Pregnancy after Loss

WEEK 11

WEEK 11

Back home and I had the Nuchal Translucency scan booked for 17th January. And while initially I was planning to wait for that. I couldn’t. It was s...

WEEK 9

It’s Christmas! I realise that I have spent 5 Christmas pregnant. And I don’t want to sound like a drunk but this one I really did miss having a gl...

WEEK 7/8 17th December 2019.

Following the recommendation of the midwife who did the scan on week 5, I booked a follow up appointment about 10 days after to check heart beat. I...

Surprise! The Ninth Pregnancy

Surprise! So, there I am minding my own business and carrying on with my life. I had accepted that we would not have the 3rd child and was seeing ...

Giving up on the 3rd Child

After trying for almost 2 years, taking medication to ovulate every month, using OPK to predict the best days and having sex on the right days and ...

A Third baby? The Seventh and Eight Pregnancies...

Although it was not a dream as such, I always wanted a big family. Before my first miscarriage I wanted 4 kids. After I lost that first one, someth...

Another hypnobirthing labour

A came at 38 weeks. L did not want to be a copy cat so he came at 38 weeks and one day. And the labour was pretty similar. I had not had any Braxto...

The Sixth Pregnancy

When A turned one year old, we decided to start trying for another baby. We anticipated that it would take some time, maybe even another loss and I...

The Birth of My First Child

Description of my daughter being born using hypnobirthing methodology

Hypnobirthing and My Birth Plan

The pregnancy was going very well and I started planning for the delivery. Who would have thought? I read a lot about it and one of the things that...

The Fitth Pregnancy

So, after 4 monthly cycles trying with the help of my acupuncturist Chinese Doctor, I feel pregnant. I was getting a bit anxious as she had said we...

The Lowest Point and Finding Hope Again

I am not one of those people that have always dreamed of being a mom or having a family. But I had lived a good life, was together with the love of...

The Fourth Pregnancy

Since it was my third miscarriage, they recommended investigation. They did not find anything on the foetus but estimated it to be around 9 weeks. ...