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This College Student Finished Her Final Exam While She Was In Labor

This College Student Finished Her Final Exam While She Was In Labor
Nayzia Thomas (college student labor)
By Paula Rogo · Updated October 24, 2020

Nayzia Thomas did not allow going into labor stop her from finishing up her semester.

The college sophomore recently went viral after tweeting a photo of herself finishing up a final while preparing to give birth in the hospital.

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 ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿ“š pic.twitter.com/7LyrDBE9iN

— nayzia (@naydxll) December 12, 2017

Instead of delaying her psychology exam at Johnson County Community College in Kansas City, Mo., Thomas decided to finish the assignment. Her son, however, had different plans โ€” he wanted to come out ahead of schedule.

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โ€œIt wasnโ€™t due until the end of the week โ€” finals week is Dec. 11 to tomorrow โ€” but my goal was to try to have everything done before,โ€ she told Yahoo Lifestyle. โ€œ[I thought] โ€˜before all this gets crazy let me hurry up and finish this final.โ€™โ€

Her mother took the photo of her working on her laptop while still in the hospital bed. Thomas shared it, saying that it was โ€œthe perfect explanation of my life.โ€

update: on 12/12/17 we had a healthy baby boy. However, I experienced major blood loss & my body went into shock post-delivery. It was very scary, but his father was right there to take over when I went unconscious. We are blessed! AND I'm finishing the semester w/ a 3.5 GPA!๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿพ pic.twitter.com/CLFGjf3hLD

— nayzia (@naydxll) December 14, 2017

Though there were complications following the birth, Thomas, and her son Alexander are all healthy.

And she did it all while finishing with a 3.5 GPA! She also plans to take the month off during the winter break then jump right back into school for the spring semester.

Congratulations!