+@
AND
AND DOZENS OF OTHER POLITICIANS. O'ROURKE HAS NOT YET ANNOUNCED
HIS PLANS FOR 2020.
>>> MO+@THERS KNOW JUST HOW LON
NINE MONTHS CAN FEEL.
WITH COMPLICATIONS THAT TIME
CAN FEEL LIKE AN ETERNITY.
TONIGHT TO THE WILL OF A WOMAN
TESTED AND PROVEN STRONG.
HERE IS TERESA WOODARD.
>> THINK ABOUT NINE MONTHS THIS
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. 6570
WAY. 6570 HOURS.
6570 HOURS. MORE THAN 23 MILLION SECONDS.
AND RIGHT NOW, THAT SECONDHAND
FEEL STUCK.
FEEL STUCK. >> MY LIFE WH+@EN ON PAUSE.
>> WE MET ASHLEY McCOY, SHE HAD
BEEN IN THE SAME HOSPITA+@L ROO
FO+@R FOUR WEEKS AND TWO DAYS.
WITH 11 WEEKS LEFT TO GO.
>> I'VE GOOD DAYS AND BAD DAYS.
HIM NOT TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN
ALL PONIES AND ROSES.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE REASON
US WHY AM IN HERE, IT IS
AWESOME.
AWESOME.
AWESOME. I AM IN HERE BECAUSE I WANT THE
BABY TO BE HEALTHY.
>> SERIOUS COMPLICATI+@ONS EARL
IN HER PREGNANCY LANDED THEM ON
LONG-TERM BEDREST.
LONG-TERM BEDREST. >> AFTER WHILE Y+@OU BECOME
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. >> HIGH RISK OF SOME TRICKS
UNIT IS WHERE SHE WAS.
>> WHEN YOU GO TO LABOR AND
+@ DELIVERY YOU WANT TO HAVE A
BABY.
BABY.
BABY. WHEN YOU'RE IN HIGH RISK
OBSTETRICS YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE
YOU NOT READY TO HAVE YOUR BABY
YET AND WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP
YOU PREGNANT.
YOU PREGNANT. >> EVERY DAY YOU KEEP HER
PREGNANT IS REWARD.
BEDREST CAN LAST DAYS OR +@WEEK
>> SINCE I STARTED IN THIS
POSITION I THINK JESSICA HAS
BEEN THE LONGEST THAT HAS BEEN
ON THE UNITS.
>> 352 IS MY HOME FOR 60 DAYS.
>> OR MONTHS.
>> I DID NOT GO OUTSIDE OF MY
FOUR WALLS FOR 60 DAYS.
>> JESSICA BROTHERTON WENT INTO
ROOM 52 TRAIN 352 A MAY INTO
NOT LEAVE UNTIL JULY.
>> WE HAD MOTHER'S DAY HERE, WE
HAD MY DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY+@
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. WE
HERE. WE HAD HER HERE WITH MY
BIRTHDAY.
BIRTHDAY.
BIRTHDAY. AND WE HAD MY HUSBAND IN MIND
ANNIVERSARY HERE.
ANNIVERSARY HERE. SO LOTS OF LIFE EVENTS.
USE HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY DAY
AND SEE THIS IS +@WHAT I HAVE T
DO AND THEN DO IT.
BECAUSE IT'S FOR YOUR BABY.
>> THE BIGGEST AND BEST LIFE
EVENT WAS DELIVERING A HEALTHY
BABY BOY.
BABY BOY.
BABY BOY. >> HE +@IS GOOD.
HE I+@S OVER NINE POUNDS NOW.
>> SHE RETURNED TO DELIVER
EMPATHY AND HOPE.
>> I WANTED TO COME BY BECAUSE
I'M GOING TO WRITE MY NAME AND
PHONE NUMBER APPEAR.
I WANT YOU TO TEXT ME A+@ND LET
ME UP ON FACEBOOK.
WE CAN BECOME FACEBOOK FRIENDS.
BECAUSE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO CAN
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH, A PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE
IT.
IT.
IT. EVERYONE ELSE CAN SAY I FEEL
FOR YOU BUT THEY CAN'T.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEVER DONE
THIS. +@
THIS. +@
THIS. +@ AND IT IS HARD.
>> PINTEREST AND AMAZON AND
RESEARCHING HOW TO OPEN HER OWN
BAKERY FILL ASHLEY'S DAYS.
AND IT IS REFRESHING TO MEET
SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW IT
FEELS TO MISS THE LITTLE
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. >> GROCERY STORES.
NOTHING LIKE GOING THROUGH THE
AISL+@ES AND REALLY JUST LOOKIN
AT THE SEASONINGS AND THE
BREADS.
BREADS.
BREADS. PUSHING MY BREAD AND SMELLING
IT. +@
IT. +@
IT. +@ >>
IT. +@ >> I REALLY JUST WANTED TO SEE
OUTSIDE.
OUTSIDE.
OUTSIDE. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST TO BE SO
DIFFERENT WHEN I GOT OUT OF
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. BUT
HERE. BUT IT WASN'T.
>> A MOTHER AND MOTHER TO BE
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. IT
HERE. IT WILL BE A LONG ROAD BUT YOU
CAN DO IT.
IT'S FOR A VERY GOOD CAUSE.
>> CAN I GIVE YOU A HUG?
>> MOVE TRAIL IMPROVING A
WOMAN'S STRONG WILL AND
SELFLESS, AND SELFLESS S+@OUL.
>> WOMEN ARE DYNAMIC.
>> YOU COULD SEE IT EVERY DAY.
>> IT WILL KEEP THEM PUSHING
ON.
ON.
ON. >>
ON. >> I
ON. >> I AM SURE YOU ARE.
>> EVEN WHEN IT FEELS LIKE TIME
IS NOT HERE.
TERESA WOODARD, CHANNEL 8 NEWS.
>> HE WAS WORTH IT ALL RIGHT.
SINCE TO RESET MET ASH+@LEY SHE
DELIVER THAT BABY BOY AND SHE
WAS ON BED REST FOR HIM.
HIS NAME IS ELIJAH AND HERE'S A