After my daughter was born, as I laid in a hospital bed recovering from an unexpected C-section for an infant determined to remain breech, I found myself thinking of the choices that led to this moment and how the outcomes of those choices were somewhere far in the distance. I could imagine what would happen to my life, to my partner's, and to hers, but prediction is rarely what actually happens. The future was fuzzy, but maybe it was because I was in pain, as you tend to be when someone guts you like a fish. And yet, I had this tiny newborn, a little over six pounds, with a head full of black hair and the slate blue eyes. In reaction to the birth of a child, the hospital responded with paperwork and pamphlets on so many things that I now can't recall. I poured through them as my swaddled daughter slept in a clear bassinet.
Major Life Decisions
Major Life Decisions
Major Life Decisions
After my daughter was born, as I laid in a hospital bed recovering from an unexpected C-section for an infant determined to remain breech, I found myself thinking of the choices that led to this moment and how the outcomes of those choices were somewhere far in the distance. I could imagine what would happen to my life, to my partner's, and to hers, but prediction is rarely what actually happens. The future was fuzzy, but maybe it was because I was in pain, as you tend to be when someone guts you like a fish. And yet, I had this tiny newborn, a little over six pounds, with a head full of black hair and the slate blue eyes. In reaction to the birth of a child, the hospital responded with paperwork and pamphlets on so many things that I now can't recall. I poured through them as my swaddled daughter slept in a clear bassinet.