Miracles Happen Every Day!

Some are just bigger than others! And yesterday brought a huge miracle for our family. Our little baby is doing just fine. I got to check the little bugger out at Dr. Roberts office, for about 30 minutes with Julie, the ultrasound specialist! What a cute and spunky little fetus! And oh the RELIEF I felt when I saw him and that blessed heart beat! 

Dr. Roberts now has a very dear place in my heart. He does do some deliveries, of very high risk pregnancies. You could tell he has seen a lot in the years he has practiced! He was very kind and informative, one of those doctors that makes you feel like you are the only patient he has to see that day! Loved him!

So the news is that there is a blood clot between my uterus and placenta. Dr. Roberts thinks that I must have had a placental abruption (meaning that the placenta tore away from the uterus wall), that may have pooled blood. Causing all the fear and concern on Friday. The good news about it being a clot is that means it is healing now! He anticipates the clot healing completely within 4-8 weeks. I am not considered high risk at all and he sees no reason that I can't go forward with my plans to deliver at home with a midwife. Yeah!

I am still under orders to 'take it easy' which means: rest a lot, don't over exert yourself, and don't lift anything over 10 pounds. That is hard to remember when Taryn falls and bumps her head. I'm doing my best to sit on the floor and comfort her in my lap. Taking it easy goes against my grain! It is not my personality, but I'll do anything for the cute little bugger to show up safely in June!

Hopefully Taryn will guest post again soon and lighten the mood of our little blog! Byron saw this picture and really could see the nose, eyes, mouth this time! Even the hand I told him had been waving on the screen, but he couldn't quite figure out how that little blob at the end of the baby was really the foot, when it doesn't look like it is attached to the baby's body! Then he said, "did you find out if it is a boy mom?"

I told him it was still to early to tell. Then I said, "do you think it is a sister this time?"

Byron replied, "I hope not, because I have been waiting for a brother for YEARS!"

Home Again!

This is the second Sunday in a row that I have had to ready the children and send them off to church with Steve. The second Sunday I have had to call and say, "sorry, I won't be making it to church tomorrow. Can someone else please teach?" The second weekend in a row that I am spotting! It started Friday night this time and was much heavier. Has slowed to nearly  stopping again. I haven't miscarried yet, and so tomorrow morning I will call Margie, who will call Dr. Roberts (an OBGYN who specializes in high risk pregnancies). We are hoping that he can figure out why I am threatening to miscarry after the 'safe' date of three months pregnant. Most women are totally out of the woods then, and it feels like that is when the trouble begins for me. I share to asks for prayers! We are still counting on a miracle!

Not to worry. We are still full of faith and hope to see this child arrive.

Details!

Pregnancy Details!

The baby should arrive on or around June 10th! 

Judging from my other two babies anywhere between June 7th and June 20th!

I first discovered I was pregnant the second week in October! 

I did two pregnancy tests just to be sure! ;)

Here is what the Chinese Gender Prediction Calendar has to say:

Month	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45
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Results: It's a Girl if you conceive in Sep at age 30 

No more torture for anyone this time! We will be finding out the sex of this baby. I never heard the end of it with Taryn! Byron is the catalyst for that decision! I think he will need some mental prep time if it is another little sister! 

He has been asking for a baby brother for 6 months now!

"Is there a baby brother in your tummy, NOW, mom?"

Saturday afternoon began a bit of an adventure in this pregnancy when I had some red spotting. I had my moment of sheer panic, "This can't be happening to me again!" I then gathered myself, took stock of my resources and called on the priesthood! My dad works on Saturday, so I called the Garbers. Todd and Karalee arrived as quickly as they could. I laid in bed, cried and prayed, Steve comforted me and chased Taryn around!

I was the recipient of a sweet blessing. No specific promises were made about this child at that time. I thought long and hard about what I should pray for. I learned from my other two miscarriages that praying for anything but the Lord's will only brought disappointment. So I basically prayed to know what to pray for. I received a confirmation that is was okay to pray for this child to stay with me and come in June! Sweet relief! Little by little the spotting stopped. I didn't spot at all on Monday! I prayed fervently for my miracle nearly every moment until I walked into my midwife's office and saw this:

My baby!

Steve was with me. I think the cute little bugger was sleeping when we started. First I was so relieved to see the baby, then I looked for the heart beat. I love seeing that little flutter, it reminds me of hummingbird wings! Then Steve asked, "um, should it be moving more than that?" My new midwife Margie (Kaye retired and moved to Utah. Boohoo!) replied that we may have woken it up. She pushed gently on it, and two little arms shot out and pushed right back, as if to say, "seriously? Go away, I was napping! Growing a lung here at the moment, it's hard work, OK?" Shortly after the little guy turned it's back on us, "you are dismissed now!" Funny little character. I swear their personalities form way earlier than we think. :)

Oh the joy of ultrasounds!!! Even more the JOY of knowing the baby is okay!

I didn't realize what a miracle Byron was! (Of course he was! He was just an easy miracle.)

I absolutely knew that Taryn was a miracle and answer to prayer!

This baby is no different, a miracle in answer to a different prayer!

Taryn's thoughts: "baby? Oh yeah, I have a baby. Hold on, I'll run right upstairs and get her for you. It might take a minute, I should probably put clothes on her before I bring her down. What? Mom's having another baby? You are full of baloney too! I AM mom's baby!"

Byron's thoughts: "are you sure you have a baby in your tummy?"

When he is shown the ultrasound picture he nods very convincingly as I am pointing out all the baby parts, as if he knows exactly what he is looking at. Then says, "so it is a BOY!"

I replied, "that baby is really tiny so we can't tell yet if it is a boy, but we will find out when we can."

B: "Okay." Walking away, "it's a boy."