When Tia was born
And that idiot of a anesthesiologist
Gave me too much medicine during my cesarean
Even though I told him I react very sensitively to pain medicine
It took me over two days to just be able to walk or even just try to get out of bed without almost vomiting and passing out
Finally at what I think was the tale end of almost 48 hours without seeing my baby because they swept her off to the NICU
I was losing my mind
I had to see and touch my baby
I had only seen her for a second and it had been a blur
I hadn't even been able to look at all her features yet
Count her little toes
Say hello
I was really going to lose it
And when the nurse tried and failed again to get me out of bed
I had had it
I yelled at her
That I had to see my baby
That I had not seen her yet
And she abruptly moved mountains
Or called an orderly and a wheelchair (you decide)
To get me to my baby
You should not separate mother and child
The resources need to be in place
For them to stay together
AT the very LEAST
For the amount of time the mom is in the hospital too
Why this isn't common practice is horrendous
A country to rich
Yet leading in baby deaths
Gee. I wonder why. Idiots!
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