Beautiful Baby Girl - "Elizabeth Emata-Aube"

Elizabeth E. Aube
August 20, 2016

Last August 20, I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. I have just recently found out that I was pregnant for 5 months 2 weeks prior of giving birth. You read it right, she is just 5 months 1 week old.

The first time I went for checkup, the doctor adviced me for admission right away. She found out that my cervix has already started opening at 1cm. I was shocked... this is my first time to get pregnant and seems like the world is crashing down upon me. I step back a little bit, hesitating and insisting I should have ultrasound first before getting admitted in the hospital.

The next morning I went to undergo ultrasound. The result was I was already laboring the baby without me knowing it. The cervix had opened at 1.75cm at this point.

Right then, I went to the maternity hospital. I was admitted for 2 weeks. I was fine and the baby was very healthy inside me. She moved a lot and her heartbeat was normal. However, 10 days within that 2 weeks... no one had ever expected she will come out. I was monitored inside the labor room. I did not experience any abdominal pains apart from back pain at the right portion.

I started having uncomfortabilities at the right part of my back since the night of August 19. I informed the resident doctor of the pain I'm having and they said that it might just back pain of my sleeping position since I am always lying down in the bed. In the morning of August 20, I talked to my doctor about it and informed her the same... she thinks the same way.

I was enduring the pain until 6pm of August 20 that I can't really put up with it anymore. The resident doctor attended me, she examined me and called my doctor as my cervix has already opened at 10cm. Just then, I knew she is coming out. I was very emotional at that time. I just sing to the Lord and prayed.

At exactly 8:07pm, I gave birth to a baby girl. I was very happy to see her but sadness overtakes it. The first time I laid my eyes on her, I was crying. She was the most prettiest girl I have ever seen in my entire life. I knew she's black just like her dad and I love it a lot. All her physical features are similar to her father.

When she was born, her father was on our side. We were both crying as we knew that she won't live long enough to see her growing up. Everyone thought she will only last for an hour but she survived for 9 hours and 57 minutes. She fought for her life. She is a very brave girl. Now, she is in heaven with the Lord. I am sad but I know, God has a plan. He has His purpose for everything. I may not understand it now but someday, somehow... I will.