Isha Sesay is a doting mom. The journalist took to Instagram on Friday (Mar. 3) to celebrate her venture into parenthood.
“My pathway to motherhood has been a long and at times difficult journey,” Sesay shared with her social media fans. “But through it all, I have taken every step girded by faith and prayer, as well as the loving support from so many of you – both near and far,” the journalist said. “And now that I am finally a mother, my heart feels like a truly foreign organ in my body … it is so full … completely transformed by this brand new wondrous being.”
Isha Sesay expressed her desire to be a mom in an essay months before announcing her expectancy on TODAY. “Not having a child would be the greatest regret of my life,” the journalist shared in her essay. “With my biological clock ticking down, if I was waiting for the right man to come along before I did it, well, I might just find myself out of time.”
Sesay ultimately decided to have a child on her own. “It’s definitely something that not everybody understands, but that’s the whole thing, it’s your journey. It’s your story, and you know what you need. And I knew that I wanted this child, and I didn’t need anyone else to cosign or understand the path to it,” she shared. “I was just going to make it happen.”
Determination led Isha to motherhood. “My daughter, Naimah Yasmine Kadi Sesay was born on February 17th at 9.24pm in NYC,” the journalist told her social media fans on Friday. “Her arrival was preceded by the sudden onset of preeclampsia which unleashed skyrocketing blood pressure and in the hours that followed hemorrhaging, toxemia and fluid overload,” Sesay said of the labor and delivery complications she endured.
“In the darkest moments all I could think about was my daughter and she provided the strength that I needed,” the new mom told her fans.
“There are no words to capture my gratitude for the round the clock medical care led by my outstanding OB/GYN Dr. Clarel Antoine and supported by so many others at @nyulangone and just as critically the mind-body-spirit care provided by my doula @mslemonhoney who was by my side in the delivery room and throughout everything that followed,” Isha wrote to the medical staff who provided support and care. “‘Thank you’ seems inadequate for all the people who literally saved my life,” she exclaimed.
“Those difficult days are behind us and Naimah and I are thankfully back home. In the blink of an eye, my child has removed all traces of who I once was and what I considered to be important,” Isha went on to tell her social media followers.
“In keeping with the meaning of her first name, ‘Naimah,’ she is indeed my peace. She is my blessing.”
Photo: Isha Sesay/Instagram
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