The Challenges of Pregnancy

My husband and I have been trying for years and now to have our first baby on the way. We finally succeeded this year in August. I knew I was pregnant and bought decorations and a pregnancy test to suprise him. As I went to the bathroom I thought to myself, "I know I'm pregnant I've been late for almost a week and I felt the exact moment my baby implanted in my uterus".

As I took the test as I was setting everything up. I looked back down and the test read out positive right away. So much joy and excitement ran through me because I knew this was the moment everything would change for my family. He got home as soon as I was finished setting up and it was only the beginning of this journey of my pregnancy.

By week 6 of my pregnancy everything changed. Everything went upside down and my joy of pregnancy got very difficult. I was nauseous and vomited constantly all day. I couldn't get out of bed and lost 20 pounds in my first trimester. Till this day I'm still struggling with nausea as I write this at 26 weeks.

It has not been an easy pregnancy for me. I had realize that the picture perfect pregnancy is not really what all pregnancy comes with. It comes with a lot of pain and challenges that you have to struggle with everyday. I've carried my baby though almost the whole 9 months sick, in pain and fighting for my life.

As time went on things get better but sometimes in pregnancy you can wake up to new symptoms everyday. I had no idea how drastic your body as a women changes in so many ways to bring life into the world. It's fascinating what God created us to do as women. I look at parenthood and pregnancy so different now that I have experienced it my self and I'm so greatful and blessed that I was given this role to be a mother.

As I come to my 12 final weeks of carrying my daughter I want to enjoy the little moments of feeling her kicks and dance's. These intimate moments of just me and her is what I've lived for and what keeps me going. I'm patiently waiting for my moment where I can hear her first cry and hold her in my arms. I never want to let her go. She is my world and my sweetest blessing and the best gift I could ever been offered.