a day at the office

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5am awakening


candle burning


clock ticking


sun rising


breaths deepening


heartbeat monitoring


uterus contracting


cervix opening


hands holding


arms enveloping


words encouraging


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(Doppler, gel, and pre-dawn candlelight.)


tub filling


water relaxing


warmth helping


body pushing


downward moving


passage opening


head crowning


shoulders coming


birth


baby crying


mama relieving


papa awing


finger counting


toe counting


eyes adoring


cord pulsating


family bonding


bodies warming


voices cooing


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(Nearly 30 years of practice and approx 1,000+ babies! Pictures to prove it. Amazing.)


placenta leaving


breasts feeding


scale weighing


bottom diapering


blanket wrapping


word spreading


people congratulating


grandmas hugging


love growing


life beginning


home


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(I'm always starving when I get home!?! Geez. It's not like I was the one doing the hardest work!)


 


And now let's go watch this:









Watch Call the Midwife - Preview on PBS. See more from Call the Midwife.