\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Millennium Goal 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I had an interesting discussion with one\u00a0of the GPs that I work with as to why I was bothering and what was the point. \u00a0 His feeling was that the Malawian Government should provide the training, not sponsorship by\u00a0charities such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.friendsofsickchildreninmalawi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Friends of Sick Children in Malawi<\/a>. \u00a0 Trouble is, until we can get the number of nurses up to a realistic level, moving the work of FOSCiM from support to sustainable and finally to self-sufficiency, this isn&#8217;t likely to happen. \u00a0 How many charities\u00a0do we have in the UK that support what we might feel the UK government should fund e.g. our local hospice?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m working on the premise that doing something is better than doing nothing. \u00a0 The whole point for me\u00a0of being a Soroptimist is to make a difference to the lives of women and children wherever I can.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s\u00a0taken 9 months since conception of this Madventure\u00a0in January, developing and forming its\u00a0shape, to hopefully&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":523,"featured_media":1131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sharons-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>September 2015 - and so how long does it take to have a baby? | News | Blog | Events | SI Kenilworth and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Kenilworth and District : Blog &amp; News : September 2015 - and so how long does it take to have a baby? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Kenilworth and District . 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