Baby Update

Well, I had another doctor's appointment today. I was hoping to be told I had started dilating, but no such thing. He said that even if he wanted to induce me, it wouldn't be a good idea. So now we wait. If baby Timmy doesn't make an appearance over the weekend, then we are scheduled to go in Tuesday night (9pm) and the doctor will hopefully deliver Timmy on Wednesday morning (7am). He is squeezing me in because he has a c-section to perform later that day. Not to mention my parents fly in around noon that day as well, so both the doctor and Brad have somewhat of a deadline. Even though I don't really want to wait that long (due to aches, pains and acid reflux) it is nice to know there is an end in sight. I also hope Timmy waits, because my doctor is not on call this weekend. He didn't get a chance to deliver Benny and he is hoping to deliver Timmy. We are not sure what we are going to do with Benny. Either he will come with us to the hospital or he will have to stay over at someones house. We will play it by ear though and just wait on God. Thanks for all who have graciously volunteered to watch Benny for us. Keep us in your prayers.

Update

Well, it is official. Our house is up for sale. Yep, the realtor came by on Saturday with the paperwork and to take pictures. She really liked what we had done (in regards to staging the house). We can now focus mainly on prepping for baby (less than 20 days away) and trying to keep the house clean. Kind of a challenge with a 2 1/2 year old. Benny has been going though a "I help" stage. We have been trying to take advantage of it as much as we can. Things don't get done very fast, but they do get done.

Baby Update

Well, I am now in my 9th month of pregnancy. At our last ultrasound (which was at the beginning of Jan.), everything looked good. They took measurements and at that time the baby weighed 5 lbs 13 oz. This of course is just a guesstimate. I have a feeling this baby will be closer to 8 lbs when he is born. They did not find the bright spot on the heart anymore and my doctor's response was "I told you you had nothing to worry about!". Everything is going well except I have been having acid reflux real bad and I am feeling a lot more aches and pains. I know I am due on Feb 20th, but I wouldn't be surprised if he comes early (but not too early according to Brad).

On another note, we met with a realtor a few weeks ago and she recommended putting our house up for sale as early as February. We had wanted to wait until after Benny's brother arrived, but our plans have changed. If we want people to take advantage of the tax credit, the earlier the better. So as you can imagine, we are very busy getting the house ready to sell and ready for another baby. Please keep us in your prayers.

Baby Update

Our sweet "Little H"!

I had a follow-up ultrasound a few weeks ago followed by my Ob/Gyn visit. The ultrasound technician saw nothing out of the ordinary. There is still a bright spot on the heart, but it is fading. They left it up to Dr. Lanza as to whether I need another ultrasound. He said probably later on, but I have none scheduled so far. That may change when I see him on Friday.



I had my glucose test back and according to Dr. Lanza, no news is good news. So far, I have not heard anything from them so I guess my bloodsugar is okay.



I have decided to stop work at the end of December instead of January like I had originally planned. This pregnancy is really taking its toll on me. I am having trouble sleeping at night and therefore I am tired during the day. Plus, keeping up with an almost 2 1/2 year old requires a lot of energy too. Another reason I want to stop working is so that we (Brad, Benny and myself) can spend some good quality family time before this baby makes his entrance. Right now Brad watches Benny on his days off while I work. We don't get much quality time as a family and Brad and I don't get much time to ourselves either. Hopefully, me staying home will help. I plan to stay home after this little guy is born and not have to go back to work at all.

Baby Update

Well, I have made it through 25 weeks. Only 15 weeks to go. The baby sure likes to kick. My next ultrasound is scheduled for November 17th and my next ob/gyn appointment is November 20th. I get to do my glucose testing. Oh what fun! (NOT!). Hopefully I will have more information then. So far, everything seems to be going okay. I am taking iron supplements and seem to have more energy.

Baby Update!

Little "H" is doing fine. On the 14th of August, I had an Ob/Gyn appointment which I thought was at 1pm. It turned out it was scheduled for 11am. (Can anyone say "placenta brain"?) Anyway, I was not able to see the doctor, but his nurse took me back for a quick ultrasound. We were thankful for that because we had been going every week to the Gyft Clinic for an ultrasound and this time we had to wait 2 1/2 weeks. When you have a high risk pregnancy, that amount of time seems extra long.

Anyway, here is one of the pictures. Even though we were not able to hear the heartbeat (due to the equipment used) the baby measured in at where it should be and was moving around. Our next appointment is this Friday, October 4th. Don't worry, Brad wrote down the time in his dayplanner so we wouldn't forget.

Little "H"

When my parents were in town last week, they were able to go with us to the doctor's office. Benny and Pop-pa stayed out in the lobby, but Brad and my mom were in the room with me when the ultra sound was done. My mother was just amazed at being able to see her newest grandchild. This little one was very active. It kept trying to move away or turn it's back to us and moon us. The heart rate was good (173 bpm). It measured 33mm long. We have had another ultrasound since this one and the baby had the hiccups, measured 54mm long and the heart rate was (160bpm). All is looking good. Now we have to wait until August 21st when I go and see my ob/gyn. As of Saturday, I will have made it through my first trimester. What a relief.

Sad News

At our last ultrasound (Tuesday July 21st) we found out that we lost baby B. There was no growth and we could not detect a heartbeat. The doctor reassured us that this should have no effect on baby A who happens to be very active and had a strong heartbeat. As of today I am 10 weeks along. If we make it through the next 2 weeks with no problems, then the chances of going full term greatly increase. Another ultrasound is scheduled for this Tuesday (the 28th). My parents will be in town so hopefully they will be able to see their next grandchild.

Not so good news!

Well, this was supposed to be an announcement of wonderful news. As of last week, I was pregnant with our second child. I have been spotting since Monday. I had a doctor's appointment today. An ultrasound was done and the baby should have been 9 weeks but only measured at 6 weeks. It just wasn't developing. My doctor had me go get a whole work up done. I had to give about 9 vials of blood. That was fun (ha ha). We won't know the results for about a couple of weeks. The doctor said we can try again for another baby after the first of the year. I am really depressed but I know that this is all part of God's plan and I have put my faith in Him.