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Myriam (Switzerland)
Chapter Five: And finally
The two weeks of waiting were unbelievably hard.
I watched out for the slightest twinge in my stomach. At work,
there was a lot of stress at that time, and I refused to let myself
get worked up. Without my husband, I would never have withstood
those 2 weeks. But finally the blood test was there and I could
call up the next day. I was so nervous that I could not get a
sensible sentence out on the telephone. When the doctor said I was
pregnant, I just cried. We were overjoyed. It had worked at the
first attempt. Something we would never have dared to hope for. But
at the same time, anxiety reared its head again with the fear of a
miscarriage.
From this point on, I’ll keep it short. The first ultrasound showed
that both embryos had become implanted. We were so overjoyed, only
now I was even more anxious because with twins of course the risk
was generally higher. The anxiety lessened a little once the first
3 months were past, and became even less still once the 26th week
was past and the babies were, in principle, viable. None of the
symptoms of pregnancy disturbed me as much as this anxiety. Towards
the end I took things very, very easy so that the babies would stay
inside me for as long as possible.
Finally on 9 October 2002 we became the parents of two healthy
little boys.
Sometimes, even today, I can hardly believe our luck. I always feel
sad for those couples who suffer from an unfulfilled desire to have
children. I do hope my experiences will help to give someone a
little encouragement.
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