A Breath and Then the Shock of Life

A Breath and Then the Shock of Life
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After the birth of his first child, Christian Berthelot was stunned. What had just happened? “When I saw him for the first time, he was bloodied and covered in this white substance called vernix,“ Berthelot said. ”He was like a warrior who has just won his first battle. … What a joy to hear him scream.”

I wanted to show us as we are when we are born.
Emily Anne Epstein
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