CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — For wife and husband Diana and Chris Flowers, Mother’s Day — Sunday, May 11 — is unlike any other. It’s a celebration, not just of motherhood but of resilience, unwavering faith and the miracle of their daughter, Shenaya Mukisa Flowers, who arrived after a long journey.
For four long years, they navigated the pain of two miscarriages, the trauma of an ectopic pregnancy and the disappointment of a failed first In vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle tested their spirits. But last year brought a glimmer of hope: a successful pregnancy.
“Where I’m from in Uganda,” Diana Flowers said. That’s things they don’t talk about growing up, I didn’t know about women having miscarriages, IVF, until they happened to me.”
However, their journey took another unexpected turn during a routine 20-week checkup in January. Doctors discovered Diana had cervical incompetence and premature rupture of membranes…