When Maya made the decision to attend the birth of her sister’s baby, she probably wasn’t fully prepared for what she would witness.
Someone filmed the 15-year-old as she watched her niece enter the world, and Maya’s reactions are, well, pretty hilarious.
In the span of 22 seconds, the teen goes from shock to awe to disbelief and then finally joy, and at one point can be seen clutching her knees and holding her hands around her face with an expression that seems to say ‘is this really happening right now?!’.
Her sister, Michelle from Aurora, Missouri, gave birth on Wednesday last week (8 May) and Maya was there for the whole thing. Let’s review the various expressions.
The nurses told Maya to stand by the edge of the bed so she could see the whole process.
Understandably, she starts off with a shocked expression (the baby’s head is likely crowning at this point), before settling into a crouched position and a pained face as her sister can be heard breathing heavily and moaning in the background.
The sisters’ mother, LaDonna, was also present in the room.
As if watching the birth wasn’t enough for the teenager, she’s also struck by amniotic fluid at one point, which leads her to jump up and she can be heard saying ‘ew’ in the video.
At the end of the clip, Maya has a delighted expression of unadulterated joy as her baby niece has well and truly arrived.
A truly mesmerising experience, and one that all involved will remember forever.
But we’re not sure Maya will choose to be there for the next birth, though it would make for an amazing sequel.
Here’s hoping someone has a camera handy then too.
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