Teardrop Smart Media Token: The Proof of tears - My happiness

    The "teardrop" initiated by the inspirer @surpassinggoogle has been circulating on my feed for weeks now so I guess its time to share my own.

    Being a mother is the best thing a woman will ever experience. I have been sharing my story about my little boy since I became a steemian and how we discovered that we are pregnant after 5 years of trying. It is like heaven opened to me and the peacefulness of heaven went through me. Everything became calm since then.

    The 9 months of carrying him in my womb were the most enjoyable waiting game of my life. As much as I wanted to see, kiss and hug him, I patiently waited and enjoyed the moment of protecting him inside me. I have read on​ the ​internet that the womb is the safest place for babies and protecting him from harm was my main goal.

    Then my due date came. It was Wednesday and I asked my boss if I could have my half day (AGAIN) because OB Doctor Kiran asked me to submit​ a urine sample for another series of lab tests headed home. Here in UAE, you can still work even it is your due date to save the number of maternity days. Haha! An hour before midnight, my stomach started cramping. Pain rating scale? 1. So I tried to sleep because I thought it was just because of the food that I ate. 1:00 AM and still the pain didn't​ settle then I woke up my husband @ardapyan and my sister @marieeugene to take me to the hospital. The NMC nurses ushered me into​ a room where I was checked told I was still in 1 cm and told us to go home and just go back at 8 in the morning if the pain progressed.

    Back at home, as much as I wanted to sleep, my excitement grew! The thought of seeing my son and to be able to touch him eased the pain I was feeling at that time. Then 8:00 AM with no sleep, we went back to the hospital again and decided to stay there at the hospital until I give birth. The whole day of Thursday was all about making me ready for the delivery. I have been pricked, shaved, and checked many times when the ​pain of 3. The nurses advised me to walk​ around but I preferred the comfort of my hospital bed and watch movies. Haha! About 8 in the evening of Thursday, the pain started to progress. I no longer enjoyed the beeping of the contraction monitor that was attached to me since the morning of Thursday​. Me and my husband were having fun with the contraction monitor when my pain was still bearable ​because when there​ was contraction, the digital number goes up then goes down if the pain subsides. I movie kept on playing but I could no longer concentrate on it.11:00 PM, my sister's high school classmate and also a nurse came. I vomitted thrice because of the pain. Then they transferred me to the delivery room leaving my husband and sister behind. 4 hours of active labor and finally I got to see my son. And so I thought. They sent him to observation room right after I deleivered him because his heartbeat was quite fast. After cleaning and stitching me up at 6:00AM, I was transferred to a regular room and still waited for my baby. I just kept on looking his pictures his Papa took in the observation room. Then at 8:00, the nurses brought him.

    Finally, my first glance to my angel and and I couldn't help but to look at my husband's eyes and thank him for having this angel. All the pain I felt was washed away. The years of waiting for him had come. And I will never thank God enough for giving him to us.

And this is happiness looks like in my world.