Experience of Patrishya Allis

My name is Patrishya Allis. I am a registered dietitian and I work in Oakville Ontario. I am married to my husband Shant and with him I have 2 children, my eldest son, John Paul, and my daughter, Veronica.

I want to talk a little bit about a personal experience I had with my son John Paul during my pregnancy with him and some of the struggles I dealt with along the way, and how those struggles allowed me to appreciate God and really understand His presence in my life.

So, being pregnant with my son, it was about four months into the pregnancy, I was informed I had a condition called cervical incompetence. Which I didn’t even know what that meant at the time. It’s a complication in pregnancy where you are unable to keep the child within you basically and you need to be on a strict bed rest. So, I spent about a couple of months in hospital on bed rest and during that time it was very scary as I had a lot of the hospitalists and physicians there who would approach me often and inform me there are very high chances of complications if I continue with the pregnancy. In that moment I really did feel like I was being tested. It was a very difficult time, it was a very scary time and I didn’t really always know what to do.

And I did feel truly I those days when questions were being asked by these specialists of whether or not I wanted to keep the pregnancy going, whether I wanted to keep the child. I felt like this was a test for me. And so I of course decided to keep the baby aside from all of the fewr I felt. I had a feeling that God would help me through the process, and luckily he did. My son was born at 27weeks almost, which is just shy of 7 months. During that time there was another lady who was pregnant who had her baby around the same time frame who unfortunately had various complications. Luckily for me, my son was healthy and well. And I do believe that is through my prayers, and through my faith in God and His presence in my life really made my dreams and my prayers come to life.

Through the struggles I faced in my pregnancy, it really allowed me to grow my faith in God. These complications happened to me for a reason. There is a plan that God has for us and maybe I needed to go through this to realize that God is there. God is good. You need to have strong faith, and believe, and talk to Him and ask for things so that it can come to you. So I think the whole process really allowed me to realize that. We often hear this among the community or among the church. Ask and it will be granted. I never really understood it until I went through this experience. Truly, if you ask, good things will come. If you have faith, He will always be there. You just need to take that first step. And to me, having John Paul here with me today is the most glorious feeling. I truly see him daily and think you’re a miracle to me.