She was welcomed by NYC moms in her time of need — now North Carolina nurse is paying it forward

It’s her labour of love.

A North Carolina pistillate showered with emotion and enactment by an service of Big Apple moms aft she went into highly premature labour during a concern travel to NYC paid the kindness guardant — by becoming a labour and transportation nurse.

“Because of New York, I americium a nurse,” erstwhile cosmetics saleswoman Shelcie Holbert told The Post of her caller gig, which she’s been astatine 4 weeks this Mother’s Day.

Holbert was lone 23 and six months large erstwhile she visited New York successful June 2018 for what was expected to beryllium a three-day concern trip.

But connected the archetypal day, she rushed to the exigency country with unit successful her abdomen.

She was transferred to Mount Sinai West connected the Upper West Side which specializes successful preterm labor, and a week later, gave commencement to small Rosalie Grace, clinging to beingness astatine lone 1 pound, 9 ounces.

She spent 3 harrowing months with her girl successful the neonatal intensive care, watching her conflict to survive.

“It gave maine a full caller outlook connected life,” Holbert said.

When different moms determination learned astir Holbert and her hubby Jacob Wallace, who who had nary household successful New York City, they offered them a spot to stay, dinners, acquisition cards and caller clothes.

“I felt similar I could ne'er repay the radical who donated to us, oregon shared our communicative oregon cared,” said Holbert.

“What could I bash to benignant of equilibrium the scales a spot and amusement them, ‘I americium truly grateful for what you did’ — different than go a nurse?”

Holbert has been assisting with Caesarean sections astatine Atrium Health successful Charlotte, NC.

“I emotion it,” she said. “I privation to beryllium capable to advocator for women and children.”

Her way from tegument attraction to scrubs was thing but straightforward.

“It took maine immoderate clip to decorativeness [nursing school] due to the fact that being a ma and going to school, it’s not the easiest happening ever,” she said with a laugh.

Her clip successful the metropolis that ne'er sleeps paid off.

“Being successful the NICU similar that for hours and hours and hours, for months, I can’t adjacent explicate to you however overmuch that enactment maine up successful school,” she said.

Rosalie is present an energetic 6-year-old — and large sister to younger siblings Noah, 4, and Chloe, 2.

“I learned what went incorrect for maine with Rosalie,” said Holbert, who explained a anemic cervix contributed to the aboriginal labour successful her archetypal pregnancy, portion a process called a cervical cerclage, successful which the cervix is stitched closed, allowed her to transportation her consequent children to term.

Now a azygous mom, Holbert and Rosalie visit New York and the lifelong friends they person there astir erstwhile a year.

“She loves to spell backmost to New York,” Holbert said of her oldest. “I privation my girl to cognize wherever she’s from. She’s precise arrogant of wherever she’s from.

“She tells maine she wants to beryllium a babe doctor, she wants to bash surgeries,” the arrogant ma said.

“I’m perpetually highly thankful for everything and that would not person been imaginable if radical did not care.”