So The Road to Motherhood Continues…

So in my previous blog about motherhood  So The Road To Motherhood I discussed the initial high and then the lowest of lows as my family experienced the crushing blow of a miscarriage at 11 weeks. I hear that the statistic is that 1/4 women experiences a miscarriage in their lifetime… Statistics don’t matter though when it’s hitting you 100 per cent in the face. I grieved… I grieved hard. After six years , I still tear up and grieve the loss of what could have been. But as we often say, life has to go on.

So I went on with being alive… I went on with being a wife and bonus mom, daughter, sister and friend. I went back to work after a week and carried on being a teacher. But I changed. When I found out about the miscarriage, a good friend of mine text me to check on me because she felt moved in her spirit that something was going on… She was right. She comforted me as many others did as she and her husband had also suffered child loss. Well unfortunately my dear friend passed a few months later. Her death quickened something in me. I needed a CHANGE and to get my life and emotions and mental health back where they needed to be. I made some changes and started concentrating more on living and enjoying life as I did before the loss of my child and my good friend at such a young age. I had to get back to being Corinthia. Because y’all… I was really making it on broken pieces… I wanted to have life and life abundantly. I needed my joy restored.

So life continued, and I felt more and more like myself. And don’t you know it, another positive pregnancy test made its way into our life… We were once again very ecstatic, and I was cautiously optimistic to say the least. I’m not exactly Abraham, but I do alright in the Faith department! Unfortunately this situation can introduce doubts into the strongest of people. And after a day or two of the positive test, I was having some complications or what looked like complications. I won’t go into detail but I will say that I was told by man (AKA my doctor) that I was having another miscarriage. Yes he looked me in my eyes and told me I needed to grieve, mourn, let my body rest and try again. Devastating is not the word to describe what this was to me.

So you noticed I said MAN told me that. You know I said that for a reason… We were sent to ultrasound to confirm what HE said it was. But when we went in and the tech started the exam, she announced “There’s your baby!” There was 4.4 mm of a life there. So small that it appeared to be just a blinking light. A light out of darkness. So man said no BUT GOD! I can preach a whole series on that, but I won’t. At least not yet! I will say that I believed God would give me the desires of my heart including a healthy child and that is just what He did. A friend of mine who also suffered a miscarriage and then became pregnant again asked me when was I going to publish this blog because she needed to know how to make it through the fears! Well I am pretty late because her beautiful baby girl is almost one but I shared my testimony with her pre blog!

So how did I make it through a second pregnancy with dealing with the fears that try to haunt you in a subsequent pregnancy??  Much prayer! Both mine and those of so many who I know were praying along with us. A husband who loves me and cares for me and reassured me all along the way. A direct word from a Man of God who visits our church often. The dozen ultrasounds that the more mature mother such as myself received. Positive confessions including the one that the angel of a female OBGYN who I saw on my first visit gave me which was “Chill OUT”!

So at 37 weeks after a few hours of inducement drugs that weren’t working, a bouncing tiny baby boy came into this world at a whopping 5 pounds 4.5 ounces, and he’s been a joy and a handful since… More on him later.


So I know this has been a long time coming but the next edition will be out soon. So if this blog spoke to you, leave a comment and let me know.

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4 thoughts on “So The Road to Motherhood Continues…”

  1. What a beautiful testimony. I can only imagine the tears, pain, joy, & excitement all in one as you mustered up the courage to share your story with the world. This was a must needed share. I can remember with my 1st child not feeling any movement and calling the doctor for an appointment. I was a nervous wreck as I waited for him to come in the room. The nurse practitioner came in before him, I guess to relax me but instead stated “It is common for most babies to term within the 1st trimesters.” I will never forget those words and how panicked I became. When my Dr. came and saw me in a pool of tears, he asked what’s wrong & yessss I told him what was said, he assured me everything was fine and my child was fine before excusing himself. I can only imagine what he said to her on the other side of that door as I only heard his voice raised a little. The slowed movement was from the “Tylenol pm” I had the previous day. I was told that Tylenol was safe for the baby if I experienced headaches and backaches….needless to say…Tylenol never entered my body again during my pregnancies. I didn’t mean for my story to be so long, but it stirred up a few emotions in me. Thank you again for your transparency.

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