Prenatal day

Today was our day for the free clinic. Specifically today for pregnant moms.

We started out gathering all of the moms under the tent and after they explained the different programs we have here, we began to teach them classes. Beth taught on danger signs during pregnancy. They are a little bit different here. Just having to adjust to the different cultures and time to get to clinics etc.

Then I taught on nutrition. Trying to explain why it’s important to drink water and to eat nutritious food, explaining how they need to eat eggs, fish, veggies and milk etc. since their diet mostly is starch normally.

We tried to debunk myths that they have been told. Like if you drink too much water then your baby will have water in their brain. Or drinking water will make your labor harder.

After our classes we started doing prenatal visits. We each worked with a Ugandan midwife or Dr so they could translate or do the talking.

It was a busy, but fantastic day!