I lifted 1400 lbs yesterday.

I need better access to heavy lifting equipment though.

My shoulder press still sucks... I can get the 30# dbs up twice, but I go to the 35s and there's no way in hell.

I dead-lifted 105# 5 times and did back-squat wiht 70# 5 times. I could go heavier on both, but all I have is my adjustable DBS that max out at 52.5# each and there's no WAY I can heft that much up to my shoulders to squat. If I had a bar and some bumper plates... and rings... and a 16# padded medicine ball... and... and...

In other news I am done with my OB clinical rotation and I believe I did very well. My last day was BUSY with every bed on the unit full, moving delivered mom-babies to peds and I personally was in on 2 vaginal births and 2 c-sections (one planned for transverse lie and one for a surprise footling breech!). We also had a VERY precipitous labor with a mom coming up from the ER and barely making it to the bed before pushing out her 7lb baby girl.

I'm pretty proud that I was able to get an 18gauge IV into a fore-arm vein for the first c-section patient. She hated hand IVs, (which is all I've done so far) and forearm veins are just a little deeper, but I got it on the first try and she was very happy with me. (HOORAY!). IVs were the one thing I was just petrified of, but I'm gaining a lot of confidence as time goes on. I still need to gain the muscle memory to keep things in the right order... but once I've got that I think I'll be pretty good at them. The other IV I started that day also only took one poke, so overall it was a good day. 4 healthy babies, for 4 happy families.

And now I must go kill myself with todays cross-fit workout.

Posted by Lexy at May 31, 2008 01:14 PM