I still remember it like it was yesterday.<\/p>\n
Seventeen years ago, after giving birth to my first baby, I lay in the hospital room with her sleeping peacefully in the small crib beside me. I couldn\u2019t stop looking at her. Every tiny movement felt like magic. That first night, a nurse came in quietly and offered to take her to the nursery for a few hours so I could rest. I smiled and said no\u2014I didn\u2019t want her out of my sight.<\/p>\n
The next night was different.<\/p>\n
Exhaustion had finally caught up with me. My body ached, my eyes burned, and all I wanted was a couple of hours of uninterrupted sleep. When a nurse came in again, I asked if she could take my baby to the nursery, just for a little while.<\/p>\n
She froze.<\/p>\n
Her face lost color as she looked at me, confused and uneasy. \u201cYour baby is supposed to stay with you,\u201d she said slowly. \u201cWe don\u2019t have a nursery here\u2026 and no one would ever come take your baby from you.\u201d<\/p>\n
My heart dropped.<\/p>\n
I tried to explain about the nurse from the night before\u2014but she just shook her head.<\/p>\n
No one had entered my room.<\/p>\n
And suddenly, I wasn\u2019t tired anymore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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