On the best day of my life by far I woke up as optimistic as ever, this was the beginning of something beautiful. As I usually would the first thing, I did was make my bed and clean my room before proceeding to my skin routine and getting ready. As I was busy running around, I could feel the excitement around the house and that everyone was looking forward to the events of the day.

Leaving the house and getting into the car on our way made everything surreal, I began to feel nervous that the day I had been long waiting for had finally arrived, and upon my return, my life would change forever. When we finally arrived at our destination and saw the big sign at the entrance written ‘labor ward’ it dawned on me that I was going to be a mom, because I had opted for a C-section I was taken to a room where they prepared me for the procedure and took me through how everything is going to work. That was the coldest room I have ever been in even though it was March and very much summer. My mom said the chills came from the fact that I was nervous. On my way to the operating room my heart was pounding but I was excited to finally meet the most important person to me. The doctors were very affirming and made sure I was always comfortable, the conversations we had during the procedure were relaxing and distracted me for a bit.

At exactly 08:13 my baby girl came into the world and from then on, I became the happiest person alive. At first, I did not know how to hold her or even begin to breastfeed, but I miraculously figured it out, it was as if I had developed some sort of superpowers, and I was a brand-new person. I spent the whole day with my baby in my arms, looking into her eyes and I could finally see my heart outside my body, and nothing could ever come close to the joy I felt that day.