An Emotional Day

So..to be honest I have never held a infant before! Up until this day. I also have never changed a diaper or fed a baby before, but I figured I would eventually especially considering I am pursing nursery. When I arrived at my hospital shift, I immediately noticed that the nursery was nearly filled with babies and nurses and residents were busy with a particular baby. After I scrubbed in and was told to put on gloves, the nurse I typically shadow, Bella, told me I needed to hold one of the babies so it would stop crying because when one of the babies starts crying they all want to cry. So this little infant was the first infant I have ever held!! The nurse showed me how to properly support her head and cradle her so I can walk around with her to help her fall asleep. She was so cute and almost right away she stopped crying when I started walking around with her. She was still awake but I was so relieved she stopped crying because I can only imagine how it must be to be in working in a nursery filled with   crying babies. It was so sweet when she looked up at me and I held my finger near her hands and she grabbed it (I've seen pictures, etc. of this before and always thought it was so cute). I felt like this was an emotionally good day for me because I got to experience something new that I have never experienced before. I will definitely remember this for the rest of my life! I am actually kind of glad as well that I am getting more experience with babies before I am in actual nursing school. I know that most people probably already have experience so I sure am glad to have this opportunity as a volunteer to interact and help the babies in the nursery.