Hello lovely 😍 Moms and Dads on Hive, shall we talk bout these kinds of Moms.
Okay, every mom of a newborn deserves nothing but love and support but the moms I like to talk about in this post even deserve it more.
It's the dream and the prayer of every mother to not only survive her pregnancy but carry a healthy baby after nine months. But when it comes to carrying a child in your belly, a lot of risk factors are involved for the mother and also for the baby.
I was one of the lucky ones when I put to bed two weeks ago. A healthy baby is what I get. I was still lying flat on the surgery bed with half of my body still motionless due to the injection given to me before my surgery but I was so happy I could smile and speak when my baby was presented to me to identify his gender. "It's a boy I said" and I was like what? He is the cutest ever and looks so strong with a cry so loud the people waiting at the reception could hear clearly that a new baby has just arrived. I kept smiling even when the nurses took him away to clean him up. I am truly grateful.
Fast forward to five days ago when my baby had to undergo a phototherapy treatment because we noticed he was showing some signs of jaundice, thankfully, we acted in time before he could suffer any complications.
The sight at the hospital baby intensive units was something that cannot leave my memories in a hurry, for the past few days I couldn't stop replaying many situations those little angels and their mothers are going through. I saw doctors and nurses fighting for their lives, some survived and left to go home, while some didn't make it and some are still fighting while some are still being admitted.
Something is common among the mothers of these premature and other critically sick babies, it's their resilience that caught my attention, the way they stay strong for their babies, the way they have to be patient and wait endlessly to hear what the doctors will say next. The way they had to be separated from their babies and only called upon when they needed breastfeeding and they still had to act cool and wait painfully. Another heartbreaking part is that some mothers are turned back due to lack of hospital bed space for the condition of their baby, it's something a mother shouldn't have to go through but sadly our hospitals are over stretch and sometimes you need a little bit of luck by your side to get a bed space for a critically sick baby.
Should we talk about the way some of the mothers had to struggle in pressing their breast milk for their babies because they can't suck the milk themselves. These mothers are heroes not the type with a gun or a sword fighting at a warfronts but they are fighting a silent battle and sometimes it can be lonely. They are fighting for the most precious gifts they got ( their kids) . It's rough being a mother but I had no idea how rough and tough it can be being a mother to premature babies until this first hand experience.
Our three days' admission at the hospital’s baby intensive care unit opened my eyes to what some mothers go through when the babies are premature or critically sick. It's a tough war for them, and so if you ever come in contact with them, show them nothing but love and support. And if you have a healthy baby, you have no idea how fortunate you are. I'm sending out wishes and prayers that every sick child gets his or her healings. And to a mother out there, trying to save the life of her child, stay strong and I wish you received your miracle.
I simply could not think of something else to blog about until I got this off my chest. So, thank you for being part of the story.
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