The closeness of our living quarters, the newness of the city, made both experiences – our first year of marriage and my first pregnancy – that much more intense. It didn’t help that we were occupying a single-room studio apartment while we waited to see whether my husband would accept a job at the firm he was temping at.
We had just moved to Dubai, it was early October, and I was finding the heat and humidity difficult to cope with. My second trimester was much more difficult. Mussaad Al-Razouki – to his first hiccups, to his first visible movements, which made my belly look like the swell of the tide against the shore. The “realness” of him only continued to grow from there – from his first kicks, which landed in the form of giant, butterfly-like flutters just as I was preparing to speak at a HealthTech conference in Kuwait organized by my business partner, Dr. There is nothing quite like seeing your baby turn somersaults for the first time during your twelve-week scan.įor my husband, that was the moment it hit home (although I don’t think it really hit home until Oliver was delivered six months later after a protracted labor and with the assistance of a Ventouse in theatre). By the time I entered my fourteenth week, it had all but disappeared. My nausea took the form of “hunger sickness” and I was mostly able to avoid it if I ate breakfast as soon as I woke up and lunch at around noon. Over 70% of women will suffer from some form of morning sickness, whether mild or extreme. Severe Morning Sickness (or “ Hyperemesis Gravidarum”) affects approximately 1 in 100 women and can be so debilitating in terms of its symptoms, which include severe vomiting, dehydration, and weight loss, that victims end up bedridden or even hospitalized for weeks at a time. Some, like my aunt, are incapacitating unwell for the first three months of their pregnancy. Experiencing pregnancy for the first timeĮvery woman’s experience of pregnancy is different. My husband and I were going to emerge from our first year of marriage with a third person in tow. I took a pregnancy test when I was six weeks pregnant, by which point the signs had been around for about a fortnight. Next, I deviated from my “water is best” rule and began drinking fresh orange juice by the gallon a sign of pregnancy I only recognized in hindsight when I learned that orange juice is a natural source of folate(or “Folic Acid”), which is taken as a supplement throughout pregnancy to help with the development of the baby’s brainstem. Then I became famished by around 11:30 AM, not long after eating a substantial breakfast and way before my usual lunchtime. I have never been a heavy sleeper, but this was definitely different. I first suspected I was pregnant when I started waking up at 5:30 AM every morning to go to the toilet.
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