16 weeks

Today we are 16 weeks pregnant! According to babycenter.com, the babies are the size of an avocado and weigh approximately 3 1/2 ounces! We should be looking out for some pretty big growth in the next couple of weeks! That will be exciting.

We are continuing to pray for Baby C. As hard as this all is, I especially, am trying to stay focused on all the blessings I have in my life. I am blessed to have a wonderful husband, a supportive family, and many incredible friends. These three babies were an answer to years of prayer. I remain grateful for the blessing of all of the babies, regardless of the outcome. People like to tell us that the Lord has a plan for us, and Adrian and I are firm believers in that statement. The hard part, often, is weathering the storm and waiting for the Lord to reveal his precious and perfect plan. As Christians, we have also learned that our plans and His plans do not always line up the way we think they should...

Thank you to all of you who are praying for our family. Keep on praying! Adrian and I continue to pray as well, remembering to thank our God for Baby A and our son, Baby B!

The last couple of days have brought about a strange feeling in me, a feeling that I can only explain as anxiety. Every time my heart starts to pound, as if it is going to beat out of my chest, I remember this scripture:

Phillipians 4:6-7
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your heart and your minds in Christ Jesus."

Our Doctor's Appointment

Well, we are happy to report that two of the babies are healthy, and one of those babies-baby B- is a boy! Baby A has taken up all of the area at the bottom of my uterus, and the doctor says that baby already does not like to share! They were both very cute, we even got to see Baby B open and close his fingers, almost like he was waving to us!

Baby C, Mom and Dad are in need of some serious prayer. The doctor showed us that Baby C, despite a strong heartbeat, has a distended bladder and that there is very little fluid in his/her sack. Given the size of the bladder, and the fact that the baby is not able to empty it by himself, the doctors did their best to explain our "options." Option 1-Selectively Reduce Baby C next week. Translation, inject Potassium Chloride into the fetus, stopping all development and heart beat and allow the dead fetus to be reabsorbed into the body. There are many reasons that Adrian and I would not do that, most of which being our faith in God, also, it poses an 8% chance of terminating the entire pregnancy. Option 2: Baby C, according to the doctor, will grow along with his siblings until the delivery day. However, because of the size of the bladder, the lungs will not have a chance to ever develop properly. The baby can survive inside me, but will die when the doctors take the babies out. There is no real risk of allowing the baby to grow, the baby will feel no pain, and poses no threat to the other babies.

Our next appointment is July 10. We will have a longer, more in depth, ultrasound. Our prayer is for a miracle. We believe that God can heal this baby and allow it to grow and function properly. We are asking that everyone who reads this, please pray for our baby. We know that whether or not the baby survives, we will always be a family of five.

Thank you!

My first attempt at this!

12 weeks pregnant

Here it goes, my first try at blogging! I have to be honest, I am not really sure what I am doing! I do know that I have promised several people that I would start doing this, so I am going to give it a shot. I am currently 15 weeks pregnant and feeling all around pretty good. Tomorrow we have our first appointment with the perinatologist (high risk OB/GYN) and Adrian and I are really looking forward to getting a good look at the babies! I will update over the weekend with a current picture of me and with an update on the babies. Hopefully we can find out what the mix of boys and girls are!!! That would be super exciting! Tomorrow we are also off to get our new ride, our Toyota Sienna minivan! Seems like it is a practical choice and we know we are going to need all the space we can get!