shut up christine

shut up christine

( 7:26 PM ) shut up christine

today i witnessed two babies' births (c-sections)

i remember things like the smell of burning
layers of yellow fat over red tissue. oddly, reminded me of lasagna
one of the mothers was 51 years old
she hemorrhaged and lost over 1500 cc of blood (1000cc is a liter)
i remember the blood pouring out of her body like a waterfall

seconds after the birth, we begin our assessment on baby
as we're wiping the blood off his body, his little hand takes hold of my pinky

life is beautiful

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