What is it about birth? The whole entire process, labor and delivery; it fascinates me, it thrills me, it boggles my mind.
I got to see a baby born this week. It's my 16th to date, but somehow, it is still just as amazing as the first one! It was a wonderful labor. It would be my patient's fourth baby, so she knew what she was doing. Her labor progressed exactly as it's supposed to. We chatted just a little during her labor. She told me she had three boys already, so she would love a girl.
When it came time to deliver, she literally pushed about four times and she had a baby. Of course it's more important that the baby is alive, and breathing, etc...but I couldn't wait to find out. A minute later, the midwife announced it: it was a baby girl! I was ready to cry anyways, but when the daddy's eyes filled with tears of joy as he buried his head in his wife's pillow, I couldn't help but tear up. It is such a wonderful thing that this women had just done. I never want to lose my sense of awe and wonder about birth.
I got to see a baby born this week. It's my 16th to date, but somehow, it is still just as amazing as the first one! It was a wonderful labor. It would be my patient's fourth baby, so she knew what she was doing. Her labor progressed exactly as it's supposed to. We chatted just a little during her labor. She told me she had three boys already, so she would love a girl.
When it came time to deliver, she literally pushed about four times and she had a baby. Of course it's more important that the baby is alive, and breathing, etc...but I couldn't wait to find out. A minute later, the midwife announced it: it was a baby girl! I was ready to cry anyways, but when the daddy's eyes filled with tears of joy as he buried his head in his wife's pillow, I couldn't help but tear up. It is such a wonderful thing that this women had just done. I never want to lose my sense of awe and wonder about birth.
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