This woman finished her final exams while in labor, and she deserves an A+

Natalia Lusinski
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This woman finished her final exams while in labor, and she deserves an A+
This woman finished her final exams while in labor, and she deserves an A+

A lot of us probably remember our final exams from college — all the late nights studying, hoping we’ll remember everything we learned for the day of the big test. So. Much. Pressure. Now, imagine that pressure at nine months pregnant. This woman is going viral for finishing her finals while in labor. And we think she deserves an A+, to say the least.

Nayzia Thomas is a sophomore at Johnson County Community College in Kansas City. On Tuesday, December 12th, she was in labor at the hospital waiting to give birth to her son. While she was there, she also took some time to finish her final exams. No big deal, right? Talk about being dedicated to her studies. Thomas’s mom snapped a photo of her daughter hard at work. Thomas posted it on Twitter, writing, “my mom took this pic & it’s the perfect explanation of my life. yes i’m about to have a baby, but final SZN ain’t over yet.”

According to Yahoo Lifestyle, Thomas studies psychology. Not only did she complete her final exams in her hospital bed while awaiting her newborn baby, but she also stayed in school until she was 39 weeks pregnant. Thomas went into labor early, but she wanted to finish her final psych exam instead of getting an “incomplete.”

“It wasn’t due until the end of the week — finals week is Dec. 11 to tomorrow — but my goal was to try to have everything done before,” Thomas told Yahoo Lifestyle. “[I thought] ‘before all this gets crazy let me hurry up and finish this final.’”

Like we said, Thomas’s photo went viral.

Her son was born on Tuesday, December 12th.

Thomas experienced some blood loss during delivery, but everyone is doing well now.

These two males are my entire world. I had such a life-changing experience giving birth to our first born son, with the love of my life. I used every ounce of strength, and right after he came out there was a "code RED". I lost a serious amount of blood & went into shock and went unconscious. I don't remember much, but I do remember seeing angels in my room about an hour before delivery. I thought it was the medication, but now goes to show God knows my pure heart & he knew I'd give my life in order to make sure my son is healthy & happy. I am so thankful for all my family & friends, as well as the random ppl.. Too blessed.

A post shared by Nayzia Thomas (@nay_dxll) on Dec 14, 2017 at 2:17pm PST

And, as you can see in her tweet above, Thomas finished the semester with a 3.5 GPA.

Anthony’s proud aunt posted too!

When Thomas found out she was pregnant, she was working three jobs and taking summer classes.

“School is so important to me,” Thomas told Yahoo Lifestyle. “I didn’t want [the pregnancy] to be in the way. That’s what people expect. You’re a teen mom, you’re a young mother. That’s why my mom took that picture. It shows [I] follow through.”

Congratulations all around!