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    Pregnancy Memoirs: A Survivor's Story
    Pregnancy Memoirs: A Survivor's Story
    Pregnancy Memoirs: A Survivor's Story
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    Pregnancy Memoirs: A Survivor's Story

    By Sheryl Powell

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    Funky Snatch, Harken Daas & Twig Face are just some of the not-so-wonderful things a real woman can experience whilst pregnant in the real world. Take a 9-month journey through this personal uncensored account of gestational bodily habits, from cursing to constant spitting & pining to see your lady bits beyond your swollen bits.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJun 23, 2016
    ISBN9781483574226
    Pregnancy Memoirs: A Survivor's Story

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      Pregnancy Memoirs - Sheryl Powell

      survive

      Finding Out

      It was 3 days before my curse was due. Sorry, did I say curse? I meant period. Well it was 3 days before the bloody event, but I just knew that somehow, this one wouldn’t be coming. You see, I had come out of the bath one morning and glimpsed my naked body in the mirror. It was swollen, swollen and seemed to give off a glow. Something was definitely different and it was not the body wash I used - you could actually see it. As I began to think about it, I remembered the very day it would have all happened; that’s the event that lead to this event. You see, my partner had a day’s grace from work and I was just coming out the bath and…. well, I will leave that for my memory, but what I will share with you is that it was one simple shot, but not exactly so simple.

      You see, I believed in my heart of hearts that my ability to have any more children was no more. I was unfortunate enough to have suffered from a case of D.U.B - no, not Dis-Used-Body, but a condition called Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding! (i.e.: It’s when your ovaries go crazy and keep sending messages to your womb, which then has an overgrowth of the endometrium which is the lining of the womb until the banks burst and the river floods, or pieces of the bank fall out - I mean, giant clots. Nasty, I know.)

      Now, on doing my own research, I discovered that DUB was most common at the extreme ages of a woman’s reproductive years, either at the beginning or near the end, but it may occur at any time during her reproductive life. You know, I was convinced I was entering the menopause like my cousin had done when she was in her twenties. I was prescribed a 3-month course of tablets and bed rest by my doctor who should in fact have his own TV show. Even though being on tablets for 3 months wasn’t my cup of tea, I was grateful that I wasn’t getting the medicinal treatments of years gone by which would have been to just yank my whole womb out.

      Now, later on down the line, as in 3 years later, I find out that both my mum and grandmum had suffered from the same thing and they both had their wombs out when in their thirties (thanks for letting me know, guys; it’s good to talk).

      So as I was saying, I was back to subnormal, as my periods did not run as normal as I was missing that egg-white stuff you get when you’re ovulating (I’ve not seen it since)…‥I’ll explain: when a woman is ovulating, her vagina fluid changes consistency. It will become slightly thicker and she will produce what looks like egg white or clear snot. It actually draws the semen up into the cervix with its elasticated self. Those are the signs your body will give you when she’s ovulating. Oh and your temperature will also rise, but who’s checking?

      So low and behold, the date for my auntie from Reading came and went and I was convinced it was because I was up the duff. My partner, on the other hand, thought otherwise. His nickname for himself when it came to matters of impregnating was Jaffa (I went to school with a boy called Jaffa. I wonder if his parents had really thought that name through).

      I took myself to the chemist and purchased a test. I came back home, had a piss on the stick, carried it into the bedroom in a secret mission way of course as my partner was preparing to take a shower. I hid it from him while he went to the bathroom. I took a look at the stick…double-blue line. I took it straight to my partner who was lathered up to his neck and I showed him said stick.

      He tried to look normal - I mean, he really did try. I, on the other hand, left the bathroom swiftly and sat on the bed. Even though I had felt, in fact I knew deep down inside that I was pregnant, it was still a shock to have it confirmed by a double-blue line. I sat there on the bed in thought, then the man with the secret plan and strong sperm came in the room with his towel on. He took my hand and laid me on the bed, placed his arms around me and we stayed that way for about an hour or so.

      Fuck You and Goodnight!

      Now that I knew I was pregnant for sure, the ole hormones began kicking in. (she says with glee, smiling from ear to ear at the prospect of behaving like an absolute retch with no comebacks - a bit like old people who blatantly push in queues.)

      The first 3 months, you just feel like shit really, tired,

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