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My Pregnancy Journey

I have been intending to blog about my pregnancy journey and I get to do it today. When we discovered we were pregnant with baby gal 2 years ago , we were pleasantly surprised and enjoyed the journey. My appetite was great, energy levels were high,  added lots of weight steadily, not much discomfort and basically was a great journey. The only downer was that I become so dark and well was not keen to look at myself on top of the shocker of not fitting into clothes.

After baby gal's surgery last year, we felt that we should plan for baby number 2 and we have been totally blessed and honoured to walk this second journey with baby J. We are currently at week 36 but the scan last week was saying we at week 33. Yeah, my weight has been almost constant for the longest week..now at 65 only added 1 kg from 64, baby was said to be so small at 2.2KG last week's scan and that was not funny but the doctor says nothing to worry.

This pregnancy has been so different...around week 6, I blogged at how scared I was  and thought I was losing baby because of some discharge..did a scan and was told all was well and was put on a 2 week medication.From week 9, it was about that time we started planning to take baby Caleb to India. I have blogged about that whole experience which was only God who carried us through. It was amazing to note that Caleb passed on 3 weeks ago while I am still pregnant I think at week 33 and on my birthday. God has given me such a peace which can only come from Him because I kept asking myself whether I was in denial that Caleb had rested or it was God's grace.

Well before that, I had been down with an unending flu and as a result my appetite was zero and hence no weight gain. It was later discovered to be an allergy but had really made me uncomfortable. I was given some inhaler finally and the difference it made.Oh did I mention we have moved houses twice in a span of 3 months..yes and the grace has been sufficient and thanks to great friends, it was very manageable..

So this pregnancy has been quite different, sometimes depressing that every time I stood on the weighing scale I had not added even a gram, I hardly ate at some point yet I knew I needed to but my body was not retaining it. Yet again, I received such love from my beloved and even baby gal who would ask "mummy are you feeling ok" she would help in her own small ways and even now when the floor seems so far, she brings me shoes with such joy and ensures mummy is ready to look good as she steps out into the world.

Am sure baby J can write a whole book on the experiences but I keep saying all in all it has been worth it and I have experienced God's faithfulness in the various circumstances.It has not been all blue though the blog seems to imply that. We look forward to holding baby J in our arms in a few weeks and also for baby gal to have a sibling...am sure it will be an amazing journey ahead. The lord gave us Baby J's name which means God has heard..now the daddy is looking for the second name and it has just been funny. He came home with a list over the weekend and we just laughed and laughed...just visualizing the names was amusing, he put much effort in getting the names which were weird and he knew it...so the search is still on.

I hope to continue blogging for the last leg of the pregnancy but it is September, the weather is great and we feel great.

Blessings to you all and happy new month.





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