The importance of planning

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I have been active in the labor ward of University college hospital. It has not been a nice sight in the labor ward and this makes me wonder about certain things in life.

I am one person who believes that a huge percentage of times emergencies can be avoided before they turn out.

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For example, someone who is pregnant has 9 months to prepare for the delivery and everything that will be needed when a woman falls into labor. However, a lot of people come in like they were not aware that things will be needed to ensure a smooth delivery. Sometimes, you hear things like I didn't know it was going to happen this week. Some people even say things like I didn't keep the money for cesarean section and all sorts of things. I know there are other factors that could hinder a lot of things but I don't think if proper planning is implemented there wouldn't be a need for urgency.

Just a short story...

A woman came in with a pregnancy that was post date and I saw that she didn't have a lot of things. I spoke to her and told her to get those things. She claimed her husband was bringing them and that he was on his way. When he came, he told me he didn't have money and asked why were we asking for some of the materials.
I told him that the materials were written in such a way that if she is not able to deliver vaginally, we would go ahead to bring out the baby via a cesarean section. The wife immediately said nothing like that will happen. She stood on her ground that she won't provide any of the materials because she wanted to deliver vaginally.
To cut the story short, she had not started feeling labor pains yet, and on calling the consultant he suggested that she should be sectioned based on the fact that she had a previous fresh stillbirth in her previous pregnancy. The husband is looking stranded and the wife also is almost crying. Do you think this scenario could have been prevented?

So what am I trying to say?

A lot of people try to replace planning with faith and end up being disappointed. I am not saying it is wrong to have faith, all I am saying is a backup is always important.

The importance of proper planning cannot be overemphasized.
It is also important to note that when planning, planning for the unexpected is like the most vital thing and most times red flags show before the emergency comes. The fact remains that when these red flags are handled the emergency does not come.

This story I just narrated made me understand and appreciate the importance of planning before marriage and family planning. I feel people should be financially capable and stable before getting married. It's not such an easy task but when there is proper planning things become easier and things get cheaper. I also feel that if you don't have the money to prepare for pregnancy and preparing includes preparing for a good and uneventful outcome and also preparing for an adverse and eventful delivery, you should use family planning options till you are financially ready.

In summary, all emergencies are preventable if proper planning is implemented and red flags are attended to.
That being said try to plan and remember that he that fails to plan has already planned to fail.

Thank you for reading.



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Tough stuff with the situation that woman, and countless other people are in. People unfortunately don’t like to plan for things because they don’t want to think a bad situation could arise so they just want the one they want. It’s the nature of people nowadays I think. Could it have always been like that? Sure but I don’t know it so I’m not sure lol. I know my wife and I plan for a few scenarios with almost anything. What we want, what could happen and what really shouldn’t happen but might happen. This I think is a pretty good way to think but not always easy!

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Thank you for stopping by and yes that's the way to think even though it's not so easy.

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