8 weeks leading up to finding out we we’re pregnant with Nayely we were in and out of hospital with my middle daughter, she was 16 months old and her blood sugar levels kept dropping, Nathan’s son is type 1 diabetic so we knew the signs of low blood sugars. I told the hospital time and again that she was having hypos ( low blood sugar levels) but they wouldn’t listen to me, eventually they checked and it was confirmed, she had key tones and was hypoglycemic, as I had suspected she was suffering with ketotic hypoglycemia, an illness she would grow out of but it needed monitoring none the less. On our most recent visit to hospital Paisley had contracted hand foot and mouth disease, this was potentially life threatening to unborn children and I was a day or two late so on September 22nd 2018 we decided to do a pregnancy test, if I was pregnant and I contacted the illness then at least we could try to protect the baby by keeping my tempature at a safe level! We picked up a pregnancy test on our way home from hospital and as soon as we got home I took the test, my husband said to me, I’ll never forget it, “we’ll know in a few minutes!” I leaped down the stairs, ” a few minutes?, Try a few seconds!” The test had come up positive immediately! I couldn’t believe our luck, we were so happy, another beautiful child to add to our family! Now all we needed to do was make sure I didn’t get a tempature and wait for our EPAC appointment (I’ve had a miscarriage and ectopic previously so they scan me at 6 weeks as a precaution) I was already 4 weeks pregnant so it wasn’t long to wait! We were over the moon!, We couldn’t believe we were being blessed with another child!
Nayely Adelpha Foundation 