Covid-19, reusable sanitary pads and beautiful pregnant ladies

Three months has passed so fast.  

So, what we did with my beautiful fellow volunteer Marina - because of period stigma we had an idea to train girls in Junior High Schools and produce reusable sanitary pads to them. We trained almost 300 students! In our project were included local seamstresses, teachers from schools, students, their parents. A lot of people at the end. 

In hospital I was working actually everywhere, in ER with local nurses, doctors assistants, but mainly with young midwives Emanuela and Gladis. They were amazing. In this clinic, Ayamfoya Memorial Clinic, midwives are so independent, they do everything. What was interesting as a family planning method, that most common method is injectable one - it's given as an injection every three months. A lot of girls choose this. But the problem is, a lot of girls are already pregnant when they come for check up, and they haven't done pregnancy test yet. So all patients who come to family planning check-up they need to do pregnancy test with midwife before injection or contraceptive implant. They don't have cardiotocography machines, only doppler fetal monitor. First pregnancy check-up usually varies between 8-12 pregnancy weeks, but some of women come for first ultrasound, check-up at 24-26 weeks! 

In Ghana it's believed that the placenta is the dead twin of the live baby and is given full burial rites.

 After delivery placenta is taken home,  it is buried behind home, under the tree.