Wanda,
Thank you for sharing this moving story.  I am so glad things turned out
well for this mother/baby pair.  Reading about the letting the mother "hold"
her baby brought tears to my eyes.  God willing I will never be in such a
situation but if I am I'd certainly want compassionate staff to handle it
just as you did.  Never underestimate the power of loving touch.

Dawn Martin
Austin, TX

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> We thought she was going to die.  And
> so we said, "If she dies, don't you think it would be nice for her
daughter
> to know that her mother held her after she was born?"  We brought the baby
> to her, propped her arms up with pillows, lay the baby upright on her
chest
> with pillows behind the mom's arms so she could "hold" the baby without
> bearing the weight of her baby on her arms.

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