When people hear that my eldest child is only two months shy of his third birthday, they will look at me incredulously. You see I'm already 38 years old and my son should be in his teens if I had him immediately after my marriage. But Allah has other plans for me and my hubby. And I'm lucky enough to have a mother-in-law who didn't pester me with this. In our culture, to have no children is a no no. And here, I was the problem and not my hubby. My periods were not regular as it was. I only had two or three periods in a year. I was so lucky that my hubby didn't leave me or marry another woman just to have children.
After being married for 4 years, I was getting worried. I truly believed that I could bear children. Since I don't really believe in traditional remedies and besides the fact that they are too bitter to drink, I went to see a gynae. I had a laproscopy and my hubby had his sperms checked. The results were in. We were both healthy and the doctor said that we just have to wait. He said that he would continue to treat my periods problem but then my hubby was transferred to another state. At the new place, we immediately forgot to get pregnant.
Then, one day we came back to our hometown and we remembered that we must try to get pregnant. Now, an Indonesian lady had told me about this miracle vegetable before but I never took any notice. She told me to take it everyday as any kind of dish but since I didn't cook and we always ate out. I didn't heed her advice. Then, my mum's Indonesian maid told me about the same miracle vegetable. This time I took notice and started to eat it everyday. Since I didn't cook often enough, I asked for the vegetable dish every time I ate out. So ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce to you the miracle vegetable...BEANSPROUTS... women only please. For the men, I give you ... EGGPLANTS!
Did it work? Yes please, at least for me. It worked like magic. Indonesians believe that these two vegetables are the answers to fertility. My periods became regular and before you know it I was pregnant. I was feeling nauseous early in the mornings for two weeks still I didn't know that I was preggers. You see eleven years have gone by...and pregnancy did not cross my mind at all. I even went for a roller-coaster ride. Fortunately nothing happened to my baby. Then I was sick for a few days and somehow I was afraid to take paracetamol. So I bought a pregnancy test kit and sure enough I was pregnant. It was one of the happiest day of my life.
Now I am blessed with a cute son and a beautiful daughter. I got my first son when I was 35. I got my daughter two years later. You see, I didn't take any precautions after my first child because I thought it would be as difficult to get pregnant again. Now I know better. To my friends out there, you can try this method if you have fertility problem and be sure to tell your friends too. I cannot guarantee anything, just to share a possible answer to your problem. But if this does not work, you can always try another method of mine. I'll save this for another entry. This is my first blog entry so please excuse any of my shortcomings. I want to show you my two beautiful angels but I haven't learned to post pictures so maybe next time...
My shout outs to Azli Abd Wahab SDARIAN 1985-1989: Remember me, Eiza? How many kids
do you have?
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