Jan. 4, 2008 - Long time no see!!
Well, it's been so long since I have blogged. I know you think I've fallen off the face of the Earth. No everything is just fine here, but I really need to update you...
A little background...after 3 years of fertility testing and treatments, the Lord gave us a miracle with our little Bubba. We determined then and there that if the Lord wanted us to have more children, He would do it because we weren't helping it along again. Last April I was diagnosed with PCOS and told that more children were probably not in my future. We were fine with that. If we wanted more children, we would adopt. That was an idea that we had entertained several times in our marriage.
Then in July, I started having those symptoms again. I finally went for a pregnancy test. It was negative. But I was strangely not upset. I remembered all those pregnancy tests from the past and this one didn't both me. On the way home, I heard the song by Casting Crowns (my favorite) called The Voice of Truth. It talks about having faith in the face of trials. All the while the Devil is telling you that you are never going to win. But the Lord calls out with the Voice of Truth and tells a different story. It says not to be afraid or worry! All the trials are all for His Glory! All those negative pregnancy tests and even my PCOS diagnosis, all were a part of His plan!! I was certain now that the Lord had a plan. I just had to wait and see what it was. All the trash-talking the Devil was doing would not amount to a hill of beans because the Lord had a plan! So I thought maybe the Lord was saying to start looking at adoption. And we did. But the symptoms kept coming and stronger. Finally a week later, Adam insisted that I go for a blood pregnancy test. We don't have a lot of faith in those pee-on-a-stick tests.
So I went in to my regular doctor to have blood drawn. Jen said that she would have the results in about 10 minutes. I told her that Bubba and I were going to lunch so she could call my cell phone. After all I already knew what the results were going to be. Right?
Wrong!!! Jen called and calmly said, "Congratulations!" I almost wrecked the car! So that was the Lord's plan!! I spent the afternoon laughing and crying. It was an amazing feeling to be hit with a miracle. And still is! We told Bubba later that night and he decided he wasn't ever having blood drawn. If you have blood drawn, POOF! you are pregnant. Watch out for that blood drawing thing!!
So I spent the next 2 months with a very pessimistic OB/GYN who was certain that this pregnancy wasn't going full term. My levels didn't go up like they should, but I wasn't worried. I knew that the Lord had a plan. I just happened to be along for the ride. Once I made it through the first trimester, the doctor was worried about down's syndrome or spina bifida. We did more blood tests. Of course, everything was fine. I wasn't worried. The Lord has a plan. Nothing I do is going to change that. If the Lord's plan is that I am to be a Mom to a special needs child, then he must think I'm more capable than I do, but we'll make it. The tests all came back fine. They were afraid of preterm labor like with Bubba, so we are taking weekly progesterone shots. Ouch! Now the baby is on the high side of normal in size and I have a lot of fluid. Something else for them to worry about, but not me. I'm just sitting back and basking in the miracle.
Right before Thanksgiving we went for THE ultrasound. The one that tells us if we are having a boy bundle of joy or a girl bundle of joy. I knew that He was going to give us what we needed. If He thought a boy would fill our family, well, I can cuddle with 2 boys. After all, he gave me this left arm for something didn't he? It certainly isn't to write!! If it is a girl bundle, well, I can play dolls and Barbies and think pink!! I just waited to see His Plan work out. Low and behold, it's a...
GIRL!!!
Can you believe it? After 7 years of monster trucks and cars and boy stuff, I get to think about dolls and Princesses. Do I know how to think girl? I'm not sure, but we'll figure it out!
My doctor seems to think that Toots (like Tootsie Roll) will make her grand arrival on April 8. I personally think she will have her hair and nails done long before that. I'm betting on my grandmother's birthday which was March 3. I guess we'll see who is right.
Take care! I'll check in again when Life with Bubba and Toots gives me time to get to the computer again.
Hugs!
Comments
Jan. 4, 2008 - OK I'm Crying!!
Posted by sixfolks
Jan. 4, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Kinley
Kristy
Jan. 4, 2008 - How wonderful!
Posted by tlpgina
Gina
Jan. 20, 2008 - Congratulations!
Posted by denisebp
I was just reading through some very old posts I'd written on adoption and I saw a comment that you'd left last summer. I sure didn't mean to ignore you; I just didn't see it at the time! Since it was an adoption question, you obviously don't need that information right now,..but if you ever do go down that road in the future, I'd be happy to talk adoption with you and help in any way I can.
Denise
