This is my fourth pregnancy. I had three previous pregnancies but only one successful pregnancy. The first two resulted in tragic loss of a miscarriage. I was completely devastated. Through those two experiences of attempting to be a mother I learned what possibly could have been the cases of my miscarriages. On the first miscarriage I had a horrible cold and a UTI which cost tremendous stress on my body. I lost my baby at seven weeks. The second miscarriage I had not had a cold but around the eight week I also started to have UTI symptoms which caused many bladder spasms. Every time I would attempt to get pregnant I waited around 10 months To attempt to get pregnant Out of love for my children that could've been With me if it was not for the miscarriages.
On my third pregnancy I was extremely scared thinking of a horrible possibility of again losing another child. I even contemplating the idea of not attempting to get pregnant again Because I felt a sense of guilt of losing my children because of my disability and enduring with the symptoms of UTI and cold that caused stressed to my body so much that it cost so much stress to my babies. I am not a doctor therefore I don't know what truly was the cause of losing my children during the pregnancy but my heart and body tells me that my body went into stress and I caused my babies not to be able to survive in a stressful environment.
After contemplating 10 months I considered to get pregnant one more time to prepare with more research and more tools. I had to monitor my UTI symptoms and monitor my cycle calendar. In the beginning I did not work with the doctor I did this on my own. The moment I knew I was pregnant I went to the doctor to get the proper antibiotics for a pregnancy. I did had bleeding because of again the symptoms of the UTI and the spasms on my bladder. There is research and studies that show UTI can cause pre labor on a normal person. Therefore I applied this information to myself when I got pregnant with the third time.
After being pregnant with the third time at six weeks I started to bleed I quickly introduce the antibiotics to prevent the symptoms of spasms on my bladder. In addition I had three weeks of bed rest before I felt comfortable with a rested body and a clear UTI. when I actually went back to utilize my electric Wheelchair that had the ability to recline as much as possible for relaxation of my muscles and not putting to much pressure on my abdominal and to allow the ability to allow blood to flow in the circulation to my uterus.
These important tools that I use it allowed me to have a successful first trimester in my pregnancy. I had to do a lot of physical therapy at home to have circulation flowing throughout my body I would do this regularly every night. I would have stretching exercise of my legs To help the circulation flow. On a different blog I will also inform you on my second and third trimester and also possibly labor and delivery and challenges and postpartum depression that I encountered after my third pregnancy. I will bring you up-to-date on a different blog on my current pregnancy and my new challenges that I am encountering as of today. Thank you for having the time to read my blog and I hope my experience helps you to meditate and contemplate the idea of being a mother even if you are a paraplegic paraplegic or able-bodied. God bless you all and please pray for my baby in my womb.
