This weekend, I am the consultant on call, based on a hospital with the highest delivery rate in Sweden. In all, 10.000 infants are born here per year, i.e. almost 10% of all babies born in the whole of Sweden. Compared to Swedish standards, this is a Baby Factory.

As a consequence, the maternity ward rounds are busy.

Problem: I get bored by the well baby checks, when there are too many. I feel like a tape recorder, answering the usual set of questions from parents. My ambition is always to see every individual infant as the person he/she is, but after the tenth baby check I need to fight against the Mechanical Me.

Anyone sharing these forbidden thoughts

Now, back to work!

I think the feelings are universal while doing well baby rounds. But those mechanical monotonous answers are very soothing for the parents. Its part of our job !!!