Today

Today I...Re-scheduled my c-section for tomorrow instead of next Tuesday. There were a lot of factors that went into this decision and there is a part of me that feels like I lost, or quit, the battle of Natural Childbirth v. Way to Many Unnecessary C-sections and feels ashamed and defeated. Part of me just …

3:30 am

3:30 a.m. Awful leg cramp...ahhh! I had horrible middle of the night leg cramps while preggo with E and thought I had avoided them this time 'round. No such luck! 3:45 a.m. Should I eat a banana for some added potassium? I can't decide. It would mean getting out of bed. I have been avoiding …

Best. Husband. Ever.

The last week has been hard in pregnancy land. Nights are filled with heartburn, pain, discomfort and multiple trips to the bathroom - so sleeping isn't really happening. During the day I am exhausted from lack of sleep, getting more and more emotional and overwhelmed by the day, and feeling frustrated that I can't play …

Good News?

We had yet another ultrasound this morning and our little baby seems to be as cute as ever. I have really come to dread the ultrasounds, mostly because we have gotten worse news at each one we have had since our 20 week anatomy scan.This morning however, it was a little different. Worst case scenario …

His Hands

We finally met with the pediatric urologist, and Jon and I really liked him. He was very tender, patient and intelligent - all good things. I have been doing a lot of my own research so I didn't learn a ton of new information today, but reading about something on the internet is very different …

Pause

There are events in my life that just make me want to hit the pause button, because they effect me in a way that just make it too difficult to carry on with normal life. We had our follow-up with the perinatologist this morning to look at baby boy's kidney - we had been praying …

See, I told you…

that we had one adorable little baby! I remember thinking that 3d ultrasounds were actually kind of creepy (we never had one with Evie) but now that it is my own I think it is totally precious! Wanting to suck fingers or toes (I can't tell which...) Here we see his love for his own …

Diagnosis: One Huge Kidney

I felt strong. I felt like praising God. I felt faithful in His faithfulness. I felt like saying 'no matter what happens, God is good. All the time'. And this terrified me. Going into our visit with the perinatologist this afternoon I had a knot in my stomach and for all of the normal reasons …

Oh Boy!

Snakes and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails... Is what we can expect in May! Here are some highlights of our 20 week ultrasound... 1) We saw the little boy parts right away, he seemed very eager to show 'em off and let us know right away who we were dealing with! 2) He is measuring …

Fourth

On September 22nd, just over a week after Evangeline's first birthday, I took a home pregnancy test and it came up positive. I was sort of dubious of the accuracy so I took a couple more over the next few days, all coming up positive. My fourth pregnancy. Jon and I wanted two little ones …