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We were married
for ten years when I got pregnant with my baby girl. I was just 19 when we got married
and 30 when we had our first baby. We spent all our vacations seeing doctors
and running tests for five years. It was found that I had a Para-ovarian cyst.
I had a laparoscopy to remove the cyst. I got pregnant after three months, but
had a miscarriage at six weeks. After that I got pregnant again after two years
and Allah blessed me with a baby girl. I had to take bed rest for the first
three months even though there weren’t any complications. I had terrible
morning sickness; actually I had morning, afternoon and evening sickness for
the first five months of my pregnancy, (wonder why it’s called morning
sickness?) After that I had worry about
placenta preevia and at seven months I
started having contractions. This meant being admitted to have some injections
and bed rest for next one month.
I gave birth to
my baby girl on the due date. My water broke at two in the morning and meconium
(poop) was found in the amniotic fluid. I was rushed to the labour room and was
given an injection through an IV as my contractions weren’t strong enough. My
baby girl was delivered at five in the morning. She wasn’t crying or breathing
when she was born. She was admitted in NICU for three days and was found
positive for Group B Streptococcus (GBS). We had to stay in the hospital for 18
more days as my girl had to take antibiotic shots twice a day. It was the most
painful experience of my life, to watch my baby getting those shots and having
her cannula changed almost every other day. I can’t describe how happy I was
when it was all over and I was able to bring her home.
Alhamdulillah,
she is a happy and healthy one year old now.
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