Rain rain go away

I feel like we have been cooped up forever! The kids are so cute, they keep syaing that it is going to rain for "40 days and 40 nights", I am so glad that they are remember their Bible stories and applying them to real life. I am obviously praying that we don't have rain for that long. A day or two here or there is not too big of a deal but a week on end, it is getting a little old.
We are doing well. I am so so thankful that Sam's burns are healing nicely. The blisters are still closed and I am of course praying that they stay that way. We will have to be extra careful if they do break open, as his infection risk is higher than normal. But so far so good, and he is doing really well with being careful of them.
I will be 25 weeks pregnant tomorrow! This little munchkin is growing and I feel like I am huge! I love it though! I am praying that the baby continues to grow really well and that I can make it to term this time. I love being pregnant and the miracle that God allows me to partake in, but my physical body doesn't like it at all.
We have a busy couple of days with four parties to go to this weekend. I will try to post some pics of this week tomorrow before the craziness of the weekend. Hoping and praying that you have a blessed day

PRAYERS please

Goodness, this is going to be a quick info filled update. Currently I am sitting in the hospital on bedrest. I called the hospital yesterday stating that I was having diarrhea and vomting and that I had a bad headache. They had me come in and did labs mostly just to appease me. But the labs came back bad, and then I had a big discussion with the doctor about how the baby isn't viable yet, and if I am already getting PRe-eclampsia or HELLP, the only resolution is to terminate this pregnancy. We have notified our prayer warriors and people have been praying. I ask that you do too. This mornign my liver tests were better than last night, but still not normal. And my platelet counts had dropped by about 30 points, but are still within the normal range. So at this point they are thinking that it probably isn't HELLP syndrome, but we will continue to watch the labs. Please be praying for this little miracle baby, and for our whole family. For wisdom for the doctors and for us. And for this baby to defy all the odds, and at the end of this, for not one person to deny how amazing God is:-)

Garden

It feels like we haven't seen the sun in a month, but all this rain certainly is helping the garden to grow. We have pole beans, sugar snap peas, tomatoes, zucchini and summer squash plants already growing. And someone from Matt's work gave us a Russian tomato plant, I guess he brought over seeds from Russia and they are now growing the plants. I am excited to see what the difference between their tomatoes and ours are. When there is a break in the rain I will take some pictures:-)
We are all doing well. Sammy has his kindergarden screening this week. It is so hard for me to believe that my baby is growing up and will be in kindergarden in the fall. Sophia is such a talker, we have these amazing conversations with her. We are awaiting a referral to go seea rheumatologist to see if they can figure out the cause of her pain, we are also seeing the head of orthopedics at Boston Children's next week. So please be praying about that.
I am feeling ok. I did have the UTI last week which was absolutely terrible. I can't believe I am 20 weeks along with Baby Surprise. As we get further along I am starting to get nervous but am praying that this pregnancy is the one that has no ambulance trips, no complications, no NICUs, no crisis' situations, no Magnesium, no pre-term labor and need for steroids, no pre-eclampsia or HELLP syndrome. I would be just beyond thrilled to go full term this time, be able to stay home until the end and go into labor like a normal person:-) I have actually started another blog as well. The new one is www.weberfamilylife2.blogspot.com
I was thinking that I would share this new blog once I announced I was pregnant but I haven't shared it until today. At some point I will probably transition over to the other one. Come follow my new one please:-) Leave a comment and let me know you came

I stink at this....

Officially pregnancy and I are not getting along. I have been feelingn like I was probably dehydrated for a couple of weeks, but nothing absolutely terrible and the OB's didn't seem at all concerned about it. Well after our marathon day in Boston on friday, I was feeling pretty terrible that night. I couldn'tkeep anything down. I contacted my doctor and she said she would meet me in the morning to give me IV fluids. They had a HORRIBLE time getting the IV in, it took them 9 attempts!!! They were going to send me up to the hospital but I begged them to just do it there. So thankfully they finally got the IV in. I needed 3 liters of fluid before I could even pee.
By their scale in the office I have lost 24 pounds in the last two months! By my scale at home I have lost 18lb. I just can't tolerate much in the way of food when I am pregnant. It makes me so mad. I get these crazy cravings for something that I know is going to taste absolutely fabulous. And then it comes right back up:-( YUCK!!! I am feeling like this time hasn't been as bas as with Sam and Sophia. I was doing IV fluids like every few days for weeks with them. Thankfully I am fifteen weeks now and this is hopefully coming to the end. With both Sam and Soph this severe nausea and vomiting stopped between 17 and 18 weeks. SO hopefully I am almost there.
I look like a bruised pin cushion! But thankfully I feel a little better and have some more energy today. I unfortunately didn't go to church as I am still feeling kind of crummy. But am hopeful that I can really recup some energy today.

Sophia has an announcement to make!

She wants to tell everyone that she is going to be a big sister!:-)
WE ARE EXPECTING!!!! WE found out in January, things are going fairly well so far. We were starting to talk about getting pregnant again, but probably waiting until the summer or fall. We certainly didn't expect it to happen as fast as it did. We are thrilled, the kids are happy although I am not sure that they completely understand what is going on

We have been to high risk OB as well as the regular OB. High risk OB basically said, yeah I definitely have the risks for HELLP and pre-eclampsia again. But she said is that my only risk factor is that I have done it before. SO unfortunately there is nothing that I can do to decrease my chances of getting it again, but we are praying hard that it doesn't happen again. I certainly am praying for full term and healthy with no complications, and while I am at it, for a VBAC will you join me?
I am feeling ok although definitely tired, and quite often weak as I am vomiting a lot. The OB that I am seeing now doesn't typically do anything for the nausea so at this point I am just trying to deal with it.
We finally started telling people this week as we are 13 weeks tomorrow! Our due date is October 7th:-)

3 years ago today....

I was 35weeks and 2 days pregnant and admitted to the hospital for complications of pre-eclampsia and HELLP Syndrome. I was scared, overwhelmed and very sad that I again was getting so sick. With Sam by the time I realized I was getting sick I was really too sick to understand how bad off I was. But with Sophia I carried that fear throughout the pregnancy that I would again become so deathly ill. I am praising God that I didn't! That I delivered a beautiful healthy baby girl. Do I wish that I could have made it full term? Absolutely! Do I wish that I could have been one of those people who went into labor on my own, when I was full term and have a picture perfect delivery? Definitely! But that was not God's plan for me, and my birth story with Sophia brings such joy and amazement! I am so thankful that this precious baby girl was sent to us. Reminiscing about my precious beauty:-)

My last pregnancy pic, with Sammy the big brother (only 20months old!) kissing my belly

Bedrest is almost done

I saw the doctor today and can come off bedrest in 4 days, when I hit 35wks. I can't wait. Six weeks of bedrest is absolutely maddening. But thank God I am almost done. We celebrated the 4th of July with me reclining but at least outside. I am so ready to be done with bedrest. The nursery is finally done. The crib looks great, my grandmother got us a beautiful crib. I can't wait to put Samuel in it.

Visitors

Thank God for visitors. If it weren't for friends and family I think I would go nuts with all of this bedrest. My friend Maria came over today with her twins. They were born at 31wks and are doing so well. I will be 32 wks tomorrow, so it is nice to see that even if the baby came over he would do well like Maria's two babies. I have been seeing the doctor and being monitored for ctx just about every other day which at least is a change of pace. Only a few more weeks....

More bedrest!!!

Well it has been a few days since I have written. Last week on tuesday (the day I hit 29wks) I was at work holding someone's leg while she was pushing. I am not quite sure how it happened but I was kicking in the stomach, and needless to say went into labor. I guess I was kind of in denial as I kept working for the rest of the night and thought I was just sore. I told my boss in the morning and she told me to go down to the ER. The ER then sent me back up to OB and they put me on a monitor and found that I was contracting every two to three minutes. Well after constant monitoring and meds I am home and on strict bedrest. I had another ultrasound to make sure the placenta was still okay and it is. So the next few weeks are not looking too promising, but whatever it takes to make this little guy okay is worht it

Name game

Matt and I cannot figure out a name for this baby. I like Joshua, Alexander, and Christian. Matt likes Ian, Simon, and Samuel. We think we will use the name Lee as his middle name as it will be after his great grandfather.
I am now 26 weeks and 4 days. I can't believe it. At the ultrasound today the baby weighed 1lb 15oz. I am so excited, this is the first time that he isn't measuring smaller than he should be. I continue to measure small which makes the Dr nervous but at least he is growing.

Wiggle worm

This boy sure is active. Today at my Dr's appt he was so busy in there thatwe couldn't keep his heartbeat long enough to have an actual count. I finally starting to feel better. I am measuring small and not gaining weight but I am starting to feel like a human being again.
AT work the other day I took care of someone with the same due date as me in with pre-term labor. How scary that would be. I hope I never have any issues with preterm labor, and if I do I pray that they can stop my labor until the baby is big and strong.

Miracle baby survives surgery

I feel like I am failing this baby already. After being admitted, the Dr did an ultrasound of my liver and gallbladder, and has now decided that that is why I am so sick. The surgeon has said that the baby is malnourished and starving as I am so malnourished from all the vomiting. I didn't know, I thought that this was all morning sickness. They said that I need to have my gallbladder out, so at 17weeks and 3 days that is what I did.
And of course our little miracle baby survived, although we were warned that there was a real possibility that I would go into labor with the anesthesia meds, but thankfully I didn't. This poor baby has been through so much already.
I actually know that I felt the baby move after the surgery, it was like it was telling me "yeah mom I am here and I am still okay." With all of the surgery and stuff I have now found out that we are expecting a BOY!!! WE are so thrilled, we would have been just as thrilled with a girl as well.

Surgery while pregnant

So I went to the doctor the other day, and when I was leaving just passed out in her office. They rushed me in to their priority room, and after 3 nurses attempted to get an IV the doctor was able to get it in. They gave me some fluids and then I was allowed to come home, with the instructions to go back if something else happened. So of course I went home and passed out again. I was admitted to a cardiac floor, as they are questioning something is wrong with my heart.
I was admitted to the hospital and they determined that my gallbladder needed to come out.

Dehydration and admission

What a wonderful Valentine's Day!! I think I felt this little miracle move inside of me for the first time. I know it is early but I think I did. It is now march and I have been admitted to the hospital intermittently for dehydration. It is so frustrating to have all of these problems and be trying so hard to make this baby healthy. I just can't stop vomiting.

1 trimester down 2 to go

We are telling more and more people about this incredible miracle baby we are carrying. We have now told my cousin Kerry, who is shocked that I was able to keep a secret for so long. And we told my grandmother who is absolutely thrilled. We have asked her to be in the delivery room as she was a labor and delivery nurse as well. And the cool thing is she was in the room when I was born too.

Trust Me

Today at church my wonderful sister-in-law Tracy sang a song called "Trust Me" by Crystal Lewis, and I really felt like God was speaking directly to me, telling/reminding me that He is in control and I just have to trust Him. I continue to bleed, and the OB doctor said that there is no hope and that I should just give up on this baby, but my family practice doctor is still supportive and God is the ultimate decider of what will happen. I keep listening to that song, a specific line says"trust me, trust me, though you can't see." So I have told God that I am trusting Him to have my hormone levels to go into the 90,000 range, and guess what they went up to 97,000!!!

Bedrest is awful

I am so bored! I have been working on a quilt for the baby, and reading many books that people have brought over. I am continuing to bleed although no one can figure out why. And now my HCG levels aren't high enough to sustain a pregnancy. They aren't increasing as they should. So many are praying for this baby. A positive thing is that because of the problems we get to have multiple ultrasounds, weekly for now. We can now see arms and legs and everything. Bedrest hasn't caused the bleeding to slow down at all. But I know that God is protecting this little miracle.

Oh no! I started bleeding yesterday!! I am so scared that I will lose this baby. I keep telling God that I just can't lose another baby. We had an ultrasound and some blood work drawn. I was in a complete panic as we went to the ultrasound as that is when we first found out that our first baby was not okay. Well this little miracle is okay, Baby Love (nickname for now) heart is beating 162 beats a minute. It is so amazing, it just looks like a little peanut with a little flicker of light when the heart is beating. We are now on bedrest through the weekend to see if the bleeding will stop.

A blessing

Today is the day I have been waiting for. The day we found out we are pregnant again. After the miscarriage, I have been praying that God would again bless us with a pregnancy. And He has. I can't wait to see the journey that we are about to embark on. Thank you Lord for this little miracle. I am not even late yet, but I took the test and it came back positive!!!