As the day of her due date passed, Bailiff told the outlet that she began to become more anxious, saying, “Every day past 40 weeks I was like, ‘Oh gosh. This is getting closer and closer.’”
“It was not the original plan to be that close to graduation … but Bodie had other plans,” she said.
Bailiff eventually gave birth to Bodie on May 3, at 3:08 p.m. without complications and stayed overnight at the hospital before being discharged the following day — the day of her graduation, which had been scheduled for 3 p.m.
“I was still debating on whether I was going or not, because I didn’t want to be, like, a bad mom and just up and leave him right when I got home,” Bailiff told GMA.
“But around 1:30, I was like, ‘I think I should really do this.’ My sister and mom were here, and they were like, ‘Well, let’s get you ready,'” she continued.
“Once I got there and I walked in, I was like, I’m so glad I came,” said Bailiff, who completed the three-year program while working as a registered nurse. “It was an overwhelming feeling of accomplishment. I can’t even describe the feeling I felt. I was just overjoyed.”
Her sister Hannah Allisonposted a videoof the accomplishment, which went viral on TikTok garnering 1.2 million views and over 156,000 likes. She captioned the video: “and that’s on girl power” along with the tags #superwoman #dnp #newmom #doctorate.
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“At the moment, I was just like, I’ll just go and do it, and then when my sister made the video, it just kind of put everything in perspective,” Bailiff said.
“I just felt like a superhero,” she added. “Women are just so capable of doing whatever we can to accomplish our goals and still be a mom and still have career goals as well. So, it was really cool to watch.”
source: people.com
