Baby Boy is Here 😍 | Emergency surgery and Hospital stay

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]Hi beautiful people. Welcome back. It's been so many so many so many days.

[00:00:07]Time goes really fast, especially when you have two under two.

[00:00:11]I have two under two for at least a month.

[00:00:14]And I'm so grateful to God. First of all, thank you to all of you for your beautiful wishes, for your beautiful prayers, for keeping in touch, for constantly trying to find out how we are doing, and sending the most beautiful prayers to us. I'm so grateful. We thank God everything is well.

[00:00:33]So many days have passed by like I don't even have a complete fresh newborn anymore. Like the time goes by so fast.

[00:00:40]It's crazy.

[00:00:41]Yeah, so I just wanted to give you guys a small introduction to today's video.

[00:00:46]Today's video is basically it's not going to be a complete experience of the hospital, but it has segments. So I just want to let you know a little bit of how the journey was. So it's going to be a small story time. I'll let you know what happened, and why it was not um like a complete work together process. Like I had wanted us to work together. Um you guys would be able to see how the journey goes, and to vlog the experience, but that's how pregnancy humbles you. It doesn't always go how you expect it to.

[00:01:18]And that happened for me this time. So yeah, today's video is going to be glimpse of the hospital. A little bit before, like um a few days before I went into the hospital when I started experiencing my first contractions, and leading up to the hospital, and coming back home. So that's what today's video is about.

[00:01:37]And yeah, so this pregnancy was different. Even the labor, even the delivery, it all happened very differently.

[00:01:47]My little one came a little bit early.

[00:01:49]He decided he wants to come a little bit early. Yeah, so even if I was to give you guys the due date, we would all be surprised. So it was a surprise for me as well. What happened is I checked into the hospital. So, this is on I won't The exact dates I'll give you, but on Sunday I started feeling not uh good. I didn't feel good. As you will see in the videos, I was explaining how I'm feeling. I was having some terrible migraines and just not feeling myself, really. So, I I went for a checkup on Sunday and I told them I saw some like I saw some liquid. Uh yeah, I I just wasn't feeling myself.

[00:02:25]So, on Sunday I went for a regular checkup. But, my checkup was initially on Monday, on the 4th. But, on Sunday, on the 3rd, I just decided, "Let me just go and find out baby is doing well. We are all doing well." So, I went, we did an ultrasound, we did all the tests, yeah. We did everything, we checked, we checked baby, everything was well. Um I was checked, they said everything is good. Uh I was released on Sunday.

[00:02:51]So, Monday night is when now my serious contractions began. Monday night at about 7:00 I started feeling, "Okay, I'm starting to feel some kind of pain."

[00:03:01]But, I was still early, much earlier than my due date. So, I decided I'm just going to observe and see why What What Maybe it's just, you know, Brack- Braxton Hicks or just like normal contractions.

[00:03:15]But, not actual day for baby to come.

[00:03:18]So, I monitored them and it reached about 10:00 10:30 p.m.

[00:03:23]and the contractions were just increasing in in pain they were increasing in intensity and the timing between them was reducing. So, it's like constantly I'm just constantly having contractions and they're very painful. So, at about 11:00 I told my mom, "Let's just go to the hospital."

[00:03:42]Yeah, I feel like uh I I I want if anything if in case it's time for baby to come, let us let my progress happen when I'm in the hospital. This I I wouldn't want to progress at home and then go to the hospital. So, we went even Alim came along because Alim was at home. It was just my mom, I and Alim and Alim's nanny. So, we all went together. And by this time Alim was sleeping. Of course, it was 11:30. So, we went together to the hospital and yeah, 11:30 they First, they just checked me regular checkups. They checked my pulses. They did an examination, a VE.

[00:04:20]And they told me I'm not really dilated or there's no really any signs of um labor. But, because I am complaining of pain, they're going to keep me overnight to observe. And I agreed with them. I I thought like if I'm going to progress in labor, I rather it happen at the hospital than running back and forth. I didn't want that. So, I just took everything and I I checked in.

[00:04:46]So, they put me into um the shared ward.

[00:04:48]There were two other moms there. Like their their babies just recently. One was a C-section. One was a normal delivery. In fact, the C-section had twins. So, the the shared ward was full. And for this reason, and it was at night, so it was way out of visiting hours. And for this reason, Alim and my mom were not even allowed to sit with me inside. Like they were just outside waiting in the car outside.

[00:05:12]So, I told I Yeah, so at that point they were not allowed. They had to even come home as I waited for my labor to So, they waited till about 3:00 a.m. in the morning. And my labor was just progressing. The pain was increasing slowly.

[00:05:26]But, there was no any other sign. Like I didn't have a water break or anything.

[00:05:30]So, my mom and Alim Yeah, they waited and they waited till about 3:00 a.m.

[00:05:35]And they had to check out of the hospital because um they were not allowed to even sit with me at this point because of the As as I've explained, because of the ward.

[00:05:45]So, I stayed in the ward and you will see a few glimpse I I've shown you guys the unpacking my bags. I just went and settled into the shared room.

[00:05:54]And um I rested for a while from from about 3:30 to 5:30, I was just laying in bed. And then and then I realized um maybe because of laying down, my liver is completely gone down. Like by this 5:30 a.m. my contractions had almost completely disappeared. Like there was no pain. I was not in the same contractions anymore.

[00:06:18]So, I got out of bed at 5:30, and I started doing some exercises like just this normal stretching. I walked around the ward. I just I was just trying to, you know, do anything to get some activity moving. By around 6:00, I noticed some bleeding, like some bleeding spots, and that's that's where now the intensity began.

[00:06:40]And I told the midwife, I told her this is what I've noticed. They go like, "Okay, maybe now it's this is a sign of labor finally progressing. So, let's just give it some time. Since it's just spotting, that is normal in labor, so we'll just observe."

[00:06:56]By 6:30, now I was bleeding. There was no spotting anymore. It was just constant like gushing out blood, and it was uncontrollable like constant constant.

[00:07:06]It's there's no stopping. It's just constant. So, I was losing a lot of blood at this point.

[00:07:12]But like appearance-wise, just as I am right now, this is how I was. I was upright. I was talking. Now, by this time, like by about 6:30, when I told the midwife that now the midwife came and checked me, and I was just bleeding constantly. This became alarming. So, the There was another midwife. She called her colleague. Like They called a doctor. There were three of them, two midwives and a doctor. They were observing me. They go like, "Now, they need to start making a plan because um externally, it's hard to understand why the bleeding is there. No one was able to figure it out. They asked me, you know, like if if there's anything I could have done. I told them, "No, I I They were watching me walk. They were watching me just there and do my regular stretches."

[00:07:54]Cuz I told them, "No, other than that, there's nothing else that I can come into my mind that could be causing the bleeding."

[00:08:01]So, by this time they obviously introduced the doctor to create a plan.

[00:08:06]And um I was diagnosed now at this point I was diagnosed with antepartum hemorrhage. So, I was hemorrhaging. I was bleeding.

[00:08:14]And this was now starting to become a risk to me and my little one.

[00:08:19]So, here now they started giving me the option of CS. Not even as much as like giving me to select. They're like, "No, there's no way now here they're going to wait for me to labor." And by this time, say now now that was at 6:30 when I told them by about 6:00 by 7:00 a.m. I was now in tense pain. Like now my labor had progressed intensely. Like my pain was it was intense. Very intense. I was in active labor at this point but bleeding.

[00:08:47]So, they could not let my labor progress naturally. I also began dilating but I was very much in the early stages of dilating. So, they couldn't let me just uh labor naturally anymore. They They Yeah, they told me, "You are laboring now but because of the bleeding they cannot allow me to just sit and then naturally labor." So, they they checked on baby. Baby was not under distress.

[00:09:11]His heart rate was His heart rate was good. My own heart rate was good. My pressure was just okay.

[00:09:18]So, like it was very hard to understand why I'm bleeding because everything else was just normal but I'm bleeding. And the more I'm bleeding, it's blood I'm losing and it's just becoming a risk.

[00:09:30]By 8:00 uh they'd started calling the doctor for an emergency C-section.

[00:09:35]They're like, "Now this has to be done as an emergency C-section." They started preparing me, letting me know of Yeah, briefing me basically on what happens and what to expect and just briefing me on everything. At the same time, they were preparing me, putting me into that gown. As you can see, at some point, I'll have changed from a pink gown to a green gown. Yeah, so that was the theater gown. Yeah, so the doctor my my doctor who was in charge of me, she came and explained to me and told me Yeah, there's no way they're going to wait now. It's just starting to become too risky. They're just opting for a CS. The doctors have already been called. And I told them, "Okay, as much as I would have loved a natural delivery, I understand you can't control it. You can't really do anything." So, at this point, I was just mentally You can't be prepared.

[00:10:22]Obviously, I was not mentally prepared.

[00:10:24]I It was scary. It was very scary. It was the least thing I expected. Yeah, CS was not what I expected at all. I just knew in my heart it's going to be natural as it was with Aaliyah. Maybe a labor for the day, the whole day, and it'll progress slowly, but it'll just happen naturally at the end of the day.

[00:10:43]So, being told I'm going in for surgery was a bit scary. Uh I almost like now I was just in my my baby survival mode. Like, I just wanted to know now my baby's okay.

[00:10:55]That's all I Whatever you're going to do, just show me my little one and he's okay and I'm okay with that. So, by around 9:00 by around 9:00, yeah, I was taken into the theater.

[00:11:08]I was now given the injections, the anesthetic. I was prepared, introduced to my team, the team that was in the uh theater ward. I was already introduced to the anes- anesthesiologist and the doctor, the one who was actually doing the surgery.

[00:11:25]But now the rest of the team, the nurses, they introduced themselves to me there in the theater.

[00:11:31]It was quite intense, like it was a very scary process.

[00:11:37]Um obviously you're awake. I keep saying obviously, you're awake through the cesarean while it happens. So, it's as much as you're numb, it's you do feel something, yeah. For the ones of you who'd want to know what it feels like, as much as you're numb, you feel the tension, but you don't feel the pain.

[00:11:58]Like, you don't feel a thing. I mean, they're literally cutting through you.

[00:12:01]You don't feel any of that. You don't even see it, but you feel when they're pulling baby out. Like, you can feel that tension, but no pain at all. So, they Yeah, they removed my little one. I was so grateful. I heard his cry. They brought him close to me. With Alima, I was not able to, you know, do that first initial contact with my little one. I will share his name with you guys. His face I will share it soon, as well, but his name I'll share it with you guys in this video.

[00:12:28]He was uh brought close to my face.

[00:12:31]And that is now the moment that I was able to relax because I saw him, but I was in and out of it. Um it was I think I was losing so much blood. Like, I'd lost so much blood that I was starting to become a little bit drowsy. Yeah, so I was I was like seeing people too, and I was in and out of it, but I could see my little one, and I could hold him, and just thank God. And God gave me the strength to be able to go through this because despite bleeding, baby and I were fine. My little one was born early.

[00:12:59]He was born preterm, but according to a preterm baby or and according to being preterm, he was healthy. He He was born healthy.

[00:13:10]Wait.

[00:13:11]Yeah, so they told me till my um the the sedation fades away, the anesthetics fade away. They will not I can I'm not allowed to stand up or even have anything in me, like water or a meal. I can't do that.

[00:13:26]So, I just rested for a very long time in the nursery, so he was waiting for me in the nursery.

[00:13:32]As soon as I was able to move, I had like a clean-up, then I went to the nursery. This where I was able to now finally spend time with him for the first time ever since he was born. So, that was hours and hours of waiting. They did bring him to me at some point just to see him in the room. I was just able to, you know, spend like about just like 5 brief minutes with him because I was not in the I was not stable myself, and also he was still under observation. So, since I could not be with him that side because of no movement, I just had to wait till the hours were complete, then I was able to go.

[00:14:08]But that first walk, >> [snorts] >> it's crazy. Like, I have now a very big respect for all types of moms, whether you're a CS mom, a natural mom, like however you've had your baby, it's not easy.

[00:14:23]It doesn't come easy to anyone, whatever anyone might say, even if you're literally um at the moment you are put under a numbness the aftereffect is quite intense. Yeah, so it was it was quite painful. My first walk was ooh, getting out of bed it was hard. It was painful.

[00:14:46]You know, you you you can't just stand up well. It's it's painful. You feel it.

[00:14:51]Yeah, you do. So, I was admitted for 3 nights.

[00:14:55]They were constantly giving me painkillers and antibiotics to make sure there's no infection, and also the pain is managed.

[00:15:03]The pain is extreme. It's there. It's very extreme. Um yeah, any kind of pressure, coughing yeah, laughing hardly, it really hurts um the wound. But I thank God so so much. By now, I'm feeling so much better. I'm still healing. I'm not fully healed.

[00:15:20]But I'm so much better.

[00:15:24]Yeah, sorry for that. Yeah, I'm so much better. I'm feeling so much healthier. I can be there for Alim and his little one. So, my little one's name is Akyan.

[00:15:37]Yeah, he's talking to you guys. Yeah.

[00:15:40]His name is Akyan and he's Alim's little brother. For those of you who still don't know, Alim has a little brother.

[00:15:47]And we just thank God. We're very grateful. So, now you can go into the video and enjoy seeing the whole process of how it went. And let me also see my little one.

[00:15:57]I think he's a little hungry now.

[00:16:00]And I will catch up with you guys in many videos. Stay tuned to see lots I've taken lots of small clips which you'll enjoy throughout. You'll see them as time progresses. So, stay tuned and enjoy the video and remember to subscribe, beautiful people. Thank you so much. I love you all. I send blessings to you all. And enjoy the video.

[00:16:22]Yeah, the lighting is beautiful. I thought to use this lighting.

[00:16:26]But um today in particular I'm feeling very Wait, let me Yes, that's more natural.

[00:16:36]So, today in particular I'm feeling I'm in pain.

[00:16:40]I wonder if this is the beginning of the labor journey.

[00:16:46]But I thought to just begin my video here just in case it's in the evening.

[00:16:50]Okay, it's at night right now.

[00:16:52]It's a few minutes short to 8:00 p.m.

[00:16:55]and in case I'm running to the hospital at midnight, I just thought it'll be nice to have started the vlog early.

[00:17:04]So, I'm experiencing semi between mild and a little bit intense contractions. They're not all the way intense, but I'm feeling them. They're not just mild. I've had mild contractions for a while now throughout the pregnancy, but right now I'm feeling a little bit intense.

[00:17:26]Thankfully, my bag is packed. I just have my own outfits left to pack, but I already know the ones I'm going to carry. And thankfully, my outfits are not a a concern. Like, I can just carry anything that's comfortable, that's easy to feed in, and that's modest, and I'm good to go.

[00:17:44]And warm, as well, because we're having rains. But for baby, everything is ready.

[00:17:50]I have everything. Bumpers, wet wipes, cotton, clothes, shawls, blankets, everything is there.

[00:18:00]So, in case I need to rush to the hospital, my mom is going to accompany me. Um so, it's going to be a Halim will have to come with us tonight. His nanny is here, but um I've never left him alone at home other than with my mom, which even at night I've never left him.

[00:18:16]He's never spent a whole night without me.

[00:18:19]So, he's going to come along.

[00:18:23]And uh yeah, he'll just spend the time in the uh bedroom we'll take. It's going to be a private suite, so he'll be comfortable there. He can just remain sleeping there.

[00:18:36]And yeah, I'm speaking as if it's about to happen, but you know, it could just be my mind, but my belly has also dropped. Let me show I don't know if you can tell, but you know, I'm contracting, so I'm a little bit tight.

[00:18:51]But my belly has dropped very low. Be in your prayers.

[00:18:55]And I pray to God. I leave my children in God's hands, because His plan, His direction, His ways are all that I trust above my own.

[00:19:08]So, in God's name, we are strong, and let's go do this. If it's time, not, let's go do it when it's time.

[00:19:15]Hi beautiful people.

[00:19:17]I'm actually on the way to the hospital.

[00:19:20]I'm seated at the back of the car.

[00:19:22]I've come with all my bags. Well, it's just um it should be my last routine checkup tomorrow. Today is third.

[00:19:30]Tomorrow should be my last routine checkup, but I've been feeling some funny type of way.

[00:19:35]And I just want to go and find out everything is okay. I've been having severe migraines since last night. I haven't been able to keep anything inside me.

[00:19:47]So, I just thought today to go and see everything is okay. And it's always better to go prepared. So, I've just carried all my bags along and baby bag and yeah, everything that I really need I have it along with me.

[00:20:04]Whatever else, if I have forgotten anything, I'll just get it from the hospital.

[00:20:15]Yeah, Zabile is also going back today.

[00:20:19]So, I'm just here to drop Zabile and once we drop Zabile, I'll just pass by at the hospital.

[00:20:27]About to be checked. I'm nervous, but let's see how it goes. I'll let you guys know.

[00:20:32]At the hospital.

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[00:24:54]>> [music] [music] >> It's really scary.

[00:25:27]He decided it's time he's not here.

[00:25:32]He said he's wanting to come now and I couldn't say no.

[00:25:36]Cuz he's there in God's time.

[00:25:40]We've come to rest in the private ward.

[00:25:44]It's very comfy, private, and nice.

[00:25:48]It's raining heavy outside. I saw a rainbow.

[00:25:51]I didn't get to record it. There was a rainbow outside.

[00:25:57]Really special.

[00:26:07]Let me just catch up with We can one year and I'll update you guys, of course.

[00:26:13]Bye. I know you're curious.

[00:26:19]Baby brother.

[00:26:21]Coffee. Oh, coffee.

[00:26:31]What is it? If it is the number that went through, you know my contact >> [laughter] [laughter] >> Cutie at the baby. I cheer at the hospital. We're in the private room and she's here with me. I'll show you guys her in the morning.

[00:26:50]Just from having breakfast.

[00:26:53]And um Yeah, we'll just take it easy. My eyes seem so drowsy. It's because of the medications that I've been taking.

[00:27:03]But it's morning. It's not so late.

[00:27:04]Actually, it's 8:00 a.m. and Alim should be coming back soon.

[00:27:10]My cannula came out. It got wet and came out.

[00:27:14]Yeah, but wow.

[00:27:17]It's been a very beautiful first night.

[00:27:19]Um I had Angie with me as I mentioned.

[00:27:22]She's just gone home to go bring Alim, guys.

[00:27:25]And my mom also will be joining us soon.

[00:27:27]Only one could stay with us. I mean, yeah, we could only have one person at a time. So, Angie stayed with me last night. And it was really nice. She was she did everything for me the whole night. We barely slept. Or how it is our first night with our newborn. We barely slept. So, I've just enjoyed some sweet potato and uh milk, hot milk, hot chocolate, yeah.

[00:27:51]And uh I'm just going to take it easy, maybe rest a little bit.

[00:27:56]Yeah, if possible, I'll get some rest and then I'll see how the day goes. Hopefully, if there's a possibility I can go and rest at home today. Let's see how it goes.

[00:28:06]I'm hoping for that. Small mini tour of our room here today. Let's pause the TV there.

[00:28:14]This is our room. Here's where Angie was resting.

[00:28:18]Here I have my cocoa that I've been drinking a lot of it since yesterday.

[00:28:23]Those are my feet.

[00:28:25]There's the bathroom right there. We have a sink right here.

[00:28:29]Windows.

[00:28:32]Yes. So, as you can see, it was not a progressive situation. It happened very suddenly.

[00:28:39]Especially uh being a CS because I was really prepared for a normal delivery.

[00:28:46]Mentally, I don't think really prepares for a CS.

[00:28:51]So, this is my second baby, as many of you already know.

[00:28:57]My first baby was a Let's reduce this volume.

[00:29:03]Yeah, my first baby was a normal delivery. That is Alim.

[00:29:09]And now we have our second boy. My uh little one is a baby boy, Alim's little brother.

[00:29:15]He came via cesarean section because I was bleeding uncontrollably, and we couldn't find the cause, like constantly bleeding for at least 2 hours before the doctors and the midwives said decided they're not going to risk it any longer because now we're risking baby's life, my own life. Of course, I'm losing blood.

[00:29:40]So, we went for the CS. They took the consent form, prepared me, and within an hour, I was in the theater.

[00:29:48]Wow, that was a scary experience, you guys.

[00:29:52]It was quite intense.

[00:29:55]I think generally, too, if I just like even bringing a baby to the world is scary in its in itself. Now, I have a respect for both normal delivery and cesarean. They're both extremely scary, like you get traumatized. When I'm trying When I'm remembering feeling like they you can actually feel them pull your little one out of you.

[00:30:19]It's quite scary.

[00:30:22]But, I was handled by a very nice team.

[00:30:25]We went from the minute that I arrived to right now, I've just been taken care of really nicely. Everyone is so supportive, so encouraging. Always checking up on us. Every 2 minutes, we'll have somebody checking up on us.

[00:30:39]So, yes. That is the story of how this went. Of course, as we progress, I'll update you guys more.

[00:30:47]And have a more sit down and catch up well, but this was just like I just wanted to do a quick overview while I'm still here at the hospital, you know.

[00:30:57]While we're still fresh out of it, yeah.

[00:31:00]So, my little one was born yesterday.

[00:31:01]Now, today I'll show you guys what I'm what I do in a whole day here at the hospital since I might stay tonight as well for observation.

[00:31:10]So, I'll show you guys what I eat, what is the routine. I've already had a shower with a beginning early morning shower. So, I've had my shower and now I've eaten my breakfast. And I've just given my food menu for the day, what I want to eat throughout the day, yeah. A very yeah, very friendly kitchen um staff came and took my food menu, and I shared what I'll eat throughout the day. At 10:00, she'll give me some porridge.

[00:31:39]And yeah.

[00:31:40]>> saw you today.

[00:31:41]Right. Okay, yeah. Our last day today.

[00:31:44]Actually, I was supposed to show them you. I told them you're staying here with me. Angie's behind the camera.

[00:31:49]Yeah, you want to turn and say hi?

[00:31:52]There's Angie with the little man there.

[00:31:56]Yeah, she has been staying here with me.

[00:31:57]My mom is here on this side.

[00:32:00]My mom is not here. She's not ready for the camera. Emily is running outside somewhere. But, today I'm praying to be discharged. We're just kind winding up the process, signing all our leaving documents, and we'll go home today. Then, I'll catch up with you guys at home and share the whole story of how everything went and how we are here today, 3 days later. I came on Sunday Monday. Sunday midnight. I came at midnight on between Sunday and Monday.

[00:32:26]Today is Thursday. We're checking out, yeah. But, Sunday Subha is in the by evening, it was about like 11:50.

[00:32:34]Yeah, that's when I came. That's all.

[00:32:36]Let's see how it all goes. I will let you guys know the whole story when we're back at home. Hopefully today we go back home. Yeah, I just wanted to do a small catch up with you guys.

[00:32:49]See what's home.

[00:32:50]It's our last meal before going home.

[00:32:54]Coco and biscuits.

[00:32:57]So going home outfit. No Alim.

[00:33:01]No Alim. Say sorry auntie Angie.

[00:33:04]Say don't be rude to the doctor.

[00:33:07]I love you.

[00:33:09]So let's let's go catch up at home now.

[00:33:14]Yeah, we're just being jolly.

[00:33:17]Yeah, we're just preparing to check out now.

[00:33:20]So we'll catch up at home. We're just taking all our muzigo.

[00:33:27]Bags.

[00:33:39]Yeah, so next stop is home.

[00:33:41]We are back home now. We are home sweet home. We'll update you guys slowly. It's at night.

[00:33:47]We've checked in in the evening. Little one is right here next to me. Alim is right here with auntie Carol. We reached home safe. We thank God and now we're just settling down. I feel so fresh. I feel like I even look so much fresh. So we're just settling down and we'll catch up later. Strong little man, guys. He's lifting his head himself.

[00:34:06]Look at that look.

[00:34:09]And he's not even ready. He's not even He's due 37 weeks. He's early. It's my second night home with my little precious blessing.

[00:34:35]>> It's a beautiful dog and a beautiful Someone is waiting for him outside.

[00:34:42]Someone is going to wrap him outside.

[00:34:44]So happy, huh? So grateful.

[00:34:47]The best time ever.

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