June ‘19 I was feeling different. Different than I felt on a normal day. I was dealing with different moods, I was feeling bad and the worst of all was that my cycle didn’t come on. I didn’t know what was going on so I waited for weeks to see if things would get better. One day while I was at work I was feeling my absolute worse,I wanted to leave early but my mom told me to finish my work and then clock out. I felt better the rest of the day and then went home and continued my normal routine (also I’ve been taking more naps). When I woke up late that night,I felt even worse. So I went to get a drink of water because I thought I would feel better but then I became nauseous. That’s when I knew that I was about to be a mom. When I told my boyfriend,he was so shocked but also he wanted to make sure. I was frustrated but then I took it and gotten the answer yes!! I was emotional but I expected my status as a woman. So for a few months I went to all of my doctors visits but when I seen my baby and heard it’s heartbeat I was excited! For a few months I dealt with the sickness and the tiredness. That was until on my birthday September 16 I went to my visit to see what gender it would be. I didn’t know that day because my family and I had planned a gender reveal and my mom was so hopeful that it would be a boy. I always wanted a girl but for some reason I had this strange gut feeling that it will be a boy. As long as it was healthy and happy I was blessed. On the day of the gender reveal, everyone came. It was lots of decorations made in yellow and everyone was happy. But it all came down to that one question,was it going to be a boy or a girl! It started of with a box but when we opened it,it was blue and pink balloons mixed! That’s when we found out the answer was in a cake. So I took my time cutting the cake so I could get the answer but turns out that because the way I cut it,the icing got on the plastic knife. The icing was blue! It was a boy! I jumped for joy and everyone including my mom was happy. That was my birthday present!!!!
The Process
Each day since the gender reveal I had challenges. Work was difficult. Everyone except my boss understood why I couldn’t move as fast as I could while serving a room full of residents. I was treated horribly towards the end. But I had to remain calm and stay healthy for the sake of my unborn son! But what made things more difficult was I went to my appointment one day and I was told that my blood platelets were low and that I needed to see a hemotologist right away. I didn’t know how low they were and I got really scared so I went. The Doctor told me that I needed to get them high enough so that if they were to fall, I would get a blood transfusion. I was nervous but I took my pills every morning and they successfully went up to a better number. During mid January I went to my one week doctor’s visits so that they could make the final decision as to when they were going to induce me to labor. It was going to be Sunday night but something strange happened……………..
The Big Day
My day of being induced was scheduled for Sunday night but ended up being a little earlier than expected. During my last doctor’s appointment, I was told that if I didn’t feel any fetal movement then to contact the emergency room for pregnant women. The next day I didn’t feel him move at all. I ate,drink cold water, even ate candy, nothing. So I didn’t exactly what I was told the other day and called the midwife. She immediately told me to go to the hospital. So when I got there,they put me on a monitor. I was there for 4 hours and then the midwife finally told me that he was moving but there were a couple of blanks she was concerned about so she had to induce me that night. I was so scared but my mom told me to relax and let the midwife handle the rest. So I was moved to a room and just waited. The second day I was in and out of contractions,it was my first so I was crying and emotional but I got through it. Family came to check on me but my mom and my boyfriend was there the entire time so I was okay. The next day I had gotten my epidural which was the worse experience but I needed the pain to go away. The only thing was I only had to eat ice the entire time!! At least sleeping was great Lol. On that third day was the big day. Also it was my great grandmother’s birthday. Epidural stopped working and I was in the worse stages on contractions. I was so hurt that I cried and screamed. The nurses tried to calm me down but It was horrible. I thought that I would be dialed close to 10 centimeters but I was only at 4 or 5. That’s when they announced that I had to get a c section. I was nervous but I thought to myself “girl you can do this, god is with you and granny is watching you too !” So they were getting everything together for the surgery and I held my moms hand waiting. When I got to the room, they numbed me waste down. You should’ve seen how happy I was because the pain was no joke. They started the procedure and I waited patiently to see my son. I was dozing off but the doctor was trying to see it I was alert so I stayed up. Then I felt pushing and a lot of pressure! That’s when they held him up. My mom was so joyful,I was so joyful and I cried so loudly. After they fixed him up,they took him to a room where his dad was waiting for him because only we could be in there. He was born January 31, 2020 at 1:00 in the afternoon,which is the same day as my granny’s Birthday!!!!
The Struggle And The Blessing
It had been 1 or 2 hours since my c section and I was bonding with my newborn baby. They were setting up a room for me so I waited until they were done. There was a part in the room that after a c section and when they fix the woman back, they have to press her stomach to get all of the blood out. That part was the worse for me. They took me to my room afterwards and everything seemed okay,well at least I thought. It started when I ordered food. My boyfriend has left to get me something from the vending machine and I asked the nurse could she check the bleeding. When she did I was feeling normal but I was shaking so hard. It was cold in my room but I was also closing my eyes as if I was so tired (in which I was after a long process). I kept shaking and closing my eyes. The only thing I did remember was the doctors and me asking where was my son because he was the only thing I thought about. When I woke up 4 hours later, my family was there. Each bonding with Josiah and all smiling. I asked my mom what happened and she told me that I lost a lot of blood and that I almost lost my life. I was in shock but god was there with me the entire time. I was able to wake up to see my baby and my entire family. The doctors came in to check on me and told me that I had gotten better but I was having blood clots and needed to be moved to labor and delivery for the rest of the night. I stayed up all night thinking but when a nurse came in to check on me we both noticed the lights flickered on and off. She didn’t know why but I most definitely did. My praying granny was signaling me and letting me know that she was there and will always be here! On January 31st 1928 Laura Mignone Davis was born. She didn’t want her birthday to be a sad one so she made sure my son,Josiah Shai King(she picked the middle name)was born on her birthday! 4 months later he’s a healthy,goofy,adorable baby and is getting all the love and affection. I love you my son! God knew that I needed you ❤️❤️
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