Testimonial: When we compare ourselves, we console ourselves

On social media, another girl who has CF announced her pregnancy. My pregnancy was only 12 days ahead of hers. We naturally entered into communication. It helps to talk to another person who is going through a bit the same stages as you. Our stories are different, but we talk about our fears and our respective realities.

While I am in a state of mind where I feel frustrated at not being able to be very active, she writes to me to tell me that at 23 weeks of pregnancy, due to the exacerbation of a lung infection, a fit of cough caused her membranes to crack and she began to lose amniotic fluid. The hours ahead for her and her baby are critical. According to doctors, the baby is viable, but will be very premature if she gives birth quickly, with all the complications that this implies.

Everything I feared for me is happening to her... Luckily, her condition is quickly stabilized, an ultrasound reveals that she has not lost too much fluid and that her baby's heart is still beating. In the days to come, the crack will have been sealed, what a relief. However, it is complete rest for her. She needs to lie down 24 hours a day to avoid any other cracks.

Every time we write to each other, despite her immense concern for her baby, I perceive that being in bed does not make her too depressed, she knows that it is a sacrifice she is making for her baby. Wow, what a lesson for me who was complaining about my stomach full! Compared to your situation, it's nothing to rock yourself 3-4 hours a day. Thank you my dear for putting me back in my place through your strength in fighting!

From that moment on, I stopped complaining and every time I got bored rocking, I thought of her.