Postpartum

A day in the life of a 24/7 night nurse is full of beautiful, hard-earned moments.  An hour before sunrise, the baby wakes for a feeding. The night nurse, resting on a daybed next to the bassinet, gets up to warm a bottle of breastmilk. She changes the baby’s diaper, feeds her, burps her, then coaxes her back to sleep.  When she’s settled in her bassinet, the night nurse notes the baby’s activity in the...