Makhleket Yoldot

In the maternity ward, the family strain their ears against the door and comment on the screams of the delivery. The new-born child is immediately taken away from the mother, examined, energetically cleaned and handled by an implacably competent staff. Congratulations are handed to the father, whilst the mother recovers in a daze. She has to face the grumpiness of the nurses, find out where they have parked her baby’s moses basket or beg for help with breast-feeding and bathing. Two days later, it is time to quit the hospital: the nurses hand over to a somewhat haggard couple the baby, an explanatory brochure, a ready-to-use feeding bottle and a few nappies?