Wow, we are having twins! Surge and I are over the moon and cannot wait to meet our little angels. This was probably the hardest secret I had to keep from you guys. So excited it’s finally out!
Today I wanted share with you our pregnancy journey and things I have learned throughout my pregnancy so far. I will share how far long I am and the most important one, how God took away my morning sickness.
Surge and I always knew we wanted kids. While we dated and when we got married, it was constantly something we talked about. In the first years of our marriage, we wanted to get our business started but it took us a little longer to get it running than we planned on. Looking back though, I can honestly say that you will never be ready for a baby or in my case babies. Haha! We spent 5 years together enjoying each other, working hard and we don’t regret waiting one bit. We told each other we wanted to start trying as soon as we got the licensing for our home because waiting to fill up the home might take longer than we expect (with any business). So we started trying for a baby in July and 2 months later, nothing. I was getting so discouraged. I know 2 months is nothing for some but when you want something so much, it felt like it was taking years. I went to my Dr. and got checked out to make sure everything was ok and everything looked great. So we kept trying and each month I would continue to get discouraged. I began to pray and ask God for strength and peace over this situation. Growing up, I wasn’t really taught that we have the authority to speak specifics over our life in prayer to Jesus. God gave us the authority to speak life into and believe for what we are praying for. We continued to pray and after 5 months of trying, I stopped obsessing. I stopped thinking about it because it literally consumed my mind 24/7. One evening, I stood in the shower and cried out to Jesus. I asked for his peace, his grace to fill me. Then I told the enemy to leave. I told him that fear has no room in our home so it needs to leave. Then I asked God to bless our home this month and as I stood there, I believed like I’ve never believed in my entire life. I feel this rush over my body and this supernatural peace came over me. It felt as if God gave me the biggest hug and told me how much he loved me. It was seriously the most amazing experience. That week so many amazing things happened. One of the days my bestie Christine wrote me the sweetest message. It was everything I needed to hear. Then out of nowhere I received a message on Instagram from a mom who I never met. She wrote out all of the promises God had for me and that’s when I lost it. I lost it like never before. I cried happy tears and then I knew that my promise was coming soon. Two days later Surge and I had a staycation at a hotel in Denver and it was the first time Surge and I had the night off in a while because of our business. I woke up that morning and the smell of coffee made me nauseous. My first thought was, umm… ok what’s happening, I love my coffee. I still had my cup of course without thinking much of it. Then I remembered I was a day late with my cycle. I told Christine and of course she told me to just take a test. So once I was off my shift of work, I came home and immediately took a test without thinking much of it. About 5 minutes later I go back to my bathroom, I looked down at the stick and sure enough… PREGNANT! I started screaming, crying and thinking to myself,Wait, is this for real? Without hesitation, I got my camera to record and called my sister. I show her the stick and she’s like, “Yup sister, your pregnant!” I lost it again. She and her husband prayed over me and I then called Christine followed by my other sister. I was in awe with the way that entire week Jesus showed me so many revelations. His promises all came to pass. It happened the month I asked and turned my attention on Him. How amazing is our God?! WOW! I ran to target and got a box ready to surprise Surge and recorded his reaction when he got home. I will be working on the video this week and will have it up soon. Best moment of our life!
We found out I was pregnant at three weeks and I felt so great. The only major change was my coffee intake. I didn’t drink any because I couldn’t handle the smell. lol. I continued working out, eating healthy and once 5 weeks hit I woke up with nasuea that lasted two weeks. I couldn’t throw up and the smell of anything made me so sick. I felt so weak. The only food I could keep in was soup and sandwiches. I felt so helpless while Surge took care of everything for Steve as I lay in bed. When I hit my 6 week mark, I had enough with the nausea so I started praying again. I told the enemy that this sickness does not belong in my body and has to leave in Jesus name. I began to ask Jesus to heal me from the nausea. I prayed and believed and went about my day. The next morning I woke up feeling like a brand new person. Jesus healed me! He took away the nausea and I have felt amazing ever since. I am currently 12 weeks and feeling so good and healthy. Our babies are growing wonderfully. I am still working out and staying active. My doctor was shoked to hear that I am able to do all the things I love. She told me to keep working out and listen to my body during my workouts, so I continue to do so.
It was on my heart to share this. I hear so much negativity from woman who are pregnant but we don’t have to live that way. Sure things can get a little more difficult on our bodies because we are carrying a human, but we have a God that is greater than our struggles. He can take the morning sickness you have been struggling with. He can take the aches and pains you might be feeling. Continue to pray and believe for those specific areas. What I’m trying to say is that you can have an amazing pregnancy because you are just as much His child as I am to Him. Simply ask and believe. Speak life and wholeness over your body. Jesus only wants the best for His children and He gave us full authority to speak that over every area of our lives. He wants us to have a good pregnancy and to enjoy every minute of it. If you feel like it’s been hard and things have turned into negatives, ask God to come and fill you. He is the giver of life. Think about it this way, when you wake up daily with a negative mindset or even simply a negative thought, don’t you think the rest of the day will continue that way? With my current situation, I can be negative and complain about how difficult it is to work 24/7 while being pregnant. Majority of the time I don’t get a break and when I do, it goes by too fast and then I’m back at it again. In the midst of this all though, I choose to be positive daily. I choose joy everyday because He is my strength. I thank God for the challenges I face along the way. Yes, I am human and get exhausted. Yes, I am growing two babies inside of me and my body is changing. I continue choosing to thank Jesus for everything, the ups and the downs. For His never ending love and grace over me. I am already hearing things like, “You need to move from your apartment because you live on the third floor. You’re never going to leave your apartment. Oh and Twins? Yup, your life is over.” I say NOPE, Jesus has me through it all. I am not saying its going to be easy because it’s not. Motherhood comes with it’s challenges but I have my Jesus to get me through those times when things get tough and I thank Him for all of it. Can you agree with me on this, that it really is about our perspective in life. The choice we choose to make for our day, in anything, is a choice we will have to live with throughout life. Live life to the fullest. Try to choose joy regardless of the circumstance. Thank Him and be happy because life is so much better when we live a happy life.
It still amazes me that Jesus chose me to be a mother to our twins! Our babies are not identical but fraternal and we cannot wait to find out the gender of them at 18 weeks. Stay tuned for that and keep up with my Instagram to watch our babies grow! To say we are excited would be an understatement! 😉
Thank you all for your support with my blog. It will be so exciting transitioning to a mommy blog. Don’t worry, I will still keep up with fashion on my posts because it’s my passion. Simply follow along and see how I style my baby bump! 🙂
xoxo,
Oksana says
Wow I love your testimony. This last year I also went through learning that we have authority over the enemy and that our healing was already bought by the priceless sacrifice of Jesus, its ours for the taking (Its amazing how many Christian people will argue me on that till they’re blue in the face). Your healing testimony displays God’s sweet love beautifully! Thank you for sharing! Glad you are choosing joy and speaking life, I love that!
Irina says
Loved reading your post! And huge congratulations to you and your hubby! I totally agree, it’s all about your perspective. My baby is almost 6 months, and when I was pregnant I’d often get comments like, “ oh you’re having a boy?.. GOOD LUCK!” Yes, things aren’t always easy. But I choose to focus on the positives and and the amount of joy our little boy brings us! Enjoy your pregnancy, wishing you a healthy one!
Dee says
I’m not pregnant nor am I a mom, but I dread all the negativity that comes with pregnancy/motherhood and having to act like life is exactly as those cheesy quotes say: “only thing getting me thru is coffee” and all that. It’s so encouraging to see someone treasure the experience and choose positivity because after all, kids are a gift from God and we should feel an honor as women to be able to give life!! Love you girl, and will be keeping you in my prayers! Xoxo from Seattle ♥️
Darci says
What a deeply moving and beautiful thing to read. I have those happy tears right there with you. Thank you for aharing so openly this testimony of God’s great love, His power and desire to bless you, but also the acknowledgment that we have to stand against the enemy.
I will enjoy every minite of following along. My babies are all grown up, this season has passed for me. But what fun that God is always doing a new thing!
Remember the Lord knew you would give Him the glory in this!
I am so grateful you do and will continue to do so.
Perfect timing always…right?
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Sarah says
Beautiful Alena, congratulations!! What a blessing these babies are!! They will be the most fun!! ???
Sandy says
So happy for y’all! And I love your happiness and positivity. I’m sorry people have said things less than positive. It IS hard. And different kinds of hard with each season… I’m entering tween season with mine. Listen to us “older” moms 🙂 we’ve been there!
But SO much fun & happy rediscovering the little things in this world in between the hard. You are a little family now & life is just beginning!!!
Yasmin says
Love it! I’ve been so stressed lately was just put on work leave for a week to rest by my doctor due to some bleeding. I have miscarried before so I’m super paranoid but like you said God has bigger plans and he is in control. I pray every day probably every hour lol but I have to know that my God is greater than my fears. Thank you for your testimony! God bless
Olivia says
Alena,
This is plainly beautiful ❤️ “He is the giver of life.” I love how your testimony shows how intimately concerned Jesus is with our lives. Morning sickness is not from Him so morning sickness doesn’t have to plague our lives! Ahhh He is so good! So so good! Thank you for being faithful to share that truth!
Xx Liv