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The Birth Of A Child Essay

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He looks over the papers on the clipboard. “So have you picked out a name for your little one?” “Alexie” “And how do you want to spell that?” “A-l-e-x-i-e” “Is the father here to sign the birth certificate? “No sir” “Well then Phoenix will send someone to collect that information when you get home” He hands me the clipboard and a pen “Sign the bottom line if everything is correct and just put it in the bin at the end of your bed.” “Nurse Victor Cruz to front desk. Nurse Victor Cruz to the front desk.” A voice comes on the loudspeaker “Someone will bring in Alexie soon,if you'll excuse me it sounds as if I'm needed else where.” It's not too long from when Victor left that the doctor that helped deliver my baby comes in with a little …show more content…

Her hair,if you could even call it hair, is just a pile of fuzz is black as night. She got Gavin's pale skin tone,and freckles but she definitely looks like a Jones. She grabs my finger with her whole hand as she falls back asleep. Days later Nurse Cruz walks into the room that I'm in. I'm no longer in the room where I gave birth,they need the section for other women giving birth. I'm in a common room where all the women that already gave birth go to recover. It's literally a bunch of beds in a room. At the end of the room is a TV and a sitting area to watch. There's some magazines on a coffee table by the TV.The room is roughly sectioned off into fours,with ten beds in each section. I'm in section twenty-two. Nurse Cruz is holding a clipboard,looking over my and Alexie’s medical records. “OK Ms. Jones,Alexie has got her milestone shot. You have healed up nicely. All that's left is for you to go to Phoenix to get your fertility shot. Come to the front desk to check out,then you can get your daughter. Now I'd like to remind you that since Alexie has had her milestone shot she will look different and older. In order for her to get to the next stage she'll need to learn how to use the bathroom,walk,talk,learn shapes,colors,and numbers.” “Shouldn't a three year old know how to do this stuff already?” I ask as Nurse Cruz helps me out of bed “No. You see for those in stage two when they grow from stage one haven't been taught

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