First the update you must be waiting for...Baby Precious boy and his Mother are both doing well.
There is an old Mother Goose nursery rhyme that says...
"Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child must work for a living,
But the child that's born on the Sabbath day,
Is fair and wise and good and gay."
Children are considered the world over as a blessing from God. Psalm 127:3-4 tells us that "Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a reward from him." I can say that the Haitian women that I have met certainly believe this to be true. Today-by C-Section, we delivered the second set of twins this week. Two precious baby girls were born this afternoon, making baby #5 & #6 for this Mom. She is thankful to have been blessed so abundantly by God and shortly after the girls were delivered, she was happy to receive her requested tubal ligation!
The babies are now doing well after another team member and I stimulated them to help clear their lungs. This is done by briskly rubbing your finger up and down their spinal columns, thus irritating them into wailing. Is it possible that I was sent to Haiti to make babies cry?! We were able to get them cleaned off, dressed and wrapped up quickly and then proceeded to be "human incubators" keeping them warm until a bassinet could be found for them.
I truly hope the nursery rhyme is wrong. I pray for no woe to fall upon these girls, that they will be loved, protected and provided for all the days of their lives, beginning right now.
(And just if you are wondering, I was born on a Tuesday!)
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