Ella's first bath

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Miss Ella was put on a CPAP just after being born. A CPAP is a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machine that kept little Ella's lungs inflated with a light pressure.

When it came to put it in someone came up behind me and dad and said "You should go." His expression was completely blank so I couldn't tell if he was serious or was joking. Turns out he was the doctor, and he was serious, so we left.

The CPAP was a big set of tubes coming over Ella's head and up into her nostrils. Not very attractive. And it also prevented her from getting a bath right away. This video was shot right after midnight. They've taken off the CPAP and are using a little oxygen mask to help her our instead.


At the end of the video you see the nurses putting back on the headband that holds the CPAP in place. They took Ella off of the CPAP in the morning.