Aww. I hope this marks a trend, because I think this is a sweet idea:
a Cincinnati hospital began a program not long ago where a short bit of
"Brahm's Lullaby" is played for every birth through the ringing of
chimes on the hospital's PA system. Not only does it serve to
commemorate a new life, welcome the new baby, and to make the parents
feel a bit special, but it also allows the hospital staff, doctors, and
nurses to take a second and recognize their own part in the ongoing
circle of life that's so present in a hospital setting.
The
downside, of course, would be for those parents not bringing a healthy
baby home, either through stillbirth or adoption or time in the NICU.
Those are difficult situations no matter how you look at it.
Still,
the connection felt by new parents every time a chime sounds, knowing
that yet another birth has taken place and knowing that they share that
remarkable moment with other people unknown to them yet so close by,
has got to be amazing.
