The birth of your baby is a moment you never forget. Whether it’s your first baby or your fifth, each birthing experience is unique and magical. Every parent hopes for straightforward labor and delivery, a predictably difficult but otherwise uneventful day. Unfortunately , for many parents, the day your baby enters the world can be filled with fear and uncertainty.
When TikTok user Sheri sherinicole455 went into labor, she never realized her daughter could be in another newborns . In a video that’s been viewed over 4.7 million times, Sheri shares the bad moment she and her husband feared they would never get to watch their daughter grow up.
“We ʟᴏsᴛ her heartbeat while I was pushing,” Sheri explains in the on-screen text. “She was blue and completely lifeless. ”
Though Sheri’s reaction isn’t visible through the rails of the ʜᴏsᴘɪᴛᴀʟ bed, her husband’s panic is tangible. He stares down helplessly at his wife and newborn baby as the nurses work quickly and skillfully, waiting for a sign that his daughter is ok.
For a few seconds, the room is filled with a heavy silence. When a few short moments mean the difference between life and d.e.a.th for your child, however, those seconds feel like an eternity. A sharp cry suddenly tears through the silence, freeing the panicked dad from his petrified trance
“The most relieving sound in the world,” confirms the on-screen text.
As the heroic nurse congratulates the new parents, Dad drops his head into his hands and cries tears of relief. Sheri reaches out towards her husband, wordlessly sharing a moment of joy and gratitude.
“I saw him crying, and I knew he was worried,” Sheri recalled in the comments. “He told me later that he thought we had already ʟᴏsᴛ her, and hearing her cry was overwhelming.”
