Maternity
A personal project
The maternity announcement.
Dicke and Elsa Browning Boucka
Earth momma
And so it begins on July 22, 2025
No rooms available.
Stuck in triage for 5 hours.
Exhaustion and frustration set in.
Exhaustion and frustration: Where's the Tylenol?
The baby's heartrate drops with the contractions.
Inserting a better heart monitor.
All eyes on the baby's heart rate monitor.
The epidural meds need replacing.
Position changes help stabilize the baby's heart rate.
The team discusses possible C-section.
The team agrees the baby's heart rate is recovering. No C-section yet.
Stress
This position helps stabilize the baby's heart rate.
Readjusting.
Contractions are getting harder and more painful.
Cervix is 10+1. Let's go.
Breathe.
Getting ready to push again.
Push! You're doing great!!!
"He's got your hair. You could braid it!"
Dicke and Elsa meet Bastian DePaul Boucka for the first time.
About 17 hours, 20 minutes of labor.
Joy!
Mother and son.
Grandpa and Bastian.
Happy grandpa. Bastian? No so sure.