Asking for help!
This week flew by and on Friday I learned a very important lesson which is to ask for help!
I brought Honor to the mall for Santa 🎅 pictures Friday morning. She had a great time and her pictures turned out great. Of course, afterwards we explored the mall for about an hour. Lots to look at and we walked into many stores to admire their Christmas 🎄 decorations!
It was time to go home and Honor was splashing water 💦 in a fountain. I said ok let’s go and picked her up and turned to leave then crash boom 💥 walked right into a table and in a nanosecond my face hit the floor as I’m still holding Honor for dear life!
She was perfectly fine thank God! I was bleeding since I hit my face on the ground. It happened so fast 😭
Several people ran over to help us out and immediately got help to check my vitals from the Boca fire rescue who happened to be in the mall and the mall medic. Honor was ok and a nice lady and her daughter talked to Honor. My left shin, right wrist and face hurt. I didn’t land on my belly thank God for that!
We got help to get to the car and drove home. I contacted my dentist and midwife. My dentist said I could visit Monday if I was still in pain. My midwife said to go to labor and delivery at the hospital to ensure the placenta wasn’t disturbed by the fall. My husband met me at the hospital 🏥 and I got monitored for 2 hours to check baby’s heartbeat 💗 and check for contractions. No contractions thankfully!! Baby’s heartbeat 💗 was solid and she kicked several times while we were there.
It was really scary and I want to thank everyone who helped us even though I don’t know your names. You are so appreciated!!❤️❤️
Lessons I learned:
Ask for help. I could have asked for assistance in leaving the mall with Honor. It’s too much right now to take her to a place like the mall. Target or grocery shopping I can handle with her in a shopping cart. Or next time go with Heman or ask a friend.
I need to stop picking up Honor. My balance isn’t getting any better as I get more pregnant 🤰 it’s getting uncomfortable too.
My hope in sharing my experience is that you’ll stop and ask for help. I’m pretty stubborn myself but now I realize just how much I need to ask for
