A Poor Introduction To Life

It seems tragic doesn't it to hear a slap and hear the newborn baby cry or even howl with red-faced rage at the sudden assault after months in the warmth and comfort of the mother's loving womb... it seems a poor introduction doesn't it that the baby's first experience with life is an unpleasant one to him or her but oh how we mothers want to hear that cry and how frightening it is when we don't and doctors and nurses suddenly leave the mother and rush over to the baby and huddle around it and things are whispered and things are done that cannot be seen from the delivery table and time freezes with fear and then terror grows and the mother pleads to their backs- what is wrong?what is wrong? and no one answers and no one turns and the mother tells herself not to bother them they are busy and cannot answer her and- dear God, what is happening that no one can turn and tell her not to worry, that all is well and those dreaded words would not be said- and then oh! ! ! the baby cries and cries and waves her little red arms and legs around and cries and cries and cries and the mother is filled with absolute joy . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~2020 Susan Williams