Zack and Autumn Carver were overjoyed at the prospect of having their third child in 2021.

They had no idea how painful the birth of their son would be.

Autumn, an Indiana mother who had an emergency c-section while in the hospital with COVID-19, made news when she was allowed to hold her baby child for the first time in more than seven weeks.

Autumn Carver, 34, held her baby Huxley for the first time on October 19, 2021, in the same hospital in Indiana where she had given birth to him on August 27 through emergency C-section at 33 weeks’ gestation.

In August, both the 34-year-old pregnant woman’s husband Zach and their COVID tests came back positive. Zach had a fever, but Autumn needed to be placed on a ventilator because to lung difficulties.

Huxley Carver, her first son and third child, was born after she was evacuated to Methodist Hospital. Huxley was hospitalized for ten days, but Autumn was given life support.

Autumn fought bravely, and after more than two months, she was able to embrace her unborn child for the first time.

“It was really emotional for myself, for her parents, and for Autumn,” her husband, Zach Carver, told Good Morning America. “That’s why she’s battling so hard to go home to our kids.”

Her husband described his wife as the most lovely and caring person who could make anyone happy.

“Around 3 pm today she met our son and it was a fantastic moment needless to say. Her parents, one of her best friends, and a slew of nurses and physicians were all present to witness the momentous occasion. I’m not sure if there was a dry eye in the vicinity. Autumn said, ‘I love Zach,’ later this afternoon. What a fantastic day.

“We have a long way to go, but a good day through this was much needed. Autumn expresses gratitude for all of the prayers and support she has received along the process. “May God bless you.”

The three-parent mother was then sent to Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Because of the state of her lungs, she may require a lung transplant in the future.

“She is becoming stronger and able to move around our room without a walker more and more,” Zach said in an update on his wife’s condition on November 17.

“We went from she’s going to die to she’ll need a full lung transplant to she’ll go home,” he explained. “It’s a complete miracle.”

That truly is a miracle, and it demonstrates this mother’s courage in recovering so she can be there for her children; I’m so thrilled this supermom is on the mend.