I seem to remember Sarge getting one of those ‘promise rings for Jesus’ during one of his religious fits but I can’t find it in the thread - maybe I’m having a Dalton-style schizo episode.
We have put miscarried foeti in tiny baskets for photos before (if the parents want to) before doing footprints for them to take home. That little one looks only just viable for pics tbh. They wouldn’t be able to take it home, nor has anyone ever wanted to.
That bottom comment too. Looks like she’s getting a second hand car seat that’s probably expired. Perfect for a preemie.
I’m not in Arkansas (thankfully!) but l&d and postnatal is never dull. I think my favourite was two women having a fight because the same guy turned out to be the father of both of their babies and they only found out on the postnatal ward. In typical redneck style they only went for each other, not the guy.
It’s also heartbreaking too: women that you’re pretty sure are being abused or trafficked, women who are hiding their HIV status from their partner and you can’t tell them (referred to police), social services taking babies straight from the ward, having to ban partners from visiting because they’re sex offenders or violent, a woman with learning disabilities whose partner had given her genital warts…