The Beauty in my Traumatic Birth Story
My birth story has been far from easy to navigate and has left me feeling a huge spectrum of emotions from overjoyed and excited to do it all again to traumatised and terrified of childbirth. It has been complex to process the events that led to the birth of my gorgeous firstborn son, Jedidiah-Jones David Eganda, but first and foremost I am so thankful to God for it all; from conception and the beautiful experience of pregnancy to giving birth to a healthy and happy little boy. Going forwards I still have a long road ahead of healing mentally and emotionally, but I know that Gods plan is better than any plan I could have made for labour and delivery. I prayed for His perfect Will to be done so I find peace in accepting that this was the story He had wrote out for me to experience and it is all for a higher purpose to glorify His name and draw me closer to Him. At the end of the day, we are commanded in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 to “give thanks in all circumstances”, not just some, so w...