December 26, 2021

her birth was one of trauma
resulting in a too-soon-poop
swallowed
it's name: meconium aspiration syndrome
or so i think
but what do i know about babies 
or birthing them
this baby's pictures feature
a respirator and a specially sized tube up her nose,
her oddly big baby nose
she has the goldilocks of noses, 
with a breathing tube just right
we were crying until 
that nose
a doctor said
my, my, what a nose




3 comments:

  1. Congrats, Aunty J! Hope baby is doing better now!!

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  2. Another meconium breather! Kids these days. <3!

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  3. I'm not really sure how to spell what I want to say. I think it's, "Mmm," with a gush of air expressed from my mouth.

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