Today I got a chance to visit the Labor and Delivery Dept. I was able to see a live birth!!! YAY!
This woman was laying partially on her side with the help of her husband and the nurse. As this was her second child, she knew what to expect. She has an Epideral to manage her pain, but she still could feel pressure and enough feeling to push. Upon every contraction of the uterus, she pushed, and immediately the baby was crowning. They had to call the midwife in fast. When the midwife got there, the baby was nearly out. They put on some oily lubricant to soften the tissue which help to ease the baby out. Within no time at all, the baby came out and immediately she began to cry.
It's a GIRL!!! Here she was all purply-pink. Those little toes and fingers! She was given to her mom right away and the family was filled with incredible joy. All her labor pain was gone in an instant.
"A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world." (John 16:21)
What a blessing to witness such an incredible miracle; God's gift of life.
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