CHICAGO, Ill. (WKRC/WLS/CNN Newsource) - A mother finally got to hold her newborn son in her arms weeks after she and her family had a major health scare.

"I was almost dead," said Samantha Kelly. "There was a couple of scary times where I heard that I was close to not making it.

Samantha says she is just glad to be alive and holding her son, Holden, for the first time weeks after giving birth.

"That makes me tear up. It was magic," she said.

She was about 32 weeks pregnant when she, her husband, and their two kids all contracted COVID-19. Samantha fared the worst.

"She's had trouble breathing and her chest was hurting, and she just felt bad like she had a fever," said her husband, Donnell Kelly.

Samantha was rushed to the hospital, and days later, doctors told her they needed to deliver the baby early.

"I just remember the doctor holding my hand telling me she'll get my baby out," she said.

Samantha was immediately put into a medically-induced coma.

"See her on a ventilator, you know, a machine breathing for her, that was probably the hardest. That was a hard, that's when I, that's when I broke down," Donnell said.

The couple had put off getting the COVID-19 vaccine for a while, but Donnell eventually did. Samantha waited until her pregnancy was further along, and was scheduled to get her first dose the same week she got sick.

"A lot of decisions are being thrown at you, and you know, you try as a mom make the best one, but unfortunately I think I made the wrong one, and I should have gotten that vaccine," said Samantha.

Now, Samantha is finally breathing and eating on her own. She gets to visit baby Holden him once a day, but she has not been able to see her three and five-year-olds.

"I cannot wait until I could see my kids again," she said. "I wish I would have gotten vaccinated. I really wish I would have. I hope every pregnant woman gets it. It's so much better than being near death."