I have a lot to update on. We have been very busy! I left off with the announcement of my pregnancy... Page baby # 3!!! There has been a lot going on with the pregnancy, but so far so good. I will be 11 weeks tomorrow! Also we finally got Evan into the new ENT for a consultation. Love this new doctor waaaaayyy better than the first one! The only thing about it is, now it's almost two weeks later and we're still waiting for them to call us with a date for surgery... Grrrr! Eathan turned FIVE... what?! I had to re-check that. lol! It just doesn't sound right! I seriously have a five year old! Time sure does fly! On top of all of this my husband has finally begun fulfilling his dream of opening up a shop!! I am so happy for him. We've talked about it forever, and now it is finally happening. We named the shop "Page's LLC". We consign and do ebay sales. We're praising the Lord that business has been great!
The pregnancy, to be more in depth, has been different so far. I had two textbook, perfect pregnancies previously, and really expected nothing but the same with this pregnancy. It started off very much like the other two... around 6 or 7 weeks the exhaustion and morning sickness hit me. The only thing different was that I have way more responsibilities than I had with the other two. I can't sleep in anymore... I had to get up and fight through the morning sickness, make my son lunch (because my picky child will NOT eat school lunch! lol!), which has been absolutely excruciating!!! Then get both the boys up, which is a challenge in itself, get them breakfast (lately it has been cereal or cereal bars, and fruit... quick and not too smelly.) Get them dressed and teeth brushed, backpack packed up, in the car and off to take Eathan to school! Afterward, I had to go open the shop- my husband is still working his regular job from 8-4. So, anyway I was pretty miserable... there was no heat besides a space heater which heated the office to around 56 degrees! So freezing with morning sickness and exhaustion... I started to get pretty overwhelmed... I started wondering if I was really going to be able to handle all of my responsibilities along with the symptoms of pregnancy. I got down and a little depressed. On the 10th of February, I went in for a scheduled ultrasound to determine how far along I was... the baby measured perfectly and my due date stayed the same, September 22nd! We saw the heartbeat and of course I started feeling a lot better about the pregnancy! That is my little baby in there! :) We even saw a little wiggle and I got it on dvd! Both of the boys went with me, and they were so excited! They told the ultrasound tech that they thought it was a girl baby, and they were both so proud of the photos we got! BUT I was still feeling very tired and was still a little down. I just wanted to feel better... to be past the morning sickness and exhaustion, but of course seeing the baby made me realize that I would get through this, and that I could do this, and that this is a gift from God! This was meant to be! Back to everyday life... On the third day of me opening up the shop... I was feeling really bad and things were kinda slow so, my husband told me to go home and rest around lunch time. When we got here, there was no rest! I had to start cooking lunch for Evan. I stood up from sitting down, and felt a gush... I knew immediately that it wasn't good. I went to the bathroom and noticed that the fluid was pinkish. I freaked out!!! I called my doctor, and the got me in very quickly. My husband drove me down. By the time we left, the pinkish had turned RED. I was praying the whole way to the doctor, and worrying far too much... I got there and they did the whole pee in a cup, blood pressure, and what's going on thing. I barely held it together. Then I was sent to a room and waited for the doctor. He wanted to do an ultrasound. He thought maybe my water had broke. It turned out that the baby is was still very healthy, heartbeat was strong, and was totally oblivious to what was going on. So, good news was baby is great... bad news is that I was experiencing a threatened miscarriage. Such a scary term to use! He didn't tell me what the technical name was for it, but he said I had bleeding around the placenta, which I researched when I got home, and the technical name is, subchorionic hematoma. He said I could continue to bleed it out, or it could reabsorb. He said there was still a possibility of a miscarriage. He scheduled me another ultrasound for the following Tuesday, which happened to be my first official OB visit. That night we went to church, and asked everyone to pray for us... I was anointed and my wonderful church members prayed with me! When I got home the red had turned to brown. It ended up being a very short bleed. By the next morning there was not sign of anything abnormal. :) God is amazing!!! I went back in on the next Tuesday. Got another ultrasound and the bleed looked bigger, but little munchkin was still oblivious! The baby was kicking and squirming more than ever! Heartbeat was at 161! I just felt so blessed! What a miracle! I left there feeling great, but after doing a very bad thing (researching more about subchorionic hematomas, and reading mostly sad stories), I started to get scared again... I let the doubt creep in, and cried and cried... Instead of trusting God, I was doubting him... After praying hard about it for a few days, He has provided me with peace. I am finally over the morning sickness, for the most part, the exhaustion is getting better, and the peace that I have and the trust I have in God is so much more than I have ever experienced before! I am so thankful for that! I have been doing really well... no more bleeding at all!!! Wahoo! I am getting a belly already! eeek! It's okay though... I know it's normal to show a little earlier with each pregnancy. I have actually lost a couple of pounds, but not too much. I go back to the doctor for another ultrasound on March 8th, and I am so excited to see the little one, my littlest blessing! I will follow this with some belly photos and ultrasound pictures!
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| First ultrasound at 8 weeks... |
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| Look how cute!!! I swear I have the best ultrasound photos! Some of the ones I have seen before just look like a spot, but in these you can clearly see feet and hands! :) -9 weeks 5 days |
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| 9 weeks 5 days... above the sac the baby is in you can see another dark spot... That is the bleed. Measured 4x1 cm. The baby was so active and looking good though! |
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| belly at 6 weeks after eating dinner |
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| 7 weeks 2 days |
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| WHOA! lol! 10 weeks 2 days, and I swear it has grown noticeably since I am now 10 weeks 6 days! |
Photos of Our new store...
Eathan's Birthday At School!!!
Now I usually do a big party with decorations that takes days to put up, and food, family and friends, activities, favors, the whole deal, but with the complications of this pregnancy and the sheer exhaustion I was experiencing... This year it was not an option. I have tremendous guilt, but I am trying not to let it get to me because I know it isn't about having a big hooplah! It's about celebrating the birth and life of our sweet little boy and making his day special. This year we decided since he was in school we would bring cupcakes, balloons, and favors for his class. He loved the attention from his classmates, and I think he did feel special! We let him pick out his cupcake cake all by himself, and he chose a football shaped one. We let him pick out his plates, and party hats, and some of the goody bag stuff. He was really involved with all the planning, which I usually pretty much do by myself, so I think that was another way he felt special! My husband took off work that day, and him, Evan, and I got everything together and went to his school. We surprised him with balloons and an electronic Wolverine claw that he has been wanting FOREVER! The kids loved the cupcakes, and their little goody bags. The whole class, along with us, sang Happy Birthday. I really think he had a blast. We checked him out early. That evening was a church night so, we all went to church and then to Gramma and Pop's to open gifts! I, for the first time in my life, forgot my camera! UGH! Debbie, my mother-in-law took some with her camera though. So whenever I get a chance I will get them from her. He got pretty much everything he wanted and more, which we don't usually do since we spend so much on cake, decorations, and food. So we traded a smaller party for more gifts... that probably sounds pretty good for a kid, right?! Anyway, here are the photos from school!
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| Looking at his balloons! |
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| Birthday Boy! |
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| His cupcake cake he picked out! They spelled his name wrong! |
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| Evan enjoying the party too! |
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| Lovin' the chocolate!!! |
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I am pretty sure I have covered everything... if I think of something else I will be sure to add it in a new post! Right now life is great... not always easy, but, all in all, it has been wonderful! The love that I have for my Lord and for my family grows more and more each day! I feel truly lucky and truly blessed! Life is AMAZING! 'Til next time... Thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed this little glimpse into our wonderfully blessed lives! PRAISE GOD!!! =D
