Photo Of Exhausted Nurse Sobbing After Delivering A Stillborn Baby Goes Viral

A photo of an overwhelmed nurse, sobbing has gone viral on social media. Labor nurse Caty had had a particularly difficult day, having delivered a stillborn. Her twin sister, Laura McIntyre, shared the image of the medical practitioner after Caty came over to her house that night of July.

Laura said her sister would 'kill' her for sharing the picture, but she wanted to draw special attention to the dedication of nurses everywhere.

"Caty just wrapped up her fourth shift in a row. That's around 53+ hours in four days. That's not including the 1.5 hours she's in the car each day. She usually doesn't get a chance to eat lunch or even drink much water," McIntyre wrote on Facebook. "She is so good at what she does that she often forgets how to take care of herself while she's taking care of her patients".

Caty is seen wearing her blue hospital scrubs with a half-eaten plate of food on her lap, crying on the couch.

"Have you guys ever really thought about what a labor & delivery nurse sees? They see great joy in smooth deliveries & healthy moms & babies. They see panic & anxiety when a new mom is scared. They see fear when a stat c-section is called," McIntyre explained in her post.

She continued, "They see peace when the mom has support from her family - bc not all new moms do. They see teenagers giving birth. They see an addicted mom give birth to a baby who is withdrawing."

"They see cps come. They see funeral homes come. Did you know that they have to make arrangements for the funeral home to come pick up the baby? I didn't either," she wrote.

Laura concluded the post by thanking her sister and all other nurses for their hard work that often goes unseen.