Gracias Maternity Hospital

You can find us over at Anandi Apartments in Chaudi, Canacona. It’s a bit of a different setup since we are in an apartment building, but it works for what we do. Maternity work is always unpredictable. You think it’s going to be a quiet night and then everything happens at once. We spend a lot of our time checking monitors and talking to nervous families. The area here in Canacona is usually pretty relaxed, which helps. We have a few rooms set up for the mothers and the babies. It’s not a massive hospital with miles of hallways, which actually makes it easier to get from one side to the other when we’re in a hurry. We’ve got the usual hospital equipment, but it feels a bit more like a home because of the building. The windows let in some decent light during the day. We see a lot of the same families coming back when they have their second or third child. It’s nice to see the kids grow up. The staff here is mostly local, so we know the shortcuts around town and where the best tea is. We keep the floors clean and the linens changed, and we just try to keep things calm. There’s always the sound of a baby crying somewhere, but that’s just part of the job. We don’t have any fancy receptionists in suits, just us doing the work day and night.