Today was a special day and one that I will never forget. We spent the morning in the maternity center where some of the students and I witnessed our first vaginal delivery. The process began slowly with a group of women in one room under observation until they were fully dilated and ready for birth. Next, they moved the mothers into the delivery room where within minutes the baby was born. Once the head was in vision, everyone’s eyes were glued to the baby, until the whole body was out and you heard the first cry. Tears were brought upon everyone’s eyes when the mother and baby had their first interaction, and the child was given a name. The birth I witnessed was a baby girl named Kimberly, weighing 6.16 lbs. Overall, I feel until you see the process, you never truly understand the beauty of a baby being born.
Melissa Skrzypek
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