The pain gripped her, and she bore down as she attempted to bring a child into the world. Wave after wave of pain washed over her. A scream wrenched its way from her throat, and she felt the burn as her body stretched to accommodate the exit of her child. Tears dripped down her face as her body finally expelled her daughter. Silence filled the air, as she had known it would. “It’s not your fault, there’s nothing you could have done.” She found the words little comfort as, she held her tiny daughter for the first and last time.