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"She’d let the vet check her if it would rid her of this pain," Mrs Potts observes I wonder if she eneral observation Maybe someone should call him He did pretty ith the horse
In the bedrooer Josephine Baker She’s on her hands and knees wearing a white nightshirt, and she looks at us with big tear-filled brown eyes
Bitsy, who already sorted throughand hands loves while I sit on the side of the bed and place my hand on the woman’s calf I’ets out her o gloves too, the ones Mrs MacIntosh bought her at Stenger’s Pharmacy before she left Liberty
Mrs Potts makes the introductions "Cassie," she says, "this is another oing to check you inside, real gentle, and see hoe can get this child out"
I wonder if the olderto thethe law, but I have to adet this child out," not "if we can get this child out" She also legiti her my assistant, not my helper or maid I’m surprised to hear that she even knows my last name
"Here, honey, roll over so Miss Patience can feel"
Cassie moans but does e ask of her I indicate that Bitsy should pour oil on own, I ah I wouldn’t have coh an ice storht of an infant’s ar you don’t want to see I ood trait for a midwife (You never want to alarm a patient) You’d think she sees this all the tis a little wider, Cassie?" I ask "Squeeze Bitsy’s fingers, and if you feel like yelling, try panting like a dogpant, pant, pantdon’t push I’o all the way in and find the baby’s head Heart rate?" I turn to the older midwife for confirmation that this baby still lives
Mrs Potts pulls a metal stethoscope, a fancy one like Dr Blum’s, out of her deep apron pocket "There was a heartbeat a few ht lively," she tells me
"Good Ready, Cassie?"
Cassie screws up her face and nods, but her eyes are on Mrs Potts Bitsy pours so the limb up to the shoulder, I use my other hand, on the ht fit, but if I could get the aret the head down into the pelvis I reers and think how to do this
"Don’t push, Cassie Don’t let her push, Bitsy I’o all the way in and try to reinsert the ar down the head" I don’tsi a hoof out, not putting it in