Saturday, October 2, 2010
My sweet baby girl!!
So the boys are off to the hunting lease this weekend. Talan is getting to be so big and loves to go places with his dad. My mom and I are having a girls weekend so she is staying with me. Something so exciting happened last night.....after eating a few peanut butter m&ms and some ice cream. It was so good!!!! I was laying down and this baby girl was kicking and moving all over. I decided I would lay my hand on my stomach to see if I could feel her......And I did!!! It was so amazing! God is so good! What a miracle babies are! In that one kick I got reassurance from God that I have been praying for. It so great how he gets his message to us. I have also been feeling much better the contractions are there but minimal on the medications.
Friday, October 1, 2010
How this chapter got started.
BEDREST!!!! AGAIN!!!!
Laying here reminds me of my first pregnancy 5 yrs ago!!! Wow...yeah 5 yrs ago! My sweet and really hyper son is going to be 5 next month. I remember laying in the hospital for week after week not knowing what day would be the day my body couldn't take being pregnant anymore. And on Nov. 10 @ 10:46pm my son so tiny born at 29 wks weighing in at 2lbs 1oz was born. What an amazing moment!! Mark and I totally terrified not knowing what the future would hold for tiny Talan. And then this loud cry from this tiny little mouth!! We should have known then we were in trouble! After about a 2mth stay in the NICU, he came home. And I remember Mark, myself and my doctor (my guardian angel) talking about how Talan would be our one and only!
31/2 yrs later I go to see Dr. Adam and she asks me......Do you have any OTHER questions? I sat there and in the back of my mind wanted ask about another baby but scared of rejection. But she answered my question without it coming out of my mouth. Yes.....you may attempt pregnancy!!!! She explained to me about studies that have been done on women with my same blood disorder I havere having babies at full term!! I had her write me a script to give to Mark. That started a year of several fertility treatments. Along with working full time at a very stressful job. After a full year of monthly negative pregnancy tests, I finally figured out what I needed to do. QUIT my job! And I did it!! It was very hard.
I took Talan out of school and we had a blast! I prayed to God thanking him for this time with my son. We took our first family vacation in a couple of years. I felt so good! I had been walking 6 miles a day with a dear friend. AND........we got home from vacation. I ran in to use the bathroom being we had been in the car for HOURS. I look over and see a pregnancy test that I had bought during the stressful yr before. I decided I would use it being that I was a couple days late. HOLY COW it was positive!!! I about fell off the toilet! Mark and my mom were outside unpacking the car. I ran outside crying my eyes out yelling I'M PREGNANT!!!!! Mark didn't believe me since all he saw was a + sign. I got in the car and bought a digital test and sure enough it said PREGNANT!! I saw this wonderful smile on my husbands face. The first few weeks of pregnancy went well. I was started on multple meds to help with my clotting disorders. That would include 2 shots per day! OUCH! At 16 wks we went in to have a level 2 scan due to an abnormal blood test. Well we got reassurance about the blood test but in the same sentence she states...Oh, Shannon..your cervix has gone from 3.8cm to 2.2 cm in less than 2 wks. You are contracting too. She explained to us that we would need to be back at the hospital in 2 days. That they would put me to sleep and put a stitch in. I AM terrified of general anesthesia!! All I did was think about it the whole way home. I prayed around the clock for the days to come. I got to the hospital and was not one bit nervous! God had answered my prayers for peace! As soon as I woke up from the surgery I was cramping. I was started on another shot for the contractions along with a medication every 4-6hrs. And strict bedrest!!!! So here I lay at almost 19wks!! God continues to give me reassurance on a daily basis. He is a mighty God and he is my God!
Laying here reminds me of my first pregnancy 5 yrs ago!!! Wow...yeah 5 yrs ago! My sweet and really hyper son is going to be 5 next month. I remember laying in the hospital for week after week not knowing what day would be the day my body couldn't take being pregnant anymore. And on Nov. 10 @ 10:46pm my son so tiny born at 29 wks weighing in at 2lbs 1oz was born. What an amazing moment!! Mark and I totally terrified not knowing what the future would hold for tiny Talan. And then this loud cry from this tiny little mouth!! We should have known then we were in trouble! After about a 2mth stay in the NICU, he came home. And I remember Mark, myself and my doctor (my guardian angel) talking about how Talan would be our one and only!
31/2 yrs later I go to see Dr. Adam and she asks me......Do you have any OTHER questions? I sat there and in the back of my mind wanted ask about another baby but scared of rejection. But she answered my question without it coming out of my mouth. Yes.....you may attempt pregnancy!!!! She explained to me about studies that have been done on women with my same blood disorder I havere having babies at full term!! I had her write me a script to give to Mark. That started a year of several fertility treatments. Along with working full time at a very stressful job. After a full year of monthly negative pregnancy tests, I finally figured out what I needed to do. QUIT my job! And I did it!! It was very hard.
I took Talan out of school and we had a blast! I prayed to God thanking him for this time with my son. We took our first family vacation in a couple of years. I felt so good! I had been walking 6 miles a day with a dear friend. AND........we got home from vacation. I ran in to use the bathroom being we had been in the car for HOURS. I look over and see a pregnancy test that I had bought during the stressful yr before. I decided I would use it being that I was a couple days late. HOLY COW it was positive!!! I about fell off the toilet! Mark and my mom were outside unpacking the car. I ran outside crying my eyes out yelling I'M PREGNANT!!!!! Mark didn't believe me since all he saw was a + sign. I got in the car and bought a digital test and sure enough it said PREGNANT!! I saw this wonderful smile on my husbands face. The first few weeks of pregnancy went well. I was started on multple meds to help with my clotting disorders. That would include 2 shots per day! OUCH! At 16 wks we went in to have a level 2 scan due to an abnormal blood test. Well we got reassurance about the blood test but in the same sentence she states...Oh, Shannon..your cervix has gone from 3.8cm to 2.2 cm in less than 2 wks. You are contracting too. She explained to us that we would need to be back at the hospital in 2 days. That they would put me to sleep and put a stitch in. I AM terrified of general anesthesia!! All I did was think about it the whole way home. I prayed around the clock for the days to come. I got to the hospital and was not one bit nervous! God had answered my prayers for peace! As soon as I woke up from the surgery I was cramping. I was started on another shot for the contractions along with a medication every 4-6hrs. And strict bedrest!!!! So here I lay at almost 19wks!! God continues to give me reassurance on a daily basis. He is a mighty God and he is my God!
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