From Strangers Into One Large Family

There is a saying that, "a woman will never forget how you treat her during her baby's delivery"

I never knew the true meaning of this saying until I was cared for during the birth of my son, by someone I never knew before.

Had I known I was going under C-section from the onset, I could have been well prepared, and made sure my mom would be around, or one of my sisters, because I would have known I would need as much help as I could get aside from my husband.

I had this fantasy of going into labor within two hours and coming home with my bundle of joy like I once witnessed my elder sister during the delivery of her first child. Silly me, 😀 you can say.

I forgot that every pregnancy is quite different.

Everything was going on perfectly with my pregnancy until it was time for me to push my son out when we discovered that something wasn't right.

To cut the story short, we had to have an emergency C-section, only my husband was with me all through. When it comes to taking care of a new mom and her baby, there are just some things that men won't be able to handle.

My cousin's sister who lives in this town was in the next town writing an exam, and my mom was supposed to join us three days later.

And that was how I was in dire need of someone to be around me and care for me and my baby.

But I was lucky, a long-term friend of mine who lives here thought she was heavily pregnant and also working. She was only able to come and stay with me the first night after my delivery. In the morning she had to leave and take care of her family.

So, I still needed someone around me.
My cousin's sister called one of her friends to let her know about my situation, and she came around first thing the following morning.

I was so blown away by the way she took care of my baby and me. She was so down-to-earth, understanding, and caring. She did everything more than my mom would have done for me. And for her being a nurse makes her care so perfect, she did things for my baby and I we never knew we needed.

She would wash my body, wash my used clothes, clean and make my bed and bath for my baby. She did all these for two days before the arrival of my mom, but it was as if it was for a whole year.

A total stranger to me even though she is a friend of my sister. What she did I can never forget even if I should live for a thousand years.

The thing about showing someone kindness is like sowing a seed that will surely germinate sooner or later.

She not only took care of me but she taught me how to take care of someone else like me in the future. If not for her, if I should visit A new mom, especially someone who had been under the knife, I wouldn't have many ideas of what I could do for her. But she changed my orientation for life.

Fast forward to when we moved into our new neighborhood, my next-door neighbor whom I hadn't gotten the chance to know, because when we got here, she was on bed rest for the first three weeks, in the fourth week, she gave birth, also through C-section, she had requested for me in her house, I was surprised and at the same time feel honored when she told me to help her care for her baby because she was still feeling weak and in a lot of pains.

I told her not to worry, and that I would care for her baby as long as she needed time to heal.

Every day for a few weeks, I will bathe the baby, and also help my neighbor give her a warm water body massage, with ornaments, among other things. I was once like her, and I knew just what she needed most at that time and I was very happy I could be of help.

This action turned our two families from being strangers into friends, then into one large family.

Thank you so much for your time and support, Bye 👋
@funshee✍🙏🥰

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