Hello #6...Finally!

"For this child I prayed and the Lord has granted me my petition."  1 Samuel 4:27

Childbirth is truly a miracle.  According to the CDC one in eight women has trouble getting pregnant or sustaining a pregnancy.  Carrying a growing child in the womb is truly a wonder. They begin the size of a pen dot and in 9 months grow into amazing little people, phenomenonal.  The desire to have children can be overwhelming.  I can remember starting to have an intense desire to have children in my late twenties.  The thought almost consumed me.  I had always wanted a family even a child.  It is something when a woman’s biological clock kicks into overdrive.  Having a deep desire to have children and not being able to can be unbearable.  This was the case for Amber.   After many tries for a total of eight years, five in vitro fertilization treatments, many pregnancy tests, and two miscarriages later she found out she was PREGOS…with twins! 

Can you imagine the elation and utter reserve in that?  Another pregnancy after two miscarriages, Amber was cautiously optimistic until she was well into her pregnancy.  Sadly seven weeks into her journey with her little people, only one heartbeat could be heard on the monitor.  As the reminder of past pain absorbed back into her body life was also growing there too.  She was ecstatic about finally carrying a little one but guilty about the loss.

The struggle to carry this baby continued.  She swelled a lot because of edema, was diagnosed with gestational diabetes and a slight case of preeclampsia.  With an induced labor at 37 weeks and three pushes later Jackson Adoniya was born.  She said the whole experience was surreal.  She looks at him and still can’t believe he belongs to her.  For Amber hello means the start of something new.  To all of those wanting children of their own and cannot, there is always hope.  These small bundles may not come idyllically the way one thought they might arrive.  However they get here, through the womb or by adoption oh the ride you'll be on when they finally get to you!  Have a wonderful day!