Birth of a baby
The baby’s cries echoed through the delivery room and Ellen reached for her, but the nurse quickly took the baby toward the treatment table. Through the glass you can see a swab to collect oral mucosa, and the recorder approaches to check the sample container and write her name on the label. Ellen has yet to see the face of the child she gave birth to, and has not even been told the sex. As the doctors continue to process the placenta, Ellen’s hands remain open as if grasping at the sky. And so begins several days of waiting.
