But she can leave the baby with her husband, and get to know her eldest. She can grab onto what she likes about her son, like precious morsels- and savor them. Well- kiss him anyway. She must put the baby down and hold her boy close. Touch his hair, his skin, his heart, his face with her bitter tears and soft love.
Birth lasts a lifetime.
If the hug comes a few hours after the birth, more is lost. But the real reasons go so much deeper. Souls collide and dance in the early moments after birth. The family thinks the doctor saved their baby from death. And he will do anything he can to keep himself in the hospital and employed, and out of a courtroom.