The total number of births that I have seen at Maternidade Nascer Cidadao rose to twenty-three today! This includes four cesareans and nineteen natural births. I have also learned a lot of Portuguese, so much that the nurses have begun to tell me that by the end of three months here, I will return the the United States speaking Portuguese fluently.
I visited Erique today and got to hold him. He and his mother are both
doing very well and will go home tomorrow. I also said goodbye to
Isabela, a beautiful baby girl born on Monday, and her mother and
grandmother as they were leaving the hospital.
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| Erique and I, the day after he was born |
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| Obstetric nurse Diego and I say goodbye to Isabela as she is leaving the hospital. |
