This Wonderful Thing Called Life: March 2009

Monday, March 30, 2009

I went to the Baby Expo with some pregnant friends from church and one of the booths had these dolls for each size of the baby at different gestational weeks. This is how big Aylin at 30 weeks which is close enough, I will be 31 weeks Tuesday! :)

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Test Results

Well we got some good news yesterday. I PASSED my big 3 hour glucose test!! Yay! I don't have to go on any special diet :) I am officially 10 weeks away today so we are getting closer.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Hitting the 3rd Trimester

This is the most recent picture of me and baby Aylin Jewel, Bobby took us to Spaghettie Warehouse for dinner before the Rascall Flatts concert! Aylin either loved the loud noises or hated them because she was going nuts throughout the concert! :)

Well, my welcoming into the 3rd trimester has not been a fun one. I am on Spring Break this week and cooped up in my house on medication for a Sinus infection, Strep Throat, Yeast Infection, and I failed my glucose screening test Monday and have to go Friday for the 3 hr. test. Everything had been going so wonderfully smooth, thus far, and I had to brag about that, so this is what I get. To make matters worse, I was suppose to keep my little niece Payton this week and can't because of my illnesses AND the weather is BEAUTIFUL and I can't enjoy it! I am actually feeling much better just still have all the symptoms so I can not be that active.

Louie, the Boxer

Buster is 4

Our 2nd little blessing, Hilton Isaiah, was born 3 weeks early via an emergency c-section also because of preeclampsia. He was already 8lbs8oz and spent 9 days in the NICU because of a spontaneous pneumothorax (popped right lung); he also had a heart murmur and had to have a blood transfusion his very 1st night. Poor guy suffers from febrile seizures, and also took physical therapy for about a year b/c of delayed gross motor skills. We are so thankful to have this little man blessing our lives.

Puppy is 2

Our 3rd blessing, Weston Julian, was born 5 weeks early via another C-section because of preeclampsia. This pregnancy was a rough one: at 24 weeks I started having severe stomach pains and at 28 weeks had an emergency umbilical hernia surgery, and have been on bed rest ever since because of preeclampsia. At 32 weeks I started having daily headaches and frequent migraines (at least 2 a week). At 33 weeks our ultrasound technician discovered my amniotic fluid was decreasing and he was not showing much growth, so now we started twice a week visits and at least 1 ultrasound each week to keep a closer eye on him. We are incredibly thankful that our last little blessing arrived safely and weighed 5lbs 13oz and did not have to go to the NICU.