(audience clapping)
- There was another mom we met virtually last season.
She's a teacher who is so dedicated to her job,
that when she had complications during her second pregnancy,
she didn't wanna let her students down.
So, she converted her hospital room
into a full fledged classroom, complete with decorations.
And she was there on day one to teach her first graders.
This is insane to me still.
When we caught up with her she had just had her baby, James.
So check this out.
- Hi Kelly.
- Hi. Well, first off congratulations!
You had the baby, so how's everything going?
- [Janet] Thank you.
I'm gonna have to whisper a little bit,
'cause I am in the NICU right now.
And if, if you wanna look,
James is actually right behind me,
and I'm doing really well.
(audience clapping)
- Alright y'all, Janet is here,
and so is her little baby James.
Both healthy and happy, come on out!
Oh my gosh.
(audience cheering)
Oh my gosh.
I want to snuggle with you.
I can't touch, but I can do this.
Oh my gosh, hello.
Little suspenders.
- Yeah (laughs)
- [Kelly] Oh my gosh, the suspenders are killing me.
And a bow tie.
(Janet laughs)
Oh my God.
James is adorable.
- He has to look good for you.
- Oh my God, you look great, in general.
It's so nice to meet you in person.
- Yes. Oh my goodness.
Oh my, I'm so excited to be here to finally meet you.
- Oh, well that's awesome.
I'm excited to meet you and you wanna know why?
'Cause you are a hard worker.
- Oh my God.
- 'Cause I was hospitalized in my pregnancies
and I will tell you what,
I wouldn't have set up shop anywhere for anybody.
(Janet laughs)
I was not feeling well, but you're both doing well, right?
- Yes. We're doing well.
I am exhausted all the time.
Adjusting to being a mom of two now.
- [Kelly] Amen.
- And being, working a mom.
- [Kelly] How old's your other one?
- He's six.
- [Kelly] Oh wow. Right on, right on.
- He's he's first grade.
- Yeah.
- Yeah
- Put that one to work, help out.
- Oh, you know what?
He's the the one that takes care of him.
- Yeah, when I'm at home-
- Yeah, like his little doll.
- Oh he loves him.
And this one, he, he lights up
every time he sees his brother.
- Oh my gosh, you're magical.
Hello.
- Say hi.
- But you were, you were in the hospital for months
and credit the nurses with you,
that helped you through that, right?
- Yes. So I was in the hospital for 71 days.
- [Kelly] Gosh.
- And so I actually went in when I was 24 weeks.
And so that, I remember that day clearly
because it was the 4th of July
and I missed the fireworks with my son.
- And you missed Independence, you were stuck.
- Yeah, I missed everything that day.
But we were there, because I was alone,
the nurses were the ones that came in every day.
They came and checked up on me,
and talked to me and saw how I was doing.
And they, there was this one day
where it hit me really hard.
It was the first day of school, for my son
and he was going back and he was in kindergarten.
- Oh no.
- And kindergarten is a big deal.
- Yeah.
- And he went and he was home,
and I didn't get to take those first pictures-
- Yeah.
- with him, pack his lunch and do all of that with him.
And it just hit me so hard.
And so, I broke down in front of the nurses,
and I don't know what they did,
they pulled off a miracle,
and they made it so that my husband and my son
were able to come visit me for one night.
- What?!
- They got to come in and have dinner with me.
We got to watch TV.
- [Kelly] Aw.
- Talk about how their day was and everything.
And I actually got to hold my son.
- Oh, okay.
(audience clapping)
- You're fine, I'm fine, everything's fine.
It was, I was just re-running mine,
the nurses that took care of me too like,
they were a godsend.
- Yes.
- Like you're so nervous, you're worried.
You're trying not to be stressed
'cause they tell you not to be stressed.
And you're like, how am I not gonna be stressed?
- (laughs) Yeah.
- You've told me I have to stay here.
- Like it's-
- And then you're hooked up to all the wires and everything.
- Obviously everything's not fine.
Like, you know, you're just freaking out.
So they're they are, they're such little angels.
- Yes.
- Well thank you so much, and congratulations.
- Thank you.
- It's amazing to meet you and your little guy in person
and you are so adorable and dangerous to have around me.