The happiest moment of year 2023.

Am very happy to be writing in steemit after a very long time.
Motherhood took me away this long.
It feels so good to be back and connect with families and friends I have met in this platform over the years.
@ngoenyi , @ruthjoe , @alexanderpeace .

I want to say a big Thank you to @drhira for the heart warming contest. This contest excites me so much and it's a perfect way to start my adventure with steemit again.

Mother Hood is indeed a journey. I can into steemit as a young single lady in 2021. In 2022 I got married and in that same year I took in and in 2023 I had my Daughter.
This transition has been challenging but am happy for myself and how much I have grown with this transition.
Every year has it's happiest moment for everyone.

My happiest moment in 2023 was when I welcomed my baby girl Hephzibah.

My pregnancy journey started May 2022 and Ended on the 16th February 2023.
At this point, I can say no level of advice can prepare you for this journey and the labour experience.
Though I was strong but my emotions was so unstable.
I cry at every little thing and I easily get irritated even with my meals.

One day I craved for crocker fish stew and rice.
I went to the market, bought the stuff and prepared the meal.

After preparing the meal, I could not eat it, not because it was not teasty but for one strange reason, I became so irritated by just looking at it.

When my husband came back, I served him the meal, he so enjoyed it that he even asked for extra, I got so angry that I could not eat the meal and he was enjoying. It took days before I got over that mood.

Fast forward to February, I had false labour on two occasions, 1st and 10th of February.
On the 15th of February, I went into real labour at 12am, I could not go to the hospital because of mobility. We waited til 6am before heading to the hospital, by 7am we arrived.

The midwife came and checked my dilation.
We where admitted and from time to time, they came check my dilation. After 24 hours I was still at 5cm dilation and the pain was more than anything i had ever imagined.

I had no strength to scream or cry I was tired. By 9pm the following day 16th of February my doctor came and gave me the option of cesarian section, saying am having slow dilation and my water had broken, he said he does not want my baby to go into distress and immediately my husband told them to go ahead.
By 10am my baby arrived and I could hear her cry.

instantly the doctor asked me if I could hear my babies voice, the nurse brought her closed to me and asked if I could see her, I struggled to look at her but my eyes where heavy as if it was trying to shot down on it own, I managed to tell the surgeon how I felt, the next thing I heard was him screaming they should get blood immediately for transfusion, that I was loosing so much blood.

Few minutes later I woke up in my ward with my angel beside me, at that moment, I know this would be the most happiest moment of my life in 2023.

I invite @wendy50 @ceendy20 and @ruthjoe to participate in this contest.

Here is the link to my achievement 1 : Link