A Pointed Feeling

A Pointed Feeling

The night Stephanie was born, it was very warm. I think it was close to 60 degrees. And it was January. During her birth day the wind was blowing and a front was going through lowering the temperature. I was in the waiting room.

At that time fathers were not allowed close to the birthing area and I was out on a bench in the hall. I sat there, walked around, slept, and waited and waited. When finally they told me I was the father of a little girl, I was all excited. They told me I could come over to the window and see the baby. I had to view the baby through this thick glass which was between me and a sterile room.

I walked over to the window and was shocked. I saw this little baby and it had no forehead. It was just a pointed skull sloping down to a nose and the skin had a blue cast. I had an idea what a baby should look like but this wasn’t it. They later explained to me that this was not uncommon. The skull was very flexible making birthing much easier and the blue cast is from the baby’s adjustment to being in the real world.