Monday, October 29, 2012
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Hospice Table of Tours
We went to Luverne yesterday for their Hospice Table of Tours...it was it's usual good time!
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| Sara's table-- see the snowman she made, it's ADORABLE! She had many people ask about buying one, so I'm guessing she will have a little side business! I better get my name on the list! |
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| Marylisa's Halloween table |
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| Sophie's table |
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| Brookie and Mommy |
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| Mary and Brookie |
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| Grandma and Brooklyn |
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| Brooklyn rockin' her outfit! |
Friday, October 26, 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Uh oh!
This is what happens when Mommy's busy with the bigger kids doing a project and notices that someone found a marker under the table!
Guess it goes wonderful with her Halloween outfit:)
Guess it goes wonderful with her Halloween outfit:)
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
October is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month...
Here's a great article from the Redwood Gazette about three local girls who have all had stillborn babies this summer, I can't even begin to imagine how they feel-- two of those were almost full-term babies.
Reading their story brings back memories to the summer of 2010... We started our first round of Clomid in May and found out in June I was pregnant. I was ecstatic, something we had been waiting for so long! I needed to have my HCG levels checked and then re-checked again in 48 hours to make sure that they were doubling. If they double, it shows that it's more likely a viable pregnancy. Well, mine didn't double. I had them repeated many times in the next few weeks as well as a few ultrasounds that showed their was no baby in my uterus, which meant it could only be in the tubes. I remember, I was devastated I finally was able to get pregnant and then the baby was in the wrong place. I remember sitting in the doctor's office, bawling my eyes out as he's telling me, he's pretty confident it was in my tubes and that I was able to get pregnant this go around and so it's going to happen again. As, I thought easy for you to say!
The week after the 4th of July, I went in for a d-n-c, where Dr. Gildner scrapped my uterus to make sure their was nothing and then I needed to have a shot of methotrexate, to get rid of the "tissue" in my tubes. It took the next two months for my HCG levels to return to 0, which meant a weekly or at first bi-weekly trip to the doctor for lab work. No wonder I know the lab techs so well!
And just when I thought we could start back on Clomid for a baby, Dr. Gildner wanted me to have a hysteroscopy done to make sure my tubes were clear. That was probably the WORST procedure to ever have done, but all results came back clear and then in December, we were FINALLY able to start again and we ended up with Brooklyn:) I think she was well worth every heartache!
We have started back on Clomid again, not knowing if/how things will work out, but we are hoping for the best! Dr. Gildner allows you to have 3 rounds before he refers you to a specialist. I will probably have more posts about this in the future!
To end this post... do I ever wonder what life would be like today, if that ectopic pregnancy would have been viable, sure I do. I know a girl that had a due-date that was around mine (Feb 17th), so when I look at her little boy, I think I could have one the same age. BUT, then I know I would't have my smiley little Brooklyn... and I couldn't not have her. So I guess things happen for a reason, why, we will never know!
Here's a great article from the Redwood Gazette about three local girls who have all had stillborn babies this summer, I can't even begin to imagine how they feel-- two of those were almost full-term babies.
Reading their story brings back memories to the summer of 2010... We started our first round of Clomid in May and found out in June I was pregnant. I was ecstatic, something we had been waiting for so long! I needed to have my HCG levels checked and then re-checked again in 48 hours to make sure that they were doubling. If they double, it shows that it's more likely a viable pregnancy. Well, mine didn't double. I had them repeated many times in the next few weeks as well as a few ultrasounds that showed their was no baby in my uterus, which meant it could only be in the tubes. I remember, I was devastated I finally was able to get pregnant and then the baby was in the wrong place. I remember sitting in the doctor's office, bawling my eyes out as he's telling me, he's pretty confident it was in my tubes and that I was able to get pregnant this go around and so it's going to happen again. As, I thought easy for you to say!
The week after the 4th of July, I went in for a d-n-c, where Dr. Gildner scrapped my uterus to make sure their was nothing and then I needed to have a shot of methotrexate, to get rid of the "tissue" in my tubes. It took the next two months for my HCG levels to return to 0, which meant a weekly or at first bi-weekly trip to the doctor for lab work. No wonder I know the lab techs so well!
And just when I thought we could start back on Clomid for a baby, Dr. Gildner wanted me to have a hysteroscopy done to make sure my tubes were clear. That was probably the WORST procedure to ever have done, but all results came back clear and then in December, we were FINALLY able to start again and we ended up with Brooklyn:) I think she was well worth every heartache!
We have started back on Clomid again, not knowing if/how things will work out, but we are hoping for the best! Dr. Gildner allows you to have 3 rounds before he refers you to a specialist. I will probably have more posts about this in the future!
To end this post... do I ever wonder what life would be like today, if that ectopic pregnancy would have been viable, sure I do. I know a girl that had a due-date that was around mine (Feb 17th), so when I look at her little boy, I think I could have one the same age. BUT, then I know I would't have my smiley little Brooklyn... and I couldn't not have her. So I guess things happen for a reason, why, we will never know!
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Carving pumpkins
We carved pumpkins tonight...
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| Yes, she tried to eat it! |
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| Look close, this one says, BROOKLYN |
Weekend
What a busy and productive weekend we had!
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| Supper at great grandma's to see John from Alaska |
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| She was freaked out by John! |
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| Reading stories on Sunday morning... this little turkey slept until 10:30AM! |
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| All the toys got put away for winter...the yard now looks bare! As the playhouses were getting put into the trailer, Brooklyn was throwing a fit...it was hilarious! |
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| One last Ranger ride since it was beautiful outside! |
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