Leslie was my nurse who started her shift on March 25th right as I was starting to deliver my daughter. My doctor paid me a visit soon as Leslie came in and proceeded to give me worse case scenarios with my delivery, leading me to believe that she was pretty convinced I would have a c-section.

When my doctor left, we asked Leslie if she felt I could do this vaginally. She made no promises but definitely felt it was possible and said she would do what she could to make it possible. She held to this promise, as she never left my side and did anything I asked of her. She cheered me on when I thought I couldn't push anymore. She calmed my husband's fears as the blood became more than he anticipated for me. She also made me feel like such a champion when I delivered my daughter in just over an hour as a first time mom.

In the end, she was our angel that day and just the person we needed at the most beautiful and stressful time in our life.