The room where Janine is expected to give birth is very crowded, and noisy. Offred feels disturbed with the situation because she is mostly subjected to solitude, thus there is a sharp contrast between her current and normal environment. The handmaids chant various words which help Janine to relax, and the birthmaids check her contractions. She soon delivers, and the Commander’s wife takes the baby immediately, naming her Angela which most of the members in the room perceive as a sweet name. After giving birth, Janine will be allowed to nurse the baby for a few months before she is transferred to a new commander. The exercise is customarily undertaken to see if she will be in a position to do the same with another Commander and their child. No physical deformities were noted on the child, something that brings great relief to the handmaids as otherwise she would be branded as an ‘Unwoman’ and sent to the colonies.