After This Photo Of A Nurse Went Viral, Moms Flooded The Internet With Stories That Will Amaze You
When a woman is giving birth, the right nurse can make all the difference in how she gets through and remembers the milestone event. Jill Krause, the writer behind parenting blog Baby Rabies, recently took to Facebook to express her gratitude for labor and delivery nurses, and she ended up setting off a chain reaction of love and support.
Krause started it all by sharing a poignant photo of a nurse helping a woman on the toilet after delivering a baby, taken by birth photographer Katie Lacer, and pairing with a touching anecdote about the nurses who helped her with the very same thing after her own birth. Unexpectedly, the post triggered a wave of moms who shared their own heartwarming stories and photos – as well as mass appreciation for Lacer and her incredible portfolio of work. The entire thread has now been shared more than 65 thousand times.
Scroll down to see the birth photos that everyone is talking about now, and join in on the love-fest. If you’ve ever had a nurse leave a lasting impression on you, tell us about them in the comments!
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This photo of a nurse helping a woman who just gave birth is going viral and touching moms everywhere
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It all started when Jill Krause, writer for blog Baby Rabies, shared the moving photo with this post:
The poignant portrait was taken by birth photographer Katie Lacer, whose work is now being massively shared
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Krause’s original post ended up triggering a wave of love and appreciation for nurses from the moms they helped
And the nurses? They came forward to share their stories, too
Has a nurse ever made a difference for you when it mattered? Tell us below!
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Share on FacebookCelebrities, athletes & the well-to-do are not the people we should be celebrating, it's good folks like these. Add nurses to the list of unsung heroes.
The sad part is we're capable of multi-tasking as I believe that there are plenty of celebrities and athletes who use their platform for good and raising money for charities. And there are good people with thankless jobs that should be praised. Why we can't praise them together instead of picking one over the other I don't know.
Load More Replies...Not childbirth related but, I'll always remember the lovely nurse who helped me shower my bottom half and washed my hair for the first time after my bilateral mastectomy. I felt so bad but she ended up talking to me so much she got her shoes soaked in water. She complimented me on my skin and reassured me that my fake breasts looked fine. I'll never forget her.
My wife worked in a hospital and help other woman give birth to their childs. it was hard of course but she never felt so much appreciated in her life. She's working in another place now and she's not remotely appreciated as she was in that time. and not only by the client, but by their bosses as well. People has no idea how craps nurses can take also from their bosses who sit on theirs butts all day.
Not all heroes wear capes. Let's take a moment for all these great nurses!
Ahhh back to the 'old days' when I trained we did wear capes! Very useful too, hospitals are quite cold at night.
Load More Replies...I remember when I was expecting my first baby more than twenty years ago, and I was finding out all I could about the OBs in my area, wanting to choose the best one. I will never forget the advice a veteran-mom friend gave me. She said, “Pick a good doctor; that’s important. But you should really be praying that you get good nurses in labor. They’re the ones who will truly make all the difference in your experience.” And she was so right. After three babies, born in three different states, I can look back and be glad I had good doctors, but, by far, my deepest gratitude goes to the nurses who took care of me and dealt with all of my very unglamorous moments with kindness and respect. ❤️ The greatest impact came from my dear nurses...
When I went the restroom for the first time postpartum, I had no idea how much I'd be bleeding. I pulled down my mesh undies and blood went everywhere. All over the toilet, all over the floor, all over my legs and feet, and my hands too because for some reason my reaction was to catch the blood. I started bawling. Our nurse walked in right at that moment. She rushed in as I apologized and told her I'd clean it up. She said, "no you aren't, I am! It's why I'm here!" She immediately got to wiping the blood off of my legs, feet, hands, toilet, and floor and I was clean in a matter of minutes. All while I sat there and sobbed. She was an angel.
After I had brain surgery to remove a malignant tumor, I was in a lot of pain. It even hurt to have the lights on. However, I had an amazing nurse who used a flashlight when she came into my room to check on me. It may be a small gesture, but it meant the world to me.
Shout out to the nurses and doctors taking care of the elderly as well. The nurses at my grandma's care home were always so patient and considerate towards all their "clients" even though most of the patients knew nothing of their kindness because of Alzheimers.
Hahaha, my nurse (who had never given birth) said"it can't hurt that bad". Then the shift changed and my sweet angel nurse came in. Shame on that nurse. I wish I remembered her name. I live in a small town...
This article was so beautiful and emotional that made me cry! I'm not a mom and I never had an experience like this myself. But I remember the midwife that was comforting a friend of mine who had a miscarriage at 5 months, how sweet she was and how beautiful words of comfort she was telling her with that sweet smile on her face and as I was listening to her I was thinking what a beautiful-beautiful person she is! Cheers to the nurses! The angels on earth!
My first nurse after C-Section was an a*****e. I hate her. And the ones wich never rolled me to my third child too after the third C-Section. Dont get your child at germany in a public healthcarecenter!
Im SO sorry you had to go through that!!! My first child was stillborn. But my second was 4 weeks premature. After I have birth and they whisked her away to the NICU, I was taken to my room after I was done in the delivery room. When all the "excitement" was over and I was alone, I realized I didn't have my baby girl. She was in some other room fighting for her life and I would be able to see her ONLY specific times and hours. She wasn't going to be in the portable crib right next to me, or in my arm or even there for me to breastfeed. So I Egan to cry. Big whopping crocodile tears. The nurse came in to check my stomach and do vitals and looked at me in disgust. She actually said to me, "What in the hell are you crying about?" It was like a slap in my face. Most nurses are great. Some not so good. So.e just should be shot. Needless to say, by the time I was do e, she no longer had her job. I would have loved to have gotten her license yanked too. But I wasn't that lucky.
Load More Replies...Thank you everyone for sharing your stories. I work in the ICU as a nurse. Hearing these stories, how your lives are touched, is better than anything. And thank you to my fellow nurses. I personally don't know how I would make it through some shifts without my co-workers (my family as I see it) to lift me up. ❤
I am a nurse, and when I finally had my own baby at 42, I was terrified because nothing was going right. I survived over 28 hours of induced hard back labor, 3 failed epidurals, and the worst 2 days of my life,...I survived because of my L&D nurse! She stayed with me the first 12 hours...went home and slept, and came back to finish with me, emergent C section. I never felt alone, as long as she was with me...she even came to see me on the maternity floor before she went home the next day. I think of her usually on my son’s bd, and I try always to be the kind and supportive nurse to my patients that she was to me.
I am a student nurse and I can honestly tell you that changing diapers and bathing a patient is one of the least hardest thing to do. So, if you were a patient before, don't feel sorry too much for us, we did it with a mind to provide you comfort. Our first priority is always you. ;)
Going into IVF was terrifying. I have a paralysing fear of medical procedures. My partner was away for my hycosy and I was so incredibly frightened of being unconscious with so many people around me. Not to mention being naked and having total strangers all up in my business. I was taken into the room for the procedure and saw the stirrups and what felt like a million strangers standing around my bed. One of the nurses carefully guided me to the table. She looked in my eyes and saw how frightened I was so she spoke softly and calmly to me. She stood right by my side, she smiled and explained everything that was happening around me because I couldn't see anything. As I began to fall unconscious I felt calm and incredibly grateful that she was my nurse. The next visit to the clinic I brought all the nurses a basket of gourmet chocolates and a thank you card. That moment of kindness made such a massive difference to the start of my, ongoing, fertility journey.
I had a horri experience. I was a first time would be mom and when my water broke my nurse asked me to show myself in washroom. No support nothing even when I was alone, terrified with the events.
Cheers to the nurses that have helped my parents each and every time I've been in and out of hospital. A blanket or coffee for mum while I'm out of it in a diabetic coma or struggling to breathe and my little brother is asking if I'm going to die (yeah ok. I was 7 and he was 5 at the time but....)
Absolutely agree with everyone of these comments. Brought tears to my eyes, even 26 years later as I think back .
After I had my first baby @19 , I asked my nurse to help me shower(l had a c-sect). She told me that wasn't her job and that I would have to wait till my mom or boyfriend came back to have them help me! It made an already bad situation even worse....but the nurse that helped with my second delivery was freaking awesome.
When I was in labor, the only comfortable position for me was resting my leg on my nurse's thigh. She sat there with me while I pushed for 2 1/2 hours. These nurses are heroes!
All these awesome stories bring positivity into this world and remind people (including me) how great life is and how they should also treat other people with the same amount of respect.
Something else you probably don't know about nurses/healthcare. http://mailchi.mp/turntablehealth/incident-report-090217
Very special people and even if you have no children, they helped you into this world.
I was delivering my second child, after losing the first one at 29 weeks into my pregnancy. My first was simple. I was given a sedative and he was so small I barely noticed. Plus I wasn't really there as I was dealing with my grief of delivering my stillborn son. So my second delivery (still 4 weeks early, but this was 4 years later and THIS baby had a better chance), I was fully dilated and pushing and I saw a nurse walk in with a large stack of towels and continually pass them to the nurse that was in charge of my delivery. Curiosity finally got the better of me and I asked my husband what was happening, as no one was saying anything. My husband said they were wiping my feces away as it was coming out, so it wouldn't come in contact with my daughter as she was being born. I. Was. Mortified. I started crying and apologizing. I felt terrible. The nurse just looked at me and smiled and said (I'll never forget this till the day I die!) "Don't worry sweetheart, poop is our friend!" 🖤
(Sorry. Please dont downvote) Why was the baby birthed in the bathroom instead of on the table? Im confused.
If you're talking about the original post, the woman was taken there AFTER birth to use the facilities and to apply "I've pack underwear" as it helps soothe our "area" after the blessing of giving birth. If you were talking about the other photo in the article, she more than likely was NOT giving birth there, just using the restroom or using the toilet to aid in her contractions. Either way it could possibly be personally mortifying for the mother to have to be assisted this way. A lot of people are modest of others seeing their or I ate areas. Being in healthcare myself, I'm slightly more desensitized to it, but with the birth of my three children, I was still uncomfortable with anyone but my husband seeing that area. So I'm pretty sure the baby was birthed on a bed unless it was a emergency. And then I don't believe there would have been a beautiful picture like that one.
Load More Replies...Celebrities, athletes & the well-to-do are not the people we should be celebrating, it's good folks like these. Add nurses to the list of unsung heroes.
The sad part is we're capable of multi-tasking as I believe that there are plenty of celebrities and athletes who use their platform for good and raising money for charities. And there are good people with thankless jobs that should be praised. Why we can't praise them together instead of picking one over the other I don't know.
Load More Replies...Not childbirth related but, I'll always remember the lovely nurse who helped me shower my bottom half and washed my hair for the first time after my bilateral mastectomy. I felt so bad but she ended up talking to me so much she got her shoes soaked in water. She complimented me on my skin and reassured me that my fake breasts looked fine. I'll never forget her.
My wife worked in a hospital and help other woman give birth to their childs. it was hard of course but she never felt so much appreciated in her life. She's working in another place now and she's not remotely appreciated as she was in that time. and not only by the client, but by their bosses as well. People has no idea how craps nurses can take also from their bosses who sit on theirs butts all day.
Not all heroes wear capes. Let's take a moment for all these great nurses!
Ahhh back to the 'old days' when I trained we did wear capes! Very useful too, hospitals are quite cold at night.
Load More Replies...I remember when I was expecting my first baby more than twenty years ago, and I was finding out all I could about the OBs in my area, wanting to choose the best one. I will never forget the advice a veteran-mom friend gave me. She said, “Pick a good doctor; that’s important. But you should really be praying that you get good nurses in labor. They’re the ones who will truly make all the difference in your experience.” And she was so right. After three babies, born in three different states, I can look back and be glad I had good doctors, but, by far, my deepest gratitude goes to the nurses who took care of me and dealt with all of my very unglamorous moments with kindness and respect. ❤️ The greatest impact came from my dear nurses...
When I went the restroom for the first time postpartum, I had no idea how much I'd be bleeding. I pulled down my mesh undies and blood went everywhere. All over the toilet, all over the floor, all over my legs and feet, and my hands too because for some reason my reaction was to catch the blood. I started bawling. Our nurse walked in right at that moment. She rushed in as I apologized and told her I'd clean it up. She said, "no you aren't, I am! It's why I'm here!" She immediately got to wiping the blood off of my legs, feet, hands, toilet, and floor and I was clean in a matter of minutes. All while I sat there and sobbed. She was an angel.
After I had brain surgery to remove a malignant tumor, I was in a lot of pain. It even hurt to have the lights on. However, I had an amazing nurse who used a flashlight when she came into my room to check on me. It may be a small gesture, but it meant the world to me.
Shout out to the nurses and doctors taking care of the elderly as well. The nurses at my grandma's care home were always so patient and considerate towards all their "clients" even though most of the patients knew nothing of their kindness because of Alzheimers.
Hahaha, my nurse (who had never given birth) said"it can't hurt that bad". Then the shift changed and my sweet angel nurse came in. Shame on that nurse. I wish I remembered her name. I live in a small town...
This article was so beautiful and emotional that made me cry! I'm not a mom and I never had an experience like this myself. But I remember the midwife that was comforting a friend of mine who had a miscarriage at 5 months, how sweet she was and how beautiful words of comfort she was telling her with that sweet smile on her face and as I was listening to her I was thinking what a beautiful-beautiful person she is! Cheers to the nurses! The angels on earth!
My first nurse after C-Section was an a*****e. I hate her. And the ones wich never rolled me to my third child too after the third C-Section. Dont get your child at germany in a public healthcarecenter!
Im SO sorry you had to go through that!!! My first child was stillborn. But my second was 4 weeks premature. After I have birth and they whisked her away to the NICU, I was taken to my room after I was done in the delivery room. When all the "excitement" was over and I was alone, I realized I didn't have my baby girl. She was in some other room fighting for her life and I would be able to see her ONLY specific times and hours. She wasn't going to be in the portable crib right next to me, or in my arm or even there for me to breastfeed. So I Egan to cry. Big whopping crocodile tears. The nurse came in to check my stomach and do vitals and looked at me in disgust. She actually said to me, "What in the hell are you crying about?" It was like a slap in my face. Most nurses are great. Some not so good. So.e just should be shot. Needless to say, by the time I was do e, she no longer had her job. I would have loved to have gotten her license yanked too. But I wasn't that lucky.
Load More Replies...Thank you everyone for sharing your stories. I work in the ICU as a nurse. Hearing these stories, how your lives are touched, is better than anything. And thank you to my fellow nurses. I personally don't know how I would make it through some shifts without my co-workers (my family as I see it) to lift me up. ❤
I am a nurse, and when I finally had my own baby at 42, I was terrified because nothing was going right. I survived over 28 hours of induced hard back labor, 3 failed epidurals, and the worst 2 days of my life,...I survived because of my L&D nurse! She stayed with me the first 12 hours...went home and slept, and came back to finish with me, emergent C section. I never felt alone, as long as she was with me...she even came to see me on the maternity floor before she went home the next day. I think of her usually on my son’s bd, and I try always to be the kind and supportive nurse to my patients that she was to me.
I am a student nurse and I can honestly tell you that changing diapers and bathing a patient is one of the least hardest thing to do. So, if you were a patient before, don't feel sorry too much for us, we did it with a mind to provide you comfort. Our first priority is always you. ;)
Going into IVF was terrifying. I have a paralysing fear of medical procedures. My partner was away for my hycosy and I was so incredibly frightened of being unconscious with so many people around me. Not to mention being naked and having total strangers all up in my business. I was taken into the room for the procedure and saw the stirrups and what felt like a million strangers standing around my bed. One of the nurses carefully guided me to the table. She looked in my eyes and saw how frightened I was so she spoke softly and calmly to me. She stood right by my side, she smiled and explained everything that was happening around me because I couldn't see anything. As I began to fall unconscious I felt calm and incredibly grateful that she was my nurse. The next visit to the clinic I brought all the nurses a basket of gourmet chocolates and a thank you card. That moment of kindness made such a massive difference to the start of my, ongoing, fertility journey.
I had a horri experience. I was a first time would be mom and when my water broke my nurse asked me to show myself in washroom. No support nothing even when I was alone, terrified with the events.
Cheers to the nurses that have helped my parents each and every time I've been in and out of hospital. A blanket or coffee for mum while I'm out of it in a diabetic coma or struggling to breathe and my little brother is asking if I'm going to die (yeah ok. I was 7 and he was 5 at the time but....)
Absolutely agree with everyone of these comments. Brought tears to my eyes, even 26 years later as I think back .
After I had my first baby @19 , I asked my nurse to help me shower(l had a c-sect). She told me that wasn't her job and that I would have to wait till my mom or boyfriend came back to have them help me! It made an already bad situation even worse....but the nurse that helped with my second delivery was freaking awesome.
When I was in labor, the only comfortable position for me was resting my leg on my nurse's thigh. She sat there with me while I pushed for 2 1/2 hours. These nurses are heroes!
All these awesome stories bring positivity into this world and remind people (including me) how great life is and how they should also treat other people with the same amount of respect.
Something else you probably don't know about nurses/healthcare. http://mailchi.mp/turntablehealth/incident-report-090217
Very special people and even if you have no children, they helped you into this world.
I was delivering my second child, after losing the first one at 29 weeks into my pregnancy. My first was simple. I was given a sedative and he was so small I barely noticed. Plus I wasn't really there as I was dealing with my grief of delivering my stillborn son. So my second delivery (still 4 weeks early, but this was 4 years later and THIS baby had a better chance), I was fully dilated and pushing and I saw a nurse walk in with a large stack of towels and continually pass them to the nurse that was in charge of my delivery. Curiosity finally got the better of me and I asked my husband what was happening, as no one was saying anything. My husband said they were wiping my feces away as it was coming out, so it wouldn't come in contact with my daughter as she was being born. I. Was. Mortified. I started crying and apologizing. I felt terrible. The nurse just looked at me and smiled and said (I'll never forget this till the day I die!) "Don't worry sweetheart, poop is our friend!" 🖤
(Sorry. Please dont downvote) Why was the baby birthed in the bathroom instead of on the table? Im confused.
If you're talking about the original post, the woman was taken there AFTER birth to use the facilities and to apply "I've pack underwear" as it helps soothe our "area" after the blessing of giving birth. If you were talking about the other photo in the article, she more than likely was NOT giving birth there, just using the restroom or using the toilet to aid in her contractions. Either way it could possibly be personally mortifying for the mother to have to be assisted this way. A lot of people are modest of others seeing their or I ate areas. Being in healthcare myself, I'm slightly more desensitized to it, but with the birth of my three children, I was still uncomfortable with anyone but my husband seeing that area. So I'm pretty sure the baby was birthed on a bed unless it was a emergency. And then I don't believe there would have been a beautiful picture like that one.
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