Two Feathers had reached out for her and taken her away from the pain. They were in a place of complete darkness; no trees, no clouds, no water; only his hand and his eyes; he was the only person she saw; the only thing she saw. Am I dead? “Dideyohvsgi,” she asked.
“No, Utaluli, Usdi Sa quo, It is not yet time,” he answered.
“Will the time come soon?”
“Ta la- not today, Little One; it is not the wish of the Great Spirit.”
“Why is it so dark,” she asked. “Are you sure, I am not dead?”
“Utaluli, Usdi Sa quo,” he replied, firmly. “I not speak two-tongued; I mean what I say and say what I mean- not one thing and then another.”
“I am afraid,” she said. “It is so dark here- are we in Wudeliguhi, the Land of the Dead?” Charity feared the land
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Gosh darn it woman, I said push!”
She opened her eyes to see a man she had never seen before, bend over and reaching between her thighs. She bore down and pushed as hard as she could; the baby burst forth from her womb. The strange man held the baby up by her feet and swatted her bottom, but the baby didn't cry! Charity‘s mind screamed, “Cry!”
When the baby did not cry, the man placed his mouth over the baby's mouth and nose. What is he doing? Is he sucking the air out of her, Charity wondered. The man, who she now realized was a doctor, raised the baby up by her feet again and then slapped her across her bottom again. This time the baby made a noise, faintly at first, but then, her cries became louder. The doctor wrapped her in a blanket, and then gave her to Charity, who smiled weakly.
“Sometimes, babies need a little help to get started breathing,” he said. “For a little while, I thought I was going to lose you both.” Charity was exploring her new daughter’s face with her fingertip. “I reckon if you hadn't a fainted, like you did, I never would’ve gotten that baby turned around- You didn’t know what you were doing, but you was fighting tooth and nail to keep me from turning that child. When she finally came out, she wasn’t as big as I thought she was going to be- she’s a might small. I'm thinking she was a month or so early. It’s a blessing you got there; eight month babies, don‘t usually make,” he
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“I'm Doctor McAdams,” the old man said. “Your grandfather, come and fetched me after him and the niggra woman couldn‘t get the baby turned.”
“My grandfather?” she questioned; her mind going to all her grandfathers, even Two Feathers... They were all dead!
“Yes, Mr. Jeremiah. He came and got me.”
Charity nodded- she wasn’t going to deny Jeremiah as being her grandfather- after all, he was very much like a grandfather to her.
After examining her, he said, “Everything looks fine- no hemorrhaging, and the baby seems to be doing well, too. You get some rest, I’ll check on you later,” he said, and then gave her a strange look. “Are you sure you’re okay- you seem a little out of it.
“I’ll be all right,” Charity replied, adding, “I’m just tired.”
He patted her on her shoulder and said, “I'll be back in the morning to check on you and the baby.” As he gathered his bag, he said, “You’ve got some good folks to look after you. Now, don't go a jumping up too soon and trying to do too much. All that childbearing you’ve been doing, is taking its toll on your body,” he said gruffly. He then got a stern look on his face, and said, “After what happened today, I wouldn't recommend you having anymore
What was the matter? Rasheed wanted to know, lifting her chin. Was she ill? Was it the baby, was something wrong with the baby? No?
had just given birth. Bleeker, enters the scene after running all the way to the hospital to
When Betsy learned of this pregnancy, she spontaneously bought a little baby jumper. Bud reacted negatively to the news. He thought only of how a child could disrupt their career plans on the eve of their first big break. When Bud left for several days to attend a friend's wedding, Betsy dutifully took care of the problem with an abortion. She told Bud only that she had "lost" the child.
Its 7:09 am and Olivia is woken up by a wetness between her legs. She looks down and finds that the wetness is actually her water that broke. She anxiously wakes up her husband John, and the two of them quickly gather their things. After nine long months of waiting, John and Olivia are finally on their way to the hospital to welcome their first child into the world. The two have already chosen Jacob Alexander as the baby's name and have the nursery ready for him at home. Once at the hospital, Olivia and John meet with their doctor, Dr. Rodriguez, who assures the anxious couple that everything will be fine and their new son will be in their arms in just a matter of hours. It is now 8:22 am and the pain from Olivia's contractions is beginning to grow stronger. Several hours later, Olivia is in crucial pain but is only dilated 4 1/2 centimeters and is beginning to bleed. Knowing that something is wrong, Dr. Rodriguez realizes that the baby's heart rate is declining and that Olivia's blood pressure has significantly dropped as well.
Marie had just traveled from her hometown of Ville Rose, where discarding your child made you wicked, to the city of Port-Au-Prince, where children are commonly left on the street. Marie finds a child that she thinks could not be more beautiful, “I thought she was a gift from Heaven when I saw her on the dusty curb, wrapped in a small pink blanket, a few inches away from a sewer as open as a hungry child’s yawn” (79). Marie has suffered many miscarriages, so she takes this child as if it were her own, “I swayed her in my arms like she was and had always been mine” (82). Marie’s hope for a child has paid off, or so it seems. Later, it is revealed that the child is, in fact, dead, and Marie fabricated a story to sanction her hopes and distract her from the harsh reality of her life, “I knew I had to act with her because she was attracting flies and I was keeping her spirit from moving on…
Owen was shocked when she watched the family friend hanging her child in the air. The mother said:
“When I enter the surgery room the main doctor advise me to sit down and wait, but I could not stop walking around, which made my wife hit me and force me to take her hand on my own. After a few minutes I could no longer stand up. It was certainly shocking how a woman can give birth to a child.” When the surgery ended Felipe was instructed to wait in the room that soon his wife would be on, while the doctors and nurses cleaned up his baby boy and his wife. When they finished transferring the baby and Yesenia to the room, Yesenia was instructed on how to give the baby milk and preceded to do so. Afterwards, the baby was moved to the area in where all new born are. “I remember I told my wife to rest while I was making sure to be with my boy. After all it was late and she had a strong experience. When I arrived at the designated area, I saw the nurse that was in charge of the babies sleeping on a chair. I got so mad at her for not taking the adequate means to take care of the babies. Afterwards, I did not move from where my child was until he was allowed to be moved in with his
"From behind the maid who opened the door darted a lovely little girl of nine who shrieked ‘Daddy!’ and flew up, struggling like a fish, into his arms. She pulled his head around by one ear and set her cheek against his.
The version of childbirth that we’re used to is propagated by television and movies. A woman, huge with child, is rushed to the hospital when her water breaks. She is ushered into a delivery room and her husband hovers helplessly as nurses hook her up to IVs and monitors. The woman writhes in pain and demands relief from the painful contractions. Narcotic drugs are administered through her IV to dull the pain, or an epidural is inserted into the woman’s spine so that she cannot feel anything below her waist. When the baby is ready to be born, the doctor arrives dressed in surgical garb. The husband, nurses and doctor become a cheerleading squad, urging the woman to, “Push!” Moments later, a pink, screaming newborn is lifted up for the world to see. Variations on this theme include the cesarean section, where the woman is wheeled to the operating room where her doctors remove the baby through an incision in her abdomen.
Dr.Snyder cleaned the little girl up and placed her on her mother's chest after delivering her. He thought that the woman's husband would be happy to see the baby, but he had a different reaction. He was upset that the woman bled in their new car. He also told his wife that she could have waited 15 minutes to give birth. The man was insensitive and did not seem to care that his wife had just given birth.
“You’re not feeling ill are you?” due to his abnormal (for a conditioned world) behavior and his concern for Linda which, as we can see was highly unexpected as few visitors ever came.
patted me on the shoulder “ Sit back and relax, now we wait for the baby, I’ll be back in a couple hours
he refused to induce the baby, she is quoted as saying, "It's because you don't
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A 19-year-old new mother, named Sheryl asked her boyfriend to watch her 8-month-old baby while she went shopping. Her boyfriend kindly agreed assuming that the baby would fall asleep, and he would continue watching the game. However like most newborn babies, Sheryl’s child was a little fussy and was crying. That caused Sheryl’s boyfriend to get annoyed and agitated. He went over to the baby, picked him up and shook him hard. When Sheryl came home she found her baby injured, unfortunately what happened to Sheryl’s baby it’s something that happens to many children in America every day.