Life Between Angola and UK

Despite of our case where things were almost impossible and things don't normally work out easily in Angola, things went perfectly fine and well ogranized, just about, enough time to say....

..... "WOULD HAVE BEEN LATE AND COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE IF WE OR THEY DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO MY CASE"!!... All things went possible because of all your prayers and support, thank you all my friends...

Anyway, to make the story short - we left mine site early in the morning for us to have drove slowly not to stress myself in a bumpy road we have at work, then arrived at other mine site just about lunch time, we had lunch and at around half passed 2 in the afternoon we finally left! A big smile behind my worried eyes and face were being left behind - a message I have left to some of our friends that, MY BABY AND I WERE GONNA BE FINE...

We arrived at about 5pm, straight to the hospital but I was feeling really bad due to long hours of sitting down and had to hold myself peeing for almost 2 hours. You know what hospitals like, we waited for almost an hour to be called in for my blood pressure, then had to wait another almost an hour again for the consultation to a doctor but not an OB-Gyne one, so we waited again for the proper doctor be available, however, we didn't call in again not until 9:30 in the evening, I was getting very hungry and extremely tired!

I had my SCAN right after my consultation, plus MALARIA and URINE tests which both bad news! I still had malaria and the infection or bacteria was so bad that they had to confine me straight away that night! So I stayed and finally lied down after midnight already, after 6 hours of battling, went backwards and forwards to got everything done!

What a miraculous coincidence that the specialist OB-Gyne that night was the top one in Angola (also known by many Asian people in Luanda)... It was one of the positive signs God had administered to us - that my baby will be safe! She said that if we've had waited for more days, it could have been too late for my baby - the fact, that I didn't feel him/her during that night and the scan showed an EMPTY PLACENTA with abnormalities sorrounds it! It scared us a lot, and I started crying...

The following morning, I had a visit from my doctor she checked my abdomen with a big smile on her face after, "she said then that my baby is now safe"...I had tears on my eyes thanking God for protecting both of us, but they had to hold me at least for 10 days to complete my medication (for both Malaria and UTI). She visited me everyday, checking up my tummy and they monitored my blood pressure and urine, I was progressing everyday.

...though I was on my own (hubby had to go back to the mines the following Monday), I never felt sad and lonely - I was feeling so positive about my case that if I managed to hold on, I AM SAVING MY BABY TOO....I had books with me to read, watching TV sometimes though it was a bit irritating with some of Angolan nurses sometimes (not observing proper hygeine), I was so pissed off couple of occassions to have noticed them not spraying anticeptic on thermometer, that I had to grab it from them to clean it myself... It was quite a very sad experience really, together with their horrible smell, sharing bathrooms, with the other TV so loud that I could barely heared mine and hearing them talking so loud anytime... but I chose to ignore them and focus on positive thoughts, or rather sleep most of the times... I stayed for complete 11 days on my own, and I managed to survive because of my baby...

I had my scan again the day before I got out - I SAW MY CUTE BABY (fetus) WITH THE HEART PUMPING SO FAST, was an amazing feeling, the very first time I've had ever seen a tiny fetus on monitor, with a tiny heart too. I felt to have been so lucky and a message that says - MOMMY I AM YOURS, I AM SAFE NOW AND WILL BE SEEING YOU SOON...

Now, I am 2 months and 4 days pregnant - showing my bump already and have put on weight for at least a month of not doing some exercise while craving for different foods everyday, feeling hungry all the time, that if I don't listen to what my craving says I get funny nausea, start to feel sick which is weird!

By the way, had to fly on BUSINESS CLASS from Johannesburg to London - a 12 hour flight, for the very first time.... (Luanda to Johannesburg was only 3+ hours so didn't bother to book on business class). So it was like sleeping in a cosy room with single bed, was lovely! Thanks to hubby for organizing a special flight for me.....

Foods I craved so far:
- Green Apples (sweet) - during the 1st month, I don't like them much now....
- Chocolates - during the 1st two weeks when I realized I was pregnant, I don't like them now...
- Fish - 4 days I was at the hospital that I wanted to eat fish all the time, I have fish occassionally here but not a lot. On our 2nd night at hubby's parents house, his mother prepared fish for tea (dinner), I was horribly sick after eating!
- African Sweet Mango - I had them everyday when I was at the hospital...
- Various Fruits like Banana, Pineapple, Kiwi, Oranges, Plums, Mangoes, etc - all the time!
- Noodles and Pancit Canton - one day when I was feeling hungry and knew exactly what I wanted, we had to drive to buy at the Oriental food shop, I was then so happy! :)
- Tinned Jack Fruit - I saw at the chinese shop, and craved all of a sudden, we bought too and had right after had noodles soup.
- Indian Korma - I had to cook myself to have this food, we just bought the sauce in a jar and add chicken breast slices + spices.

... and the rest, are just by taste at 'spur of the moment' and been eating every now and then...