Article was selected as the star letter for the month of May 2015. Aedan was featured in the magazine and I have won a Elle Jetlag watch, worth $299! Perfect for Mother's day!
Article story: blessed case scenario (Submitted by my husband, Charles)
It was a dream come true when my wife was able to conceive after 12 years of marriage, but our joy was short-lived as everything changed by the twentieth week. The detailed scan revealed that the baby had spina bifida, a birth defect. We had to make a critical decision to carry on or to terminate the pregnancy. Not wanting to compromise our baby's quality of life or see her suffer, we made the painful decision to let her go. My wife was induced and delivered a stillborn a week later. Three months after the loss, we were blessed with another child, but our excitement was crushed yet again when the baby's heartbeat stopped at eight weeks. It would have been so easy to fall into a depression, but my wife and I clung on to every glimpse of hope we had.
Six months later, my wife conceived for the third time, Still, having gone through the failed pregnancies, we withheld the news and only shared the joy with our parents. The traumatic experiences before had left us paranoid. It was only when my wife's belly started showing did her colleagues discover that she was pregnant.
This time round, my wife sailed through her pregnany, and our baby girl, Aeris, was born. When she was 9 months old, we started trying for another child. This time, however, many months passed without any good news. A fertility check revealed that our chances of conceiving were slim, so in vitro fertilisation (IVF) was our best bet. Amazingly, though we signed up for IVF, we were blessed with a healthy baby boy before we even started the treatment.
Many people have asked me if the pregnancy was any better this time round. The answer is yes because even though our 2 year old kept my wife busy, she'd still wake up in the middle of the night to check that our baby was moving. By the way, we did not announce the pregnancy to a single soul till our baby boy, Aedan, arrived.
Article story: blessed case scenario (Submitted by my husband, Charles)
It was a dream come true when my wife was able to conceive after 12 years of marriage, but our joy was short-lived as everything changed by the twentieth week. The detailed scan revealed that the baby had spina bifida, a birth defect. We had to make a critical decision to carry on or to terminate the pregnancy. Not wanting to compromise our baby's quality of life or see her suffer, we made the painful decision to let her go. My wife was induced and delivered a stillborn a week later. Three months after the loss, we were blessed with another child, but our excitement was crushed yet again when the baby's heartbeat stopped at eight weeks. It would have been so easy to fall into a depression, but my wife and I clung on to every glimpse of hope we had.
Six months later, my wife conceived for the third time, Still, having gone through the failed pregnancies, we withheld the news and only shared the joy with our parents. The traumatic experiences before had left us paranoid. It was only when my wife's belly started showing did her colleagues discover that she was pregnant.
Many people have asked me if the pregnancy was any better this time round. The answer is yes because even though our 2 year old kept my wife busy, she'd still wake up in the middle of the night to check that our baby was moving. By the way, we did not announce the pregnancy to a single soul till our baby boy, Aedan, arrived.
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