BABIES, BUTTERFLIES AND HOPE. A wall of

Each butterfl y BABIES, on the walls of the Cooperman Family Pavilion is unique, like the baby it represents.

BUTTERFLIES

AND HOPE putting a butterfly on the wall for every baby born since SBMC saw its first COVID-19 case in March. Each Morales, MPH, RN, a staff nurse in Labor & Delivery at SBMC. “I the staff grounded, as well as the butterfly is unique, like the baby BRIGHT, COLORFUL BUTTERFLIES REPRESENT DELIVERIES it represents. Morales named the AT SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER. project “Delivering Hope.” A sign on the wall reads “The greatest miracles

The COVID-19 pandemic patients. Expecting parents were “It’s been wonderful for us to be has limited many activities, coming here with so much anxiety able to quantify how much beauty but new babies don’t but in that moment of birth it was came out of the pandemic, and is care. They just keep coming, just instantaneous, we forgot there continuing,” Morales says. “I’m just bringing with them joy and fresh was a pandemic going on for that so grateful to be able to display it. possibilities. That’s why more than split second.” I know that these babies and these 2,500 exquisitely detailed paper While Morales was thinking butterflies will always have their butterflies—each representing about how to keep up the spirits first story about being born and a baby born at Saint Barnabas of everyone in Labor & Delivery, bringing joy in a time when it was Medical Center (SBMC) during the a vision of butterflies came to very hard to find.” pandemic—adorn the walls of the mind. “Butterflies are always a Is your baby one of SBMC’s Cooperman Family Pavilion. sign of hope, of new beginning, of butterflies? Let us know! Visit us on

“When the world shut down, we transformation,” she explains. Facebook or at www.rwjbh.org/sbmc were still delivering,” says Liliana She came up with the idea of to share your story. felt like every baby was delivering To learn about maternity services at Saint Barnabas hope and inspiration. It was keeping Medical Center, visit www.rwjbh.org/maternity. happen in the middle of the battle.”