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The nightmare

I had a dream pregnancy, until the 22nd of May 2008.  I went for a routine scan and the gyneacologist kept on measuring Liam's head.  After measuring for the third time, she tells us that his head has stopped growing and that there is very little amniotic fluid left.   You cannot explain this feeling of dread to anybody.  You literally do go all cold and into shock.  She then explained to us that I would need to go to the fetal assessment centre where a more thorough scan would be done.  I was told to remain in bed for the remainder of my pregnancy.  I could only go to the fetal assessment centre a couple of days after this doomsday visit.  Gerhard put a bed in the living room for me and I literally felt as if I was dying.  I was also told to drink three liters of fluid a day and so began operation hydrate that lasted for the next six weeks.  I had charts on excel detailing the fluid intake.  Small projects like these kept me sane.   It was also around this time that I read J

Falling Pregnant

Gerhard and I always said if we do not have kids, that's just fine too.  We both have busy careers, we love international traveling and we felt that if we were lucky enough to have kids, great, if we were not so lucky, life would carry on in the same way that it has been for a while.  Anyhow, about four years ago, I literally woke up one morning and decided that I want kids really bad!  Where this came from or what triggered this, I will never know.  So the active trying to conceive part started with a little ceremony that involved flushing about three months worth of contraceptive pills down the toilet.  It took nearly eight months and in the end after giving up the very scheduled counting of days and ovulation calculations, it just happened.  I fell pregnant with Liam on the 12th of October 2007.  This was of course the time of the rugby world cup in France which I think the Boks won (you will gather over time that I am not the best of fans).  Gerhard and I left for a three

A bit of History

My name is Niki and I am 33 years old.  I have been married to Gerhard for the past 4 years and we have a beautiful boy named Liam.  Liam is 2 and a half years old.  I am also 24 weeks pregnant with Luka.  Gerhard and I always knew that we would get married and have a boy named Liam and a girl named Luka... We have known each other since primary school and we have been dating since high school.  We know everything that there is to know about each other and we have a perfect life - or as near to perfect as it will ever get! I am an admitted advocate by trade, but I have always had a passion for the written word.  Before starting my studies, I was convinced that I needed to study journalism or do a BA in Afrikaans, my dad somehow convinced me to rather go abroad for a year and think long and hard about all of this, which I did.  Somehow I studied law and I have been very successful in this venture, however, something has always been missing, and that is why after many years of not writ