Maternity Ward Workers Share The Most Heartbreaking Thing They’ve Seen At Work, And I Am Convinced Some People Should Never Be Parents

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“As NICU nurses we need to be there in every delivery specially on critical cases, we also always have to teach parents a few things after delivery such as how to feed their newborns (at least where I used to work), and always remind the parents that if they have questions relating to the babies to just come to us so we can help. I had a dad come up to us holding his newborn son with an innocent question at first, mostly about how to tell if his son has peed already. I was with a colleague at the station and just explained that some diapers have indicators outside, and if not then to just check the diaper if it’s wet. He then nodded and said thanks and followed it up by saying that he has been flicking his newborn son’s balls repeatedly to make the baby pee and has been wondering why the baby cries after instead of peeing.”

“My colleague, who also stood in shock with me, responded with, “Well, do you flick your balls to pee? Wouldn’t you also cry if I flicked your balls over and over?” And the dad just giggled and walked away.” — vicryl-two