WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY

You should remember the Tucson, Arizona shooting earlier this year, where Representative Gabrielle Giffords was one of the victims. She received a gunshot wound to the head and has been recovering since.

It turns out that Mrs. Giffords, at age 42, had been undergoing fertility treatment at the time so that she and her husband could have children. No doubt this tragedy has put a hold on her plans in that regard.

I mentioned this story just to encourage other women who find themselves in their 40’s and would like to still have children. You see, where there is a will there is a way. It might not be easy because women in their 40’s are less fertile, and so you have to commit to doing all that is necessary to realise this dream; Get your body ready by way of proper diet and exercise, seek the help of a fertility specialist or a herbalist, as more and more women are going this route and are having great success, and most of all adopt a positive attitude.

I am 42 and is expecting my third child and I did tell myself that if I reached the age of 43 and did not realise this dream, then I would have to seek other alternatives, turns out this child is actually coming on my 43^rd birthday.  My point is, having given myself this age deadline, I had to commit to doing all that I needed to do, in earnest, while relying on my faith in an all-knowing God, to take it the rest of the way. There were anxieties of course, but they did not deter me much, as I knew I was in good hands.

ALL THE BEST IN YOUR EFFORTS

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“TAKE THAT BELLY OFF YOU AND PUT RIGHT HERE,” SHE SAID

Ever since it is known that I am expecting, everyone has been so excited and happy for us. I have been showered with attention and people just want to know how I am doing, when I am due, and what sex baby I will be having. I am always so happy to respond to them and very happy for the attention.

One day recently, I saw this lady watching me walk up to her. She had this smile on her face as she said to me, “take that belly off you and put right here,” and was touching her stomach. I smiled and continued walking, not quite sure what or how to respond.

For the rest of the day, I played it over and over again in my head. This lady, I know had a hard time conceiving and have been since blessed with a darling son. Did she want more children? Probably, I thought, and maybe she indeed tried but was not able to have any more.

I felt a sadness in my heart for her, because I remember when we decided that it was only fair that our son had company and began trying, and realised that we were dealing with secondary infertility, I was sad, and felt myself heading down the same road of despair that I was on before I had our son, having heard that once you became pregnant and have a healthy child, it should not be hard to conceive again. It was not so for us, as we had to draw on the same program we used (herbs, proper diet and exercise), when we became pregnant with our son.

Infertility hurt from any angle and because of my intense struggle with it, I am very aware and sensitive to people who, I believe is hurting in this regard.

That is one of the positives that struggling with infertility gave me and I am forever grateful.












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