After delivery, the baby must undergo a series of routine tests and procedures to assess its general condition, including clamping and cutting of the umbilical cord, as well as the Apgar test. These tests are performed by the medical team that assisted in the delivery.
On the occasion of the Olympic Games that are being held in Tokyo, the neonatology nurses at St. Luke's Health System Hospital in Missouri, in Kansas City, United States, wanted to honor the babies born on this date by knitting Olympic costumes with which newborns look adorable.
The mother's face is practically covered by an industrial mask with valves and a protective screen. She appears with her eyes closed, exhausted by what it means to take care of her son and at the same time deal with the physical and mental exhaustion from what she is experiencing in her health work. Meanwhile, her baby eats quietly without being surprised by the surreal appearance of her mother, looking at her with devotion.
It is not the first time that we echo this type of news, but it does not stop us from being moved by the tenderness and generosity of the act: a nurse has breastfed a newborn whose mother was unwell after a home birth.
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