Beautifully written. You captured the new parents' emotions perfectly.

One question, though -- fluids pooled in the legs? What's that from? (I'm assuming you know.)

"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”

- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland