See What Mom Was Up to After Birthing Her Baby the Night Before
Last weekend, Zeinab Abdalla walked across the stage at her graduation from the University of St. Thomas‘ Class of 2018 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where she was to receive her master’s degree almost a day after birthing her baby girl.
Less than 24 hours earlier, she was in a hospital giving birth to her daughter. The next day she was walking across the stage with her certificate in hand.
“I had my baby last night!” Zeinab said in a school video.
According to Kare11, Zeinab earned her master’s degree in autism spectrum disorders and plans to obtain her PhD. She described making it to the ceremony after the delivery as a “struggle,” but said she knew she couldn’t miss her big day.
Asked how she was able to pull it off, she said:
”It was a struggle but everything is possible. And I believe in St. Thomas’ logo, “We can do it together.”
On Friday morning my water broke and I was telling my husband, “My graduation is tomorrow. I wasn’t planning this,” and he said, “It’s in God’s hands.”
I was like, I need to reward myself and to do that I have to walk on the stage, get my degree, throw the cap and enjoy it.”
She said she gave birth to the little girl around 8 p.m. local time. The graduation ceremony began at 5 :30 p.m. the next day.
“Thank you to the University of St. Thomas for being there for me, supporting me through nights and days that I was sick [during my pregnancy],” she said in the video. “I made it!”
Abdalla sported a big smile as she showed off her diploma. School officials praised the mother alongside the tweeted video, writing,
“Zeinab Abdalla just had a baby girl last night! She still made it to the graduate ceremony to get her master’s degree. Amazing! #tommiegrad #UST2018.”
See a video of her below:
Photo credit: University of St. Thomas/ Twitter
Awwww double congratulations to her.