Jenny. applied the.
panting technique.
counteract the urge.
“ Soon” the” “contractions
became so. heavy that Judy.

short

everything “was geared. to
make us feel as relaxed as

to the extent-of supporting

The
whose mame was Judy,

checked Jenny out “upon
“arrival and then invited us to.

make ourselves at home

during the waiting period.
She suggested Jenny: might

want to. try walking around. -

to help. the waters break. and

also showed: us ‘into: ‘@.room .
which was set out more like
a household living room than
something in a hospital -
positively luxurious after our
cabin.

admitting -nurse, —

to help Jenny oui.: Jenny.
gripped the mask. tightly and
gasped into -it: Later, she

told me she had needed

something to grip onto, as
muchas anything.

The’. energy. level was
becoming: more and more

“intense -and with it came a

mounting apprehension and
excitement.

Although ‘I was involyed _

. wheeled in a.can -of- oxygen: - :

and encouraging Jenny and
seeing to her comfort, I felt
an overwhelming need for
some more direct in-
volvement. in what she was
going through.

“Where: the “<hell’s that

“doctor?” I- asked, as the.

“intensity heightened. Judy
reassured me he lived less
‘than two minutes away from

.the hospital, as she-went to

callhim. —

Sure enough, he was there
in a moment, decked out in
his cap and gown and so

dbaglssl

yourself out. Yow need some
help.” oe
* . s
“Here’ s the head, ” .the-
doctor declared. ‘The ‘little. .
face was purple - a shock to
the - uninitiated Such = as
myself.
The umbilical--cord was

: ty
: “handed hi him.to Jenny. taking
. theni."by ‘wheelchair into a

~ bid us Soodbee. I thanked >
him for everything, com-
menting that he deserved’ a
good. sleep. - :
“What ‘sleep?”. he ‘adked..
“T’ve-got surgery at.7 a.m,”.
After our son had fed as

filled: “up a baby's bi athtub

and invited me to bath my.

new son.

“it _wasn't only, the baby
f

ward

Eden already I looked twice

‘the size of the other baby in _
there who'd been-born two

days - previously. » Judy
weighed him and anziounced

T he other. side. of

hospital: birth: -

Going

- By ee the con- fired che almost looked like wound tightly around the

neck. ane -the doctor ..
clamped immediately;
working at breakneck ‘speed. -
Another. push -and - the
shoulders _ were out. The
doctor ‘eased out the body.
and announced: “Yoo' vehiad .
a baby boy.”” Bay

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