I found out I was pregnant April last year. And it was amazing. To be honest, it was quite a surprise, because I'd taken a pregnancy test two days before, and it was negative.
My actual pregnancy was okay. I felt tired, and although I wasn't very sick, I did feel nauseous. Still, there were no complications. It was only when my daughter Eva was born 29 weeks and three days in November, that things took a turn.
When it happened, I didn't even have time to think about how my birth hadn’t gone to plan. It was all very quick. In hindsight, it was the complete opposite to what I had mentally prepped for. I’d planned for a C-section in January but instead found myself having a vaginal birth with no pain relief at 29 weeks.
I was in shock for a long time. I was in shock for the first few weeks she was here, but there was no time for me to process anything. I was now on a mission, and it was to get Eva well enough and out of the hospital.
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