After 3 devastating miscarriages, occurring at various stages of pregnancy, it seemed as if I would never get an answer to “why”. “Why was this happening to me?” No matter which doctor I consulted, they all said the same thing. “Miscarriages are nature’s way of preventing the birth of a potentially unhealthy child.” However, my spirit would not reconcile with the doctors’ report. That inner voice kept telling me this wasn’t normal and definitely not God’s plan. There had to be something going on.
And so my curious, stubborn self, hit the internet. I was taking matters into my hands. I began researching causes of miscarriages. I pretty much analyzed every possible cause of miscarriage to see if there was a correlation between my health/lifestyle and the risk factors After exhausting nearly all the information I could find on-line, I stumbled upon a source that suggested an abnormal thyroid could cause a miscarriage.
It was like a light went on. I immediately contacted my doctor and after several blood tests, he discovered I had an overactive thyroid. Thankfully it wasn’t cancerous and I had the option to have it surgically removed. After summoning all sources of courage possible, I underwent the 4 hour surgery. It was the scariest thing I’d faced as my life flashed before my eyes for fear of what could happen in surgery. But when I remembered all the pain I’d been through with the miscarriages, I found the guts to go through it and do this for my unborn children. And so with my husband by my side, the thyroid was removed! I was back to my healthy self and just had to take a tiny pill each day.
But the story doesn’t end there. Six months after surgery, I was pregnant and carried my healthy baby to full term. A little over a year later, I had another full term healthy baby. For the first time, I had two full term, healthy babies back to back with no miscarriages! I had saved my unborn children by listening to my inner voice.
My word of advise for women is to listen to that voice that sometimes speaks to us in difficult times interceding for us. Of course, one should always consult with a licensed medical doctor. However, the lesson I learned from this experience was that sometimes, God himself speaks to us and gives us the answers we seek. We just need to really listen to ourselves (some call it instinct) and apply wisdom in every decision.
For me, this act helped bring two beautiful new lives into the world and for that I would do it over again, and again.
Signed by,
A Queen.
great post