In a story shared in the TODAY, three moms from South Carolina, Cincinnati, and New Hampshire were expecting moms when they contracted the coronavirus. Instead of being excited to see their newborn babies for the first time, the three moms were all battling against the coronavirus when they gave birth.
Mom from South Carolina
Shaquilla James is from Summerton, South Carolina.
She delivered a baby girl to this world and named her Aubrey. This baby girl is her firstborn.
Shaquilla gave birth two weeks earlier than her due date. After giving birth, the mom from South Carolina went into a coma.
When she was interviewed by the TODAY, Shaquilla shared how worried she was that the first time she saw her newborn baby would also be the last. Shaquilla said, "So I thought about it, and I prayed, and I told them just go ahead and take her."
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Mom from Cincinnati
Alicia Kappers from Cincinnati had no idea she has already given birth. She just woke up from a coma with her son, baby Laith, already out in the world.
She shared that she was already at the hospital because she was rushed to the emergency room. Later during that day, she was put on a ventilator.
For more than a month, Alicia had to stay on oxygen. When she delivered her baby through a C-section, the Cincinnati mom was in a coma.
When Alicia woke up, the hospital staff told her about what happened in the delivery room. She shared, "I shed a big crocodile tear and smiled."
The mom thinks it is all part of the power of her subconscious.
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Mom from New Hampshire
Rocio Casalduc is from Nashua, New Hampshire. Like Alicia, Rocio also gave birth while in a coma.
When New Hampshire was in her fifth month of pregnancy, she contracted the coronavirus.
Before she was intubated, the doctors asked her whom she would choose, herself, or her daughter's life.
Three weeks later, Rocio woke up from a coma and had already given birth to her baby girl, Victoria.
Rocio's baby girl is still in the NICU, but the New Hampshire mom is hopeful that her baby will be coming home soon.
The recoveries
After the moms' excruciating battle against the coronavirus and giving birth, the moms are now home recovered.
Alicia is not just home with her baby boy, and she is also juggling work and taking care of her baby.
Meanwhile, Shaquila and her now-four-month baby girl are also home.
Rocio is also already out of the hospital, waiting for her baby girl to come home.
