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December 2014 Moms
missmissie82
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AW: Our annoucement
missmissie82
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I wasn't sure I was going to formally announce anything on Facebook. We personally told our friends and family and since I know so many people battling infertility, I wanted to be respectful of it. My faith has been tested heavily over the last year and it wasn't until reading "The One Year Book Of Hope" that I started letting go of the anger and hurt.
I started writing and this is what we decided to post, along with a video of my daughter saying "Mommy is having a baby!"
I started writing and this is what we decided to post, along with a video of my daughter saying "Mommy is having a baby!"
The
past year, I have cried tears of hopelessness, of failure and of anger.
Month after month, I felt physically, emotionally and spiritually
exhausted. I rallied against God and cursed His plan for us. I thought
to myself "we try to be GOOD people and
great parents, why can't we have another baby?" I rejoiced when my
friends conceived, but inside I broke a little more with every
announcement. I KNEW our child was up there, somewhere... right?
Through the injections, the pills, the blood tests, the charting and
temping, I lost a little more hope every day. I was on the last round of
a certain fertility medication I could take in my life time and it was
time to just let go.
Finally, I sold and donated a bunch of Grace's clothes, got rid of things that were cluttering our home and also mentally clogging me up. I started accepting God's plan and was finally at peace with being a family of 3 forever. Besides, having a baby in December, around Christmas, being pregnant on a 10 hour car ride to Nashville, not being able to play co-ed softball - pregnancy would get in the way of all that. And I'd just bought 3 new pairs of amazing jeans that fit me like a glove. Nope, not a good time for a baby. And the fact we even got pregnant with Grace was a miracle. Besides, she is pretty awesome, why screw up a good thing?
"Man plans, God laughs".
The day I gave away the last of my holdout baby items, I put Grace down for a nap and took the requisite monthly pregnancy test. When 2 little lines appeared, I fell to my knees, praying and thanking God for His crazy, wild, inconvenient plan. I was shaking so hard and could barely walk to the couch to sit down. A baby? It worked? We're actually having a baby? We are having a baby. WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!!!!
Baby M #2 will join our family sometime around Christmas this year. We are beyond excited to become a family of 4 and I cannot wait for Grace to have a little brother or sister. "For this child, I have prayed". Never give up, keep going and join us as we thank God for our miracle children.
We’ll find out if it’s a boy or girl sometime in August.
Grace just sings the Baby Bumble Bee song, so I'm
convinced she thinks it's got wings.
Finally, I sold and donated a bunch of Grace's clothes, got rid of things that were cluttering our home and also mentally clogging me up. I started accepting God's plan and was finally at peace with being a family of 3 forever. Besides, having a baby in December, around Christmas, being pregnant on a 10 hour car ride to Nashville, not being able to play co-ed softball - pregnancy would get in the way of all that. And I'd just bought 3 new pairs of amazing jeans that fit me like a glove. Nope, not a good time for a baby. And the fact we even got pregnant with Grace was a miracle. Besides, she is pretty awesome, why screw up a good thing?
"Man plans, God laughs".
The day I gave away the last of my holdout baby items, I put Grace down for a nap and took the requisite monthly pregnancy test. When 2 little lines appeared, I fell to my knees, praying and thanking God for His crazy, wild, inconvenient plan. I was shaking so hard and could barely walk to the couch to sit down. A baby? It worked? We're actually having a baby? We are having a baby. WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!!!!
Baby M #2 will join our family sometime around Christmas this year. We are beyond excited to become a family of 4 and I cannot wait for Grace to have a little brother or sister. "For this child, I have prayed". Never give up, keep going and join us as we thank God for our miracle children.
We’ll find out if it’s a boy or girl sometime in August.
Grace just sings the Baby Bumble Bee song, so I'm
convinced she thinks it's got wings. Micropreemie, IUGR mom to Noah, born 10 weeks early at 1lb, 10oz. Grace born 02/2012
Follow our journey: http://noahsincrediblejourney.blogspot.com/
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Re: AW: Our annoucement
Our #2 is on the way!
BFP#1: 2/2/13 ~ exact m/c date unknown but around 3/20 at 10 weeks ~ diagnosed with PMP ~ D&C on 4/5 ~ TTA for at least 1 year due to PMP ~ cleared to TTC 1/14
BFP#2: 2/7/14 ~ m/c 2/20/14 ~ possibly due to chemical pregnancy ~ TG no D&C is needed
Surprise BFP#3: 4/4/14 ~ super duper extra happy (and nervous) about this one - EDD 12/9/14!!!
John Joseph was born on 12/12/14 at 7 lbs. 11 oz. He is the most beautiful rainbow baby we could have wished for!
DS1: 12/17/2014
DS2: born sleeping at 26 weeks on 8/8/2016 due to chromosomal deletion
Pregnant with baby 3 - EDD 9/14/2017
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."
Summer Dog/Winter Dog D14 AUG. SIGGY CHALLENGE: TEEN CRUSH- LEO
*now an emotional mess*
Edit: thinking is hard
Congrats mama!
BFP 5/19/2013. MC 7/2/2013 (9w6d) with est. loss at 8w. Miso 7/3/2013 and emergency D & C 7/6/2013.
BFP#2 11/6/2013. CP 11/14/2013.
BFP #3 12/13/2013. Beta #1 @ 15dpo- 239. Progesterone 27. Beta #2 @17dpo - 90. CP 12/21/2013
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. -Philippians 4:6-7
All PgAL and PAL welcome.
But that is truly the most sincere announcement I think I've ever come across. Congratulations on your 2nd miracle!
If you know anyone going through a struggle - infertility, loss of a child, anything related to motherhood, I STRONGLY recommend giving them a copy of this book. The One Year Book Of Hope. (<--link) You can gift it through Kindle or send a hard copy. It's worth every penny and then some.