THE Isabelle Cohen became a mother for the first time in 33 of. Her longing to hug the baby, putting it to sleep or just looking at it for hours was a forbidden feeling. Just 28 hours after giving birth she had to get up from the maternity hospital bed and sit at the desks of Cambridge University for her degree exams...
The moment she took the glue with the subjects in her hands, she knew that her daughter, Beatrice, was hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit. She was born prematurely because the doctor feared that if the pregnancy continued the baby's life would be in danger (that is why birth and University coincided). The first subjects he had to take exams for in his final year of English Literature were Shakespeare and Greek Tragedies…

Despite the exhaustion from the birth and the last difficult weeks of her pregnancy, she excelled in her exams and on graduation day she received her diploma holding her baby girl in her arms.

"I wonder how I did it because now all I can think about is diapers and bottles. My concentration and memory were not at their best that day while the wounds were fresh and I was in excruciating pain. I believed in myself that I could pass the exams", says Isabelle today and urges every woman who faces difficulties in her daily life not to give up but to fight it. As much as possible.

Source : jenny.gr