Hello @motherhood
I'm so excited to share with you how I overcame the challenges of being on bed rest for 8 months due to a high-risk pregnancy.
Before this, I only had one daughter who was 13 years old at that time. Consciously, I was already content to have one daughter, yet deep down in my heart, my husband and I are still longing for more.
So it was an answered prayer; I got pregnant in December of 2023. I can still clearly remember it, as it the day after Christmas.
I told my daughter that I'm delayed, and it rarely happens. So I bought a pregnancy test without expecting anything.
Lo and behold, I saw two lines on the test. It was mixed emotions; I couldn't believe what I saw.
I almost wanted to cry and jump of happiness.
So we announced the pregnancy to our loved ones. They were all so supportive and excited for us, too.
We celebrated the new year of 2024 with excitement and bliss. This is such an amazing event. I'm gonna be a mom again.
I reminisce about my first pregnancy experience, where I could work on a graveyard shift. I could travel to places and go to my favorite restaurants. Everything was pretty normal.
I got so disappointed when things didn't go my way. It was after the new year that I saw bleeding during my pregnancy. I almost passed out seeing that. I know for a fact that bleeding means something is wrong with my pregnancy.
I had to rush to the hospital to see what went wrong. True enough, I had a subchorionic hemorrhage. It was a complication where that's blood in my womb that affects the fetus.
So I had to file a leave from my work. Oh well, the sacrifice of a mother. It ran for 8 weeks, and I had to resign from work. So I thought that this, too, shall pass.
After the hemorrhage healed.I had another lab test and was diagnosed with candida and gestational diabetes.
The doctor extended the bed rest for another month. It was the latter part of my first trimester when my OB said that I was having pre-term labor, so they had to inject a high dosage of meds to close and calm my cervix.
I could clearly remember how I cried at night and shivered cause of fear. I was scared to death of losing my second baby.
The hug of my husband calmed me down. Yet, deep inside my thoughts was so wild that and made me think of scenes about premature babies.
Yet, heaven is so kind to me since my cervix stopped dilating.
It wasn't the end of the unfortunate events. My thyroid became hyperactive after the premature labor.
I remember how I cried so hard in the washroom and said, "I can't take this anymore!". Yet, my baby's heartbeat reminded me that she was fighting for her life.
And yeah, that gave me the courage to keep going despite the toughest times.
August 9, 2024, I gave birth to a full-term, healthy baby girl.
When I saw her the first time, the hurt became my motivation in life. No matter how life throws the toughest situation at you, you have the choice to embrace it.
