Update from Peri appt today.....almost 17 weeks.

I must say I feel a little discouraged at the moment. I met with a Peri today and he has two main concerns about my hemorrhages.
1) The blood is from the placenta which can affect the growth of the baby since it is not receiving the blood flow, nutrients, etc.
2) The hemorrhages are in an area that they can prematurely break my water which obviously if this happens prior to 24 weeks the baby would not stand a chance of survival.

He wants me off work until 1-31-10 when I see him again. I will continue to follow up with my OB in between this time probably weekly.

Thank you all for your continued prayers and please continue to pray for my body to heal these hemorrhages and for the baby to continue to grow perfectly.

We trust God and knows that he knows every detail of what is happening and what will continue to happen. We thank Him for blessing us to the almost 17 week mark and for the growth of this baby to be currently measuring bigger then anticipated despite the hemorrhages.

I am free from doctors all next week since I had two appointments this week and two appointments last week.

Needless to say- this Christmas season will be spent resting and relaxing with my little family.

Hope all of you are doing well!

It's a BOY!

It was confirmed today that our little trouble maker is a boy. Kris made it to this appointment with me today and it was such a special time for the both of us. The SCH's are both still there and around the same size. I meet with a Peri on Thursday so will hopefully be able to post a 3-D picture of our little one at that time as I did not receive any pictures today.

Four Months

Four months has come and gone. A little part of me feels like it has gone by fast so far and the other part of me wishes that I were already 24 weeks which is viability due to my complications so far. We are still cautiously optimistic. Even though in the end of all of this God is the only one who knows how everything will turn out I still wanted to blog and post pictures, etc as a memory of this pregnancy. I was also refusing photo ops while pregnant with Owen and I really feel like I missed out on a lot of my pregnancy with him. So this baby has been active for a couple of weeks now (even Kris has been able to feel the baby move at times)

We continue to pray that all will turn out well with this little one and that we will be blessed with two healthy, happy, beautiful children. Enjoy the pictures (it takes a lot to post them on here but again want to have this as a memory.)

Our tree is up....

thanks to Kris. He and Owen really helped out a lot today to make the tree extra pretty this year. Hopefully it can stay like this until Christmas day.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and hope you did too.

We started our day at my parents house for breakfast and then ended our day at Kris' parents house for dinner and dessert. Good food and good times and many blessing to be thankful for.

I had another appointment on Wednesday of this week due to more bleeding Monday night and Tuesday night. The appointment was more of the same information. Baby looks good. Hemorrhage is still there and not getting any smaller. They did also find what appeared to another SCH (subchorionic hemorrhage) on top of the current hemorrhage which measures the same size, 6cmx2cm.

I will be seeing a Perinatologist (high risk OB doctor) next Thursday to find out what is going on and hopefully to be able to gain a better understanding of what this all means.

Please continue to pray for me and the little wiggle worm. The doc said he didn't want to be held to anything but it looks like it may be a boy. Hoping to find out next week for sure.

Will keep you all updated! Have a nice weekend.

15 weeks 2 day appointment after more bleeding...

I had another appointment today. It was supposed to be on Wednesday but since I started bleeding again on Friday night they wanted to see me today. Also I have been very crampy and uncomfortable so they wanted to make sure my cervix was okay. Baby continues to look good. PTL!!!The doc today picked up another hemorrhage/area of concern that no one else has mentioned to me. She said she saw it two weeks ago so was not surprised to see it. It is a about the same size as the original hemorrhage, 6 cm x 2cm. The hemorrhage is right on top of my cervix so I may continue to bleed. Odds increased to 80/20 this week but she says to still rest a lot and don't over do anything. It's a frustrating road but I am trusting God will do his will with this baby. I go in again next week for another update!Thanks for your continued prayers!

14 weeks 4 days....

Another promising appointment today. Baby looks great. I saw arms, legs and the mouth/jaw moving. Baby continues to have a good heartbeat and is measuring good. The SCH is slightly larger then last week....grrrrr! It is now over 6.5cm x 3.0 cm. You can see the hemorrhage on this picture on the upper right side of the baby's head (it is the black blob)

The hope is as the baby gets larger it will push the hemorrhage out of the way and make it smaller and smaller. The doc says that I can still work but wants me working at home with my feet up as much as possible. Praying this thing will shrink with time!

He will do a vaginal exam next week to check my cervix as I have been more crampy the past few days. The good thing is I haven't had any new bleeding which he is really surprised about since the size of the hemorrhage is on the fairly moderate to big size.

Please keep praying for this little baby to be a fighter and for my body to continue to heal the hemorrhage. Thanks so much for all of your prayers already!