A storm has just passed by and we decided to take one day at a time and not to expect things to change overnight. Past used to haunt me, but I did not let that feeling crush me down. Few well-wishers were visiting our home to console me (thanks to some of them who really did motivate me with their kind words). Slowly things were coming to normalcy and I was very fortunate to have the best support system apart from my family with open arms around me while we were going through a bad phase.
I attended a 2-months training a month after joining back to the office where I came across colleagues who went/going through similar disturbances like me. Be it a baby loss or infertility or miscarriage, I could empathize for them because I was in their shoes.
We really wanted to take a much-needed break before planning for our next pregnancy so thought why not a trip to Phuket and Krabi ands tarted making arrangements completely unaware that COVID-19 was awaiting for us within a couple of weeks spoiling our entire plans of
travel later 😐. Work from home began shortly and we travelled to our native before the lockdown was imposed.
I decided to utilize lockdown for becoming healthier, to feel strong, fit and confident about myself and I could achieve that by implementing some best practices. Parallelly continuing my prenatal vitamins and after a 10 Month gap we started planning for pregnancy in June 2020 and this time somehow, I was always surrounded by positive vibes and signs reminding me that good days are ahead.
It's August 2020. That's exactly one year after the bad incident and I was afraid of what's gonna happen this year, but god wanted to give us the good news the same month. On 28th August the home pregnancy test came positive, and my face was lit like a 1000 watt bulb. I still didn't believe my stars so immediately went to give blood for Beta HCG test (This test is 100% reliable).
All this while Ravi was busy working inside his room and I am quietly executing things to surprise him. I received the test report confirming the pregnancy and I was walking all around the house like a mad person restlessly. It was Friday evening, so he leisurely logged out at 8pm. He looked at me and said, "Shanti please stop being nervous all the time, you are scaring me". I said, "I'm sorry, my stomach is upset, can you give me some lukewarm water, kettle is on the kitchen countertop" and before this scene to happen I already placed a note with the message and placed positive test kit on top of it.
Ravi came out of the kitchen holding the note in his hands with happy tears in his eyes and asked "nijangana"(is it true). Wiping his tears away I said "yes" and we hugged each other. That was really a very happy moment. 9 months later April 16th, 2021 Vaishnavi came into our lives and everything seemed so surreal.
Vaishnavi is always a precious child for us who came to symbolise hope and healing just the same way as a rainbow appears in the sky after a storm and hence our Rainbow baby and our new beginning 🌈💓.
Some of Vaishnavi's cute poses 😀
22nd August marks "National Rainbow Baby day" and now you know why I wanted to blog my pregnancy experiences on this date.
What is the take-away from my whole experience?
1. Please choose your doctor wisely because falling in the right hands of a doctor is the game changer.
2. Get your facts checked and cleared and never hesitate to ask your doctor even the silly doubts/questions when it comes to the health of your unborn baby.
3. Miscarriage, abortion, or loss of baby due to whatever may be the reasons, never judge the parents, because they are already going through the worst and the least, we can do is show some empathy.
4. Not all twin pregnancies are complicated, but awareness goes a long way.
5. Sometimes things will bend you and trust me you'll be fine because everything happens in god's time and not when we fancy it.
That's an end to my pregnancy journey series. Stay tuned for more posts 🤗
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