Perinatal hospice care prepares parents for the end, at life’s beginning

The baby who would soon die arrived at 34 weeks, eyes shut, squawking. Her father cut the umbilical cord with a pair of silver scissors. A priest in blue scrubs sprinkled Holy Water on her forehead. A photographer circled the delivery room, capturing her last moments. And Cathleen Warner quietly marveled: My baby is crying. The doctor had said the …