Couple Welcomes Baby with Emergency C-Section 48 Hours After Finding Out They Were Expecting

Peyton Stover, 23, of Omaha, saw her doctor after experiencing symptoms, including fatigue, that she assumed were related to job stress.

“They ran the test again. She said, ‘It’s definitely positive. We’re going to do an ultrasound,'” Stover recalled. “She looked right at the screen and said, ‘You’re definitely pregnant.'”

The shock of the pregnancy news also came with concern. “My kidneys weren’t performing,” Stover said. “And my liver wasn’t working properly.”

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“If I wouldn’t have came in when I did,” she continued, “I probably wouldn’t have made it through the weekend.”

“Now that I’ve actually held him, fed him and things like that, it’s real,” Stover said. “He’s actually mine.”

source: people.com